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Bar Council extends a hand of support to colleagues across the Atlantic

For this year's Day of the Endangered Lawyer the country focus is threats to the profession in the United States

  • 23 January 2026
  • Press release

Chair of the Bar congratulates new King’s Counsel

Kirsty Brimelow KC sends her warmest congratulations to the 96 successful applicants

  • 23 January 2026
  • Press release

Former Women and Equalities Committee Chair Dame Maria Miller DBE named first Bar Council Commissioner for Conduct

Former Women and Equalities Committee Chair and Cabinet Minister Dame Maria Miller DBE has become the Bar’s first ever Commissioner for Conduct.

  • 20 January 2026
  • Press release

Juries, legal aid and children in sharp focus for new Bar Chair Kirsty Brimelow KC

The new Chair set out her priorities in a speech at Gray's Inn

  • 13 January 2026
  • Press release

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Training and events

 

21 January - 3 February

Trauma-informed practice: training for barristers

  • Training course
  • Self-employed Bar
  • Wellbeing
  • Online
26 - 30 January

Foundation mediation training

  • Training course
  • Mediation
  • Online
27 January

Fair recruitment and selection

  • Training course
  • Equality and diversity
  • Compliance
  • Fair recruitment
  • In person, London
28 January

Trauma-informed practice: training for clerks and chambers staff

  • Training course
  • Self-employed Bar
  • Wellbeing
  • Online

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