Features

Inequitable briefing, power play, a culture of fear... age-old problems that can have a devastating impact on retention rates. The Association of Women Barristers sets out six measures to maintain the gender balance and enable staying for silk  

By Lynne Townley and Nikki Alderson  

Following a five-year review, three consultations and concerted efforts to make it more evenly distributed, the new age of education begins in autumn 2020 – Catherine Baksi's  guide to the regime and its providers

Happy #IWD2020 #EachforEqual! Five sisters in law – barristers Lousia Collins, Rebecca Hill, Gemma Rose, Alexandra Wilson and Alexa Le Moine of 5SAH – share their views on life and work at the Bar, keeping/retrieving the faith, and the strength and support of a united and collective voice  

Andrew Otchi e reviews the film based on the book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption  by Bryan Stevenson.  Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. UK release date: 17 January 2020

Practice makes perfect

Handel’s Israel in Egypt , revived before Christmas, in Birmingham’s Victoria Law Courts, by Advocati under the direction of John Saunders, is scarcely unbiased. A review by Roderick Dunnett 

Time to rethink the Bar’s approach to diversity and inclusion? To ensure that difference makes  a difference, we must get to the root of the problem and commit to structural change – Zeenat Islam  shares her thoughts