×

Blogs/Articles

Setting up a direct access practice

Setting up a direct access practice

As the pandemic’s influence on practice bites, Andrew Granville Stafford, Maria Scotland and Daniel ShenSmith outline the key requirements that apply to public access work, the direct-client experience and advice on effective marketing 

Going solo

Going solo

For those contemplating the move to sole practitioner: Steven Gasztowicz QC  and Susan Jones  outline the key considerations when re-orientating your practice

15 January 2021 / Steven Gasztowicz KC / Susan Jones
Enhance your chambers-solicitor relationships

Enhance your chambers-solicitor relationships

All relationships take work, not least those between chambers and solicitors. Danny Chapman  shares some practice-enhancing tips (and food for thought for your next practice review) for new business generation and client retention

30 November 2020 / Danny Chapman
Mobilise your marketing skills

Mobilise your marketing skills

How the more enterprising barristers are promoting themselves; a five-pronged plan 

By Atalanta Goulandris  

30 November 2020 / Atalanta Goulandris
Secondments – worth a second thought

Secondments – worth a second thought

If you are at a career crossroads and do not know what to do next – try a secondment. More than a detour, it can help you diversify, balance work/life and gain long-term clients 

By Sunyana Sharma  

30 November 2020 / Sunyana Sharma
One Bar, two guvnors

One Bar, two guvnors

A revolving door in the best sense, moving between the self-employed and employed Bar is relatively easy: for those considering leaving the profession, a taste of the in-house life may give cause for thought 

By Anthony Eskander  

30 November 2020 / Anthony Eskander
Judging: is it really your future?

Judging: is it really your future?

There are two particular traits that judicial applicants can display repeatedly, and these can lead to inaccurate self-assessment. For those ready to be brutally honest with themselves, Manjula Bray sets out a five-step strategy to help plan for success 

02 November 2020 / Manjula Bray
Take a successful break

Take a successful break

Lucy Barbet's top tips on how to plan, communicate and execute a career break, and get your practice up and running again quickly 

25 September 2020 / Lucy Barbet
Bar to Bench: moving on up

Bar to Bench: moving on up

Unvarnished advice from four recent and atypical judicial appointees: HHJ Madeleine Reardon, HHJ Fayyaz Afzal OBE, Tribunal Judge Michelle Brewer and Mrs Justice Eady talk to Rehna Azim about why they took the plunge, retention and diversity challenges at Bar and Bench, and what they thought of the application experience 

24 September 2020 / Rehna Azim
The barrister’s progress

The barrister’s progress

From a jobbing criminal hack to a silk, Recorder and Bencher in four years – Kama Melly QC reflects on how it happened and the measurement of career success at the Bar 

16 April 2020 / Kama Melly KC
Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

Job of the Week

Strategic Moves

2024/5 COMBAR mentoring scheme

Now open for applications: the mentoring scheme for underrepresented applicants to the Commercial Bar enters its third year. Apply by Friday 20 September 2024 for the 2024-25 cycle

Join Antony Hodari in-house

No-one should have to live in sub-standard accommodation, says Antony Hodari Solicitors. We are tackling the problem of bad housing with a two-pronged approach and act on behalf of tenants in both the civil and criminal courts

Record pupillage numbers

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

Senior Crown Prosecutor

What’s it like being a Senior Crown Prosecutor? Stuart Page describes what drew him to the role, the skills required, and a typical day in the life

Q&A with The Barrister Group

Harry Hodgkin, CEO of The Barrister Group, gives an insight into Chambers' core principles and the individual barrister's experience

CPS in Top 10 Employers for Working Families

Congratulations to the Crown Prosecution Service – a Top 10 Employer for Working Families 2023