Representing and supporting you
Ethics guidance
Contact the Ethical Enquiries Helpline, or visit the Bar Council's Ethics & Practice Hub to view ethics and practice documentation and guidance
Talk to Spot
The online tool for the Bar to confidentially and anonymously record bullying, harassment or discrimination concerns.
Life at the Young Bar report
The Young Bar is the future of the profession. In this report, we present a snapshot of life at the Young Bar in 2021.
Barristers' Working Lives
This major survey of the Bar explores the lived experience of working as a barrister.
Supporting careers at the Bar
Starting at the Bar: your essential guide
Written by the our young barristers' committee (YBC) , this guide offers answers to your questions and signposts to a vast array of resources
Training and events
Conferences, seminars, workshops and training courses to help barristers keep their knowledge current, and fulfil their professional development requirements.
International professional and legal development grant programme
Find out more about international career development, and how to apply.
Young barristers' committee
Promoting the interests of the Young Bar
Pro Bono Guide for Pupils and Supervisors
Guidance for pupils and supervisors for providing pupils with pro bono experience.
Professional users' court and tribunal access scheme
Reduce time passing through courts' security with an ID card and Pkpass.
Money matters
Offers and discounts
Offers and discounts from our partner organisations
The Bar Representation Fee
When barristers go through the annual Authorisation to Practise process, 71% of the Practising Certificate Fees goes to the regulators (Bar Standards Board, Legal Services Board and Legal Ombudsman).
Just 29% goes to the Bar Council, and that covers only 65% of the income we need to effectively support the Bar.
The depth and breadth of our work is only possible with the vital funding from Bar Representation Fee (BRF) subscriptions. When you subscribe, not only will you be supporting the Bar, but you will also receive many benefits, including:
- a monthly subscription to Counsel magazine (worth £134)
- discounts on hundreds of retailers such as Apple, John Lewis and Expedia
- a 20% discount on all Bar Council training and events
and more, all for £160 a year.