How to identify candidates with the best potential? Is diverse recruitment easier said than done? 20 Essex Street – the first chambers to use a contextual recruitment system – is experimenting with big data to find out
Why law firms do 360 degree feedback and techniques the Bar can adopt
How to use advanced searching techniques to get the best results from your subscription databases, making your research more efficient and cost-effective
Raising discrimination issues can be tricky at the best of times; even more so when it’s you who’s dropped from a case. A first-hand account of the difficulties in challenging the status quo and growing will for change
Congratulations to the 108! As our new QCs prepare for the silk ceremony, we dive into the pool to see what’s the most influential factor for success, after an individual’s own effort
How bad is Brexit for women? Just how inclusive does feminism have to be? What’s the greatest myth about female barristers? The forthright peer, social reformer and Bar luminary talks to Alice de Coverley
From American legal thinking to classics and great literary speeches, Lord Justice Singh discusses his influences and principles
Tax barrister, blogger and campaigner – the tenacious Jolyon Maugham QC has driven the legal debate on Brexit since the referendum result and won’t let the issue go
Julia Smart probes the impeccable credentials of LALY Legal Aid Barrister of the Year 2018, Martha Cover
Coming soon to a Circuit near you? With over 80 mentored pairs and counting, the win-win WCWF opt-out scheme is getting results
Now is the time to tackle inappropriate behaviour at the Bar as well as extend our reach and collaboration with organisations and individuals at home and abroad
Applications are invited for Door and Part/Full Time Tenants
A comparison – Dan Monaghan, Head of DWF Chambers, invites two viewpoints
And if not, why not? asks Louise Crush of Westgate Wealth Management
Marie Law, Head of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs, discusses the many benefits of oral fluid drug testing for child welfare and protection matters
To mark International Women’s Day, Louise Crush of Westgate Wealth Management looks at how financial planning can help bridge the gap
Casey Randall of AlphaBiolabs answers some of the most common questions regarding relationship DNA testing for court
Maria Scotland and Niamh Wilkie report from the Bar Council’s 2024 visit to the United Arab Emirates exploring practice development opportunities for the England and Wales family Bar
Marking Neurodiversity Week 2025, an anonymous barrister shares the revelations and emotions from a mid-career diagnosis with a view to encouraging others to find out more
David Wurtzel analyses the outcome of the 2024 silk competition and how it compares with previous years, revealing some striking trends and home truths for the profession
Save for some high-flyers and those who can become commercial arbitrators, it is generally a question of all or nothing but that does not mean moving from hero to zero, says Andrew Hillier