Profession

Legal practitioners from different backgrounds share their experiences of the developing regulatory area with Melissa Countinho  

Today there appears to be more regulation than ever before, despite the aims of reducing unnecessary bureaucracy.  

Daniel Sternberg reports back from this year’s Young Bar Conference  

Over 150 employed and self-employed barristers and law students gathered on 17 October 2015 for the 11th Young Bar Conference.  

David Wurtzel interviews the incoming Chairman of the Bar, Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC  

The 2016 Chairman of the Bar, Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, came to the profession slightly by accident.  

Dianne Martin and Dr Kate Harrington recount their respective experiences of setting up, and undertaking, one of the Bar’s first part-time pupillages and consider its wider applicability  

The Leaders report on the form and function of the Circuits today: what makes the Circuit structure work, how it represents individual voices and how it meets the profession’s needs  

The 30th Annual Bar Conference, together this year with the Young Bar Conference, took place on 17 October. Counsel reports on the day  

Michael Zander gives his view on the Ministry of Justice’s consultation paper on the Quality of Advocacy 

Last month Counsel reported on the Snapshot survey of women at the Bar, and the issues it raised. Here, HHJ Deborah Taylor and Rachel Langdale QC explain the Temple Women’s Forum and the events it holds to highlight these issues  

The Temple Women’s Forum was founded to encourage and support women barristers throughout their careers and so increase retention within the profession. 

Only by going through the pupillage application process will students understand their chances of success. Joanne Wicks QC explains why and how applicants should be encouraged to apply for pupillage before undertaking the Bar Professional Training Course  

Most barristers I speak to think that the ratio of Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) places to pupillages is a scandal.  

Adrian Jack follows up on the recruitment crisis in the High Court and reports on recent developments  

The High Court recruitment crisis was highlighted in the July issue of Counsel .