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What’s the point of using LinkedIn?

What’s the point of using LinkedIn?

Key benefits of the platform for the Bar, how to build engagement, and the secrets of the almighty algorithm – all generously unravelled by barrister and LinkedIn influencer Sahar Farooqi

01 November 2022 / Sahar Farooqi
How do you know it’s time to leave Chambers?

How do you know it’s time to leave Chambers?

The decision to leave Chambers isn’t taken lightly. But it doesn’t need to be tortuous. Here are some ideas from Heidi Smith to help you process the decision

28 October 2022 / Heidi Smith
Implementing and managing fair work allocation

Implementing and managing fair work allocation

A masterclass (with worked examples) on how to implement and manage fair work allocation. By Scott Baldwin 

28 October 2022 / Scott Baldwin
All the fun of the fair

All the fun of the fair

How to get the most out of the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair

29 September 2022 / The Bar Council
Do you know what your clients really think about you?

Do you know what your clients really think about you?

Keith Hardie on why chambers adopting a robust approach to client listening are likely to steal a march on those who do not

15 August 2022 / Keith Hardie
Returners, movers and talent retention

Returners, movers and talent retention

During a career break, you don’t lose skills, you build on them! Juliette Levy outlines the TRWG’s campaign to attract returners and movers, boost confidence and promote the cognitive diversity they bring 

12 August 2022 / Juliette Levy
New legal ventures: Dual specialisation

New legal ventures: Dual specialisation

‘Parallel practitioner’ Kemi Ojutiku explains how she balances work as a civil and commercial arbitrator alongside her specialist family law practice

01 July 2022 / Kemi Ojutiku
Leaders in waiting: part 2 – confidence

Leaders in waiting: part 2 – confidence

Nikki Alderson's confidence strategies for career success, including how to develop a positive mindset and overcome rejection 

01 July 2022 / Nikki Alderson
Your CPS application: making the grade

Your CPS application: making the grade

Jo Martin QC and Berenice Mulvanny explain how to get the grading you deserve in your upcoming CPS Advocate Panel application 

01 July 2022 / Jo Martin KC / Berenice Mulvanny
Leaders in waiting: part 1 – goal setting

Leaders in waiting: part 1 – goal setting

It’s rare for junior barristers to formulate much of a career strategy beyond ‘getting tenancy’. In part one of a new series on career progression, Nikki Alderson shares some advice on setting goals – and purposefully reaching them

01 June 2022 / Nikki Alderson
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Civil mediation – broader arenas

Barristers can learn more about the varied arenas in which their mediation skills can be deployed at the Civil Mediation Council Annual Conference on 6 and 7 November 2024

AG Regional Panel recruitment

Inspiring and diverse candidates are being sought for the Attorney General’s Regional A, B and C Panels - recruitment closes at noon on 10 October 2024

2024/5 COMBAR mentoring scheme

The mentoring scheme for underrepresented applicants to the Commercial Bar enters its third year - the 2024/25 cycle is now closed for applications

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