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The Bar Council

The Bar Council

The Bar Council represents nearly 18,000 barristers in England and Wales. It promotes the Bar’s high quality specialist advocacy and advisory services; fair access to justice for all; the highest standards of ethics, equality and diversity across the profession; and the development of business opportunities for barristers at home and abroad.

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Well-read

The Bar Council’s eight recommendations for reading or listening to this summer on the topics of wellbeing and career success

04 August 2025

‘Year of the review’: Bar Conference 2025

Bar Conference – held for the very first time on Circuit – is set to examine the Bar’s culture, public inquiries and the future of justice. Join us in person on Saturday 7 June in Birmingham with the Midland Circuit hosting a Bar Mess on the Friday evening

14 May 2025
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Celebrating 75 years of women silks

In the Great Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice, 350 women silks celebrated 75 years since Helena Normanton and Rose Heilbron became the first women to take silk in England and Wales. The Bar Council reports

12 December 2024
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Employed Bar Awards 2024

And the winner is… the Bar Council introduces the barristers honoured in the 2024 awards celebrating the achievements of the employed Bar

04 December 2024
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Pupillage special: What can the Pupil Survey 2024 tell us about pupillage?

The Bar Council reports back on its third pupil survey and signposts support and guidance for this key group of the profession

09 September 2024
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What next for justice?

After a break last year, Bar Conference is back with a new format and packed agenda. Join colleagues in person on Saturday 8 June in London, with welcome drinks on the Friday evening

13 May 2024

Record pupillage numbers

Pupillage offers hit new record exceeding pre-pandemic levels, Bar Council report finds

23 February 2024
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Who gets pupillage?

The Bar Council crunches the data to tell the real story of who gets pupillage... and when

15 January 2024
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Who gets pupillage?

The Bar Council crunches the data to tell the real story of who gets pupillage... and when

01 September 2023
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Back the Bar in 2023

Reasons to subscribe to the Bar Representation Fee this year

07 February 2023
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