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Why is it that in the year 2016, video still seems like an exotic marketing tool for chambers to use? Oliver Scott argues that it’s a natural medium for barristers 

Why is it that in the year 2016, video still seems like an exotic marketing tool for chambers to use? Oliver Scott argues that it’s a natural medium for barristers 

Catherine Baksi takes a look at how chambers are adapting to a pressured and competitive environment  

Despite the myriad of pressures on the Bar, the number of barristers and chambers from which they practise has grown in recent years.  

Authors: Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier
Publisher: OneWorld Press (2016)
Paperback: 384pp
ISBN: 978-1786070470
Price: £12.99 

The online support portal for barristers’ wellbeing and mental health has gone live  

A new portal giving barristers, clerks and chambers staff access to guidance, tips, support and contacts for help on all matters concerning wellbeing was launched on 15 October at the Annual Bar Conference.  

Arguably the most serious miscarriage of justice of our times – lessons must be learned from the iconic Hillsborough proceedings, writes Pete Weatherby QC  

Hillsborough is arguably the most serious miscarriage of justice in our history.  

With a regulatory agenda driven by transparency and an increasingly competitive marketplace, customer service should be uppermost in barristers’ minds, writes Julie Clarke  

In January 2016, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a market study into the provision of legal services in England and Wales across a range of legal areas – including immigration, family and employment – to see whether they are working effectively for individuals and small businesses.  

The Legal Education Foundation’s fellowship scheme for training social welfare lawyers is being extended to barristers. Matthew Smerdon explains why he hopes the fellows will become future leaders of the profession  

The Legal Education Foundation exists to help people better understand and use the law.  

Brexit provides new context for the UK’s role in the Council of Bar and Law Societies of Europe – particularly its scrutiny of the European Court of Human Rights’ excessive caseload, as Piers Gardner explains  

Recognised as the voice of the European legal profession, the Council of Bar and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) represents, through its members, more than one million European lawyers.  

As the new pupils settle in, Daniel Sokol offers his views on the challenges of pupillage  

Final-year medical students in the UK spend several weeks shadowing the most junior doctor in a hospital – the ‘F1’ – to get a sense of life as a doctor.