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No longer an exclusive boys’ club, but still some way to go. To mark International Women's Day, Millie Rai describes what it’s like being a young female barrister at the Commercial Chancery Bar

‘We as barristers can show our solidarity and help our colleagues’: Rhiannon Du Cann asks Laurie Scher and Edward Meuli how they found hosting two refugee Afghan colleagues and Mohammad Alef Orfani, former defence attorney and prosecutor in Afghanistan, shares what he thought of the experience 

Bibi Badejo reports from a packed Inns of Court Women’s Alliance event examining the experiences of Black women barristers and imparting crucial advice for Black women navigating the legal profession 

Certain patterns repeat, but there is always something new to note, finds David Wurtzel, including a second year of large-scale pre-interview sifting and success for the youngsters 

Ensuring recruitment processes are fair, and free from bias, is essential to drive diversity at the Bar. Bindi Dholakia and Rachel Krys examine the theory and practice 

It is easy to be gloomy about wellbeing, says Sam Mercer, but this article celebrates a shift in the right direction, and the 45 chambers recognised in the Bar Council’s relaunched wellbeing certificate programme 

Rachel Tombs advises barristers how to get the most out of their online activity 

If any recently qualified barristers, or barristers’ chambers’ libraries, would like to find a new and very appreciative home for their books on advocacy, please consider donating them to the Sierra Leone Bar Association. The International Law Book Facility will be sending a shipment of textbooks in the next month to support advocacy training this spring, explains Katrina Crossley 

Heidi Stonecliffe KC talks frankly about her route to silk and why, as Chair of the Employed Barristers’ Committee for 2024, she wants to see greater visibility, progression and recognition for employed barristers 

Monisha Shah, Chair of the King’s Counsel Selection Panel, gives an insight into the silk selection process and outlines a new condensed timetable for 2024