Laurence Cooper explores the high-stakes world of choosing a Bar training course provider
How to fund training is often a student’s biggest concern. Here, Rose Malleson takes a look at the types of scholarship and financing options available
Rosalind Phelps KC on the value of mentoring and a scheme for students from groups currently underrepresented at the commercial Bar
After a successful pilot in 2020, Bridging the Bar’s mini-pupillage scheme formally launches in September. Mass Ndow-Njie outlines what applicants can expect
Pupil supervisor Sahar Farooqi shares ten simple and pragmatic tips that might just change how you approach your applications
How to be your own advocate and make a good first impression at the written application stage? Here are five key pieces of advice from members of the Bar Council’s Young Barristers’ Committee
Ready for the hot seat? Adam Smith-Roberts boils down all the interview advice out there into eight points of wisdom
From paper sift, to interview, to offer – insights from recently successful pupils
How to stand out (for the right reasons) in the application sift and interview? Three chambers discuss how to impress and what makes the ‘best candidate’
Strategies to cope with rejection, manage failure, keep going and maintain a life outside the pupillage application process. By Nikki Alderson
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