Features

Not for the likes of me? Don’t hold back.  Counsel asks a cohort of atypical barristers to share their thoughts and experiences of going against the Bar grain – and how they made it work  

John Wilson QC reflects on the destruction of the Temple in the Blitz when after the ‘all-clear’ barristers would rifle through the wreckage searching for their briefs and books, their practices as wrecked as their buildings  

Nathalie Lieven QC explains how a COIC pupillage match funded grant is a win-win – for chambers and the justice system – with applications opening in September 2018 

Best books, top tracks, fabulous films, artistic authorities and an essential:  Counsel invites barristers to share the cultural influences in their lives. In this issue, we talk to Lynne Townley, who is the new Chair of the Association of Women Barristers. Lynne is currently teaching on the Bar Professional Training Course at City Law School, University of London. She is also a trustee of a charity campaigning against honour-based abuse and forced marriage. Lynne has recently appeared in court as a cultural expert witness in relation to the operation of familial codes of honour.  

Chambers meets a new tenant  

Blind shortlisting – in its infancy at the Bar – is gaining pace in other professions. Occupational Psychologist Bindi Dholakia reports  

Tomb and Temple: Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem 
Editor: Robin Griffith-Jones and Eric Fernie
Publisher: Boydell (May 2018) 
ISBN: 9781783272808 

CBA Wellbeing Director Sarah Vine is persuaded to share a typical day in the life – in the beleaguered but beloved criminal Bar 

Looking out, looking in: in a interview with Gary Younge,  The Guardian’s editor-at-large, Desiree Artesi explores diversity solutions and the Bar’s parallels with the media sector