Tag: Bar Standards Board
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BSB greenlights restart of Hertfordshire Uni bar course
Suspended last summer in 'interests of students'
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BSB granted extra powers to tackle misbehaving barristers
Interim suspensions
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Scrapping degree requirement will create more pupillage-less grads, Bar Council warns
Response to BSB proposals
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BSB proposes eliminating degree requirement for barristers
Cites possible equality benefits
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Suspension for prosecuting barrister who pursued ‘romantic interest’ in defendant
Misused personal contact info
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BSB maintains ban on online exams following ‘clear evidence of cheating’
Pen and paper for foreseeable
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Barristers given fresh guidance on social media behaviour
'Strike balance' between human rights and professional obligations, says regulator
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BSB mulls removing caps on exam resits
Trials move with BPP
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BSB issues guidance for aspiring barristers caught up in marking boycott
Law schools can accept students with pending degree results
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Bar course provider pass rates vary from 93% to just 22%, new report shows
More than half fail to score above 50%
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Disbarment for Supreme Court embargo-breaking barrister
Timothy Crosland previously said leak of Heathrow runway ruling was necessary to 'protest the deep immorality' of the court’s decision
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Pupil barrister passed off other tenants’ work as his own, tribunal finds
Decision open to appeal
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Complaints against barristers jump more than 50%
2,517 reports
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Bar exams: Research highlights attainment gap between white and ethnic minority wannabe barristers
As Oxbridge grads clean up across the board
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What went down at LegalEdCon 2022
Over 200 delegates descended on London's Kings Place to discuss SQE, social mobility and more...
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Bar Council and northern law firm Ward Hadaway hit by cyber attacks
Criminals continue to target profession
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BSB ditches bar aptitude test
Regulator says entry exam no longer an effective filter of wannabe barristers who will likely fail the course
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Barrister sanctioned over tweet about Muslims wins appeal
Jon Holbrook had been fined £500