Practice Toolset

Empathy skills are much easier to implement long-term when we feel psychologically safe and well ourselves. Carolyn Cleveland’s three foundations for sustainable upskilling 

How to effectively interact with trans people throughout the justice system? Reagan Persaud’s guide for fellow practitioners

The new Chair of the Bar Council’s Employed Barristers’ Committee Stuart Alford KC busts some myths, sets out key challenges for today’s employed Bar and the priorities for the year ahead 

In this practical guide, Amanda Bewley applies Dr Ginsburg’s ‘seven Cs’ to the world of the Bar to help you test and improve your resilience level

Ready for more stability or a new challenge? Barrister consultant Kevin Harris and barrister secondee Siân Beaven on the benefits of new work streams

Much like an aircraft’s flight recorder, data from a vehicle’s electronic control unit could form an important component of evidence in a case. Rina-Marie Hill introduces this relatively new field of forensics

Simon McCrum sets out 13 golden rules that will ultimately ensure failure of a set and then – turning the tables – pointers for creating a sustainable future

How do legal outsiders become lawyers? A ‘route map’ from David Lock KC’s Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings podcast

Want to start a conversation about neurodiversity in your chambers? Elizabeth Rimmer of LawCare, a partner of Neurodiversity in Law, explains how

George Floyd would have been astonished to learn that his death had opened the eyes of UK financial and professional leaders to the inequities faced by Black professionals here. But what if he had asked,  ‘Will it actually change anything?’   Harry Matovu KC, Laura Durrant and Olivia Roberts on the Black Talent Charter