Tag: Bar Standards Board
Six bar big hitters to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
Dedicated barrister session to feature practitioners from Hardwicke and Cornerstone, alongside BPTC heads, academics and Inns' director
Jailed paedophile barrister removed from legal profession
John Guess was a lawyer for the Welsh government
Barrister training overhaul receives legal watchdog approval
Two-part BPTC a step closer
Privately-educated continue to dominate the bar
Barristers remain reluctant to reveal schooling background, BSB report suggests
Criminal barrister fined for ‘inadvertently’ sending cocaine to a chambers
And reprimanded by the regulator
50% boost to pupil pay minimum from September 2019
£18,436 in London and £15,728 elsewhere
New two-part BPTC approved by regulator
Spilt vocational offering could reduce risks and costs associated with pursuing a career at the bar
Barrister who pinched nightclub-goer’s purse loses High Court appeal against suspension
Juliana Dorairaj was not prosecuted, but was made the subject of a community resolution order
Complaints about barristers jump by 30%
But number of disbarments is down, according to new report
Bar Council slams plan to allow solicitors to qualify as barristers without pupillage
Regulator's proposal could also include law lecturers
Barrister training overhaul could be approved by January
BSB's director general discusses split-BPTC plans at Legal Cheek legal education conference
Women dominate BPTC enrolments, but more men score top marks
Even when they have the same undergraduate degree results
BSB asks chambers to provide details on how they pick their pupils
Regulator keen to identify potential 'unjustified' barriers to the bar
Aspiring barrister petitions for ‘draconian’ BPTC exams to be open-book
Online appeal also argues assessments shouldn't be so close together
Pupillage places jump by 7%
New stats show 510 pupils started their training last year
Carry on dining: Inns of Court qualifying sessions here to stay, says bar regulator
But more should be held outside London
Supreme Court’s innovation judge to join solicitors and law academics at expanded Future of Legal Education and Training Conference
Lord Briggs, PJ Kirby QC, and BSB chief Dr Vanessa Davies among latest batch of speakers
Suspended chemsex junior barrister fined £250 after posting on Facebook that he’d had lunch at Middle Temple
Exclusive: Henry Hendron tells Legal Cheek he intends to challenge sanction
Wannabe barrister who lied about masters degree and work experience in pupillage application is disbarred
She claimed to have helped ten prisoners escape the death penalty
BME students far less likely to secure pupillage than white students, even if they have the same grades
A level playing field? Not so, BSB report suggests
The Apprentice: Lawyers round on ‘law firm’ owner who described himself as a ‘qualified barrister’
Use of professional title called into question during TV show