Tag: Bar Standards Board

Barrister training overhaul could be approved by January

BSB's director general discusses split-BPTC plans at Legal Cheek legal education conference

Jun 6 2018 9:00am

Women dominate BPTC enrolments, but more men score top marks

Even when they have the same undergraduate degree results

May 11 2018 10:20am

BSB asks chambers to provide details on how they pick their pupils

Regulator keen to identify potential 'unjustified' barriers to the bar

Apr 20 2018 1:29pm

Aspiring barrister petitions for ‘draconian’ BPTC exams to be open-book

Online appeal also argues assessments shouldn't be so close together

Apr 9 2018 12:32pm

Pupillage places jump by 7%

New stats show 510 pupils started their training last year

Mar 27 2018 12:38pm

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

Mar 19 2018 12:57pm

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

Mar 2 2018 10:02am

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

Feb 28 2018 4:12pm

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

Oct 5 2017 2:18pm

BSB unveils radical training proposals that could spell end of 12-month pupillages

Compulsory Inns dinners may be thing of the past too, says new consultation paper

Oct 4 2017 12:40pm

Complaints about barristers’ social media behaviour on the rise

But many are dismissed as free speech

Aug 2 2017 2:23pm

BSB delays release of BPTC ethics exam results after spotting ‘clerical errors’

Exclusive: All providers impacted as regulator conducts ‘further check on every paper’

Jul 7 2017 1:51pm

BSB approves shared parental leave scheme for self-employed barristers

Regulator hopes the move will encourage more gender diversity within the profession

May 30 2017 1:33pm

Barristers and football agents team up to kick off new ‘innovative’ legal business

VII Law becomes the bar’s first licensed ABS

May 25 2017 11:46am

BSB approves radical reforms that could see BPTC split in two and law school attendance made OPTIONAL

Over 500 barristers signed an open letter in support of the proposals

Mar 24 2017 12:33pm

Double trouble: Cocaine conspiracy lawyer who was disbarred last month has now been struck off by SDT

Omar Khan slapped with a three-year prison term last spring

Mar 17 2017 2:47pm