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Elizabeth Bowden is a barrister at College Chambers, Southampton and practises in family finances and civil litigation. Elizabeth is never too far from a spreadsheet and is evangelical about tech.
Feel confident accessing – and interpreting – your data in Chambers’ diary management system? Elizabeth Bowden explains how
Bundle like a pro! In part 5 of her series, Elizabeth Bowden explains how to make the most of Acrobat Pro – from bookmarking and highlighting, to linking and redacting
Make 2026 the year you learn to love Excel. Elizabeth Bowden shares tips, tricks and time-savers in part four of her series
Switching from a physical blue book to OneNote is simple, secure and game-changing, says Elizabeth Bowden – you’ll wonder how you managed without it...
In the second part of her series, Elizabeth Bowden focuses on Outlook
Looking to streamline your workflow with tools you already use? In the first part of her practical new series for Counsel, Elizabeth Bowden starts with MS Word time-savers that can make life as a barrister noticeably easier
The Chair of the Bar reports back
By Kem Kemal, CEO, Henry Dannell
By BSK Financial Planning
Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs
Susie Griffin on the admin that keeps barristers from billable work
Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group, explains how global events can influence the performance of pensions and ISAs, and why taking a long-term approach to investing is often the most effective strategy
Kick off your career at the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair this October – it’s one of the most valuable opportunities for aspiring barristers, says Amelia Clegg
Join us on Saturday 21 November 2026 at Leeds Beckett University and see for yourself why the North continues to be an exceptional place to build a career at the Bar
The golden age of advocacy? David Langwallner pays homage to the filmic if contentious barrister Sir Edward Carson and some of his contemporaries
Henry Fingerhut outlines what the Bar Standards Board AI guidance means for early career barristers
Not yet, says Jacob Turner. Regulation, unlike the technology itself, is a domain the legal profession can still control
