Tips and suggestions on navigating the pupillage application process as a neurodivergent candidate. By Deborah Revill who remembers it all too well...
Practice area insight from Ciara Bartlam
Practice area insight from Scott Lyness KC and Joel Semakula
A career at the Crown Prosecution Service – insight from Siobhan Blake and Ibrahim Ilyas
Practice area insight from John Oliver
One common mistake candidates make on pupillage applications is not using the STAR method to answer competency-based questions, say James Harrison and Adam Kirke. Here’s how to do it – with worked examples
Emma Fielding’s selection of legal podcasts for aspiring barristers
The Bridging the Bar Academy is committed to increasing equality of access to opportunities for all underrepresented groups at the Bar. Jaya Sudera describes her experience of the scheme and application process
Entering law essay competitions can be a great way to distinguish yourself as a pupil candidate, says Josh Neaman
Paula Rhone-Adrien shares her lessons learnt
England and Wales
Due to a number of successful client panel appointments, Barristers and Solicitor Advocates are needed to join our team throughout England and Wales. We are particularly interested in applicants in the Midlands and London.
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