Regulatory roles can significantly enhance your working life, as Tim Grey and Catherine Moxon explain. So how to find the coveted roles and what might help your application succeed in this competitive arena?
Why doing just enough on EDI is not enough: Chris Kelly highlights the benefits of best practice, and provides a refresher on the requirements
Developing the careers of female barristers through fairer work distribution and reducing the gender income gap – Amanda Pinto KC and Selena Jones distill the six key building blocks emerging from an ICAW event
Advising a client on how they must deal with illegally obtained evidence can be ethically and professionally challenging, as Stephen Kenny KC and Abigail Bright explain
For those wanting to know more or with a sense of life lived on a slippery slope (and those around them) – a discussion on addiction, how it might present at the Bar, and the transformation that awaits. By Louis Doyle KC
How well do we support parents at the self-employed Bar? asks Michael Edwards
Kim Tasso looks at the evidence on soft skills and how you can improve yours
The BSB is investigating how comparison tools might work for the Bar – and wants your help. By Rupika Madhura and Richard Parnham
The Young Barristers' Committee Chair, Michael Harwood, sets out his key priorities to meet the challenges ahead
Michael Polak and Michael Harwood of the Young Barristers' Committee on why young barristers should build their practice internationally – and the relaunched grant programmes helping them to do so
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Are you a talented criminal lawyer looking for the next step in your career? The Crown Prosecution Service is recruiting qualified barristers and solicitors across England and Wales.
Chair of the Bar sets out a busy calendar for the rest of the year
By Louise Crush of Westgate Wealth Management
Examined by Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs
Time is precious for barristers. Every moment spent chasing paperwork, organising diaries, or managing admin is time taken away from what matters most: preparation, advocacy and your clients. That’s where Eden Assistants step in
AlphaBiolabs has announced its latest Giving Back donation to RAY Ceredigion, a grassroots West Wales charity that provides play, learning and community opportunities for families across Ceredigion County
Rachel Davenport, Co-founder and Director at AlphaBiolabs, outlines why barristers, solicitors, judges, social workers and local authorities across the UK trust AlphaBiolabs for court-admissible testing
Through small but meaningful efforts, we can restore the sense of collegiality that has been so sorely eroded, says Baldip Singh
Come in with your eyes open, but don’t let fear cloud the prospect. A view from practice by John Dove
Looking to develop a specialist practice? Mariya Peykova discusses the benefits of secondments and her placement at the Information Commissioner’s Office
Anon Academic explains why he’s leaving the world of English literature for the Bar – after all, the two are not as far apart as they may first seem...
Review by Stephen Cragg KC