Your quick guide to starting at the employed Bar
We've put together a quick guide to help you navigate your first few years of practice. We share key areas of support to explore when you’re first starting out, whatever your area of practice.
Your quick guide to starting at the self-employed Bar
We've put together a quick guide to help you navigate your first few years of practice. We've collated 5 key areas of support to explore when you’re first starting out, whatever your area of practice.
'Justice must be seen to be done as well as done': Moving the dial on open justice
This century the open justice principle has moved to a new level, from just physical access to court buildings to actively supporting reporting of the courts.
Becoming a barrister: My 9 top tips
My career path was far from what I anticipated when I was called to the Bar...
Raising the Bar’s profile at the IBA and the IBA’s profile to the Bar
Amanda Pinto KC explains the Bar Council's objectives at the IBA conference 2026
Justice needs juries: how we changed the government's course
In this blog, Chair of the Bar Council Kirsty Brimelow KC looks back at the ‘Justice needs juries’ campaign that led to the government scrapping plans to curb jury trials.