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Bar Conference 2025
View our programme and get your ticket for Bar Conference 2025 on Saturday 7 June in Birmingham.
Race equality toolkit
Our new toolkit shows you how to act on race inequality in your chambers or organisation.
The inaugural address of the Chair of the Bar 2025
Barbara Mills KC, Chair of the Bar, delivered her inaugural address on 8 January 2025
Becoming a barrister
We've refreshed our pages - come see what's new for school students, university students, graduates and pupil barristers
Guidance on generative AI for the Bar
Our guidance for barristers on ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language model systems (LLMs).
Pupillage Gateway applications: now open
Now the application window is open until 6 February, read top tips from incoming pupil Emma Talbot, based on her experience of applying over the past 4 years.
Stop it - the duty to prevent sexual harassment
Read our blog exploring what the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 means for the Bar
Cyber security at the Bar training
On-demand courses – learn anywhere, anytime, at your convenience
Chambers Management Panel
Find out more about the Bar Council’s work to support barristers and chambers professionals with the effective management of chambers.
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Bar Council online support services
Guides and templates
Visit our Ethics and practice hub
Find a wide range of guides, resources, and templates on ethics and practice management for barristers and chambers
News
First proposed increase to civil legal aid in 30 years welcome, but much more needed to rebuild the sector
The Bar Council's consultation highlights that the proposed increase falls far behind inflation and more will be needed.
Bar Council Chair urges barristers to report inappropriate behaviours
The call follows a cluster of tribunal findings of inappropriate behaviour of a sexual nature
Tackling violence against women: Kim Johnson MP joins Bar Council to hear about the role of the courts
The Bar Council highlighted that the family courts are an integral part of the solution to tackle violence against women and girls at a roundtable discussion.
Private prosecution safeguards needed to ensure power to prosecute not abused, Bar Council says
Welcoming the government consultation into private prosecutions and the Single Justice Procedure, the Bar Council said both have led to miscarriages of justice and shaken public confidence in the criminal justice system.
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