Tag: Bar Standards Board
Barristers given fresh guidance on social media behaviour
'Strike balance' between human rights and professional obligations, says regulator
BSB mulls removing caps on exam resits
Trials move with BPP
BSB issues guidance for aspiring barristers caught up in marking boycott
Law schools can accept students with pending degree results
Bar course provider pass rates vary from 93% to just 22%, new report shows
More than half fail to score above 50%
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
Pupil barrister passed off other tenants’ work as his own, tribunal finds
Decision open to appeal
Complaints against barristers jump more than 50%
2,517 reports
Bar exams: Research highlights attainment gap between white and ethnic minority wannabe barristers
As Oxbridge grads clean up across the board
What went down at LegalEdCon 2022
Over 200 delegates descended on London's Kings Place to discuss SQE, social mobility and more...
Bar Council and northern law firm Ward Hadaway hit by cyber attacks
Criminals continue to target profession
BSB ditches bar aptitude test
Regulator says entry exam no longer an effective filter of wannabe barristers who will likely fail the course
Barrister sanctioned over tweet about Muslims wins appeal
Jon Holbrook had been fined £500
Pupillage numbers bounce back following Covid dip
BSB report shows leap from pandemic-y 354 in 2020 to 511 in 2021
‘Dramatic increase’ in complaints about barristers social media posts
Overall BSB findings show reports are on the rise
Don’t scrap the bar aptitude test, urges Bar Council. Up the pass mark instead
BSB mulls ditching entry exam after report found fewer than 1% of wannabe barristers fail to pass it
Barrister apprenticeships? Quite possibly says pupillage expert
There are barriers to overcome, but these are not 'insurmountable'
Bar aptitude test ‘not effective filter’ of weak wannabe barristers
Fail rate of under 1%, report finds
Bar exams: BSB stats reveal widely differing pass rates among providers
New figures -- focusing on centralised assessments only -- show average pass rates ranging between 92% and 18%