@thebarcouncil

thebarcouncil has been a member of Linktree for 3 years and joined in September 2022. The social media accounts linked to from thebarcouncil are: LinkedIn, Website. Besides social media accounts, thebarcouncil has populated their site with “Make space for yourself and ask for help”: LGBTQ+ barrister reflects on their journey to the Bar, Bar Council recommends increasing the minimum age of criminal responsibility, Tackling corruption in sport, Becoming a barrister, Your March wellbeing spotlight, How does the Bar Representation Fee support the young Bar?, Get news, events and training courses straight to your inbox, Bar Council welcomes courts sitting at maximum capacity but warns against reducing jury trials, Stop before running over juries - Chair of the Bar Council, Thriving in your first years of practice: building a strong barrister-solicitor relationship, Kirsty Brimelow KC's letter to the Times on jury trials, Apply for Anglo-Dutch Exchange 2026, Thriving in your first years of practice: handling ethical dilemmas, Jury proposals “a cure worse than the disease” – Geoffrey Robertson KC, Law reform lecture 2026, Barristers urge government to deliver specialist courts for sexual and domestic abuse cases, instead of restricting jury trials, Government’s proposal puts magistrates court at ‘high risk’ Bar Council warns as backlog reaches record high, 'Pause and breathe': advice to follow in your pupillage interview from interviewers themselves, Book your place: Thriving in your first years of practice events, Explore support for neurodivergent barristers, pupils and aspiring barristers, Working with Parkinson's, Over 3,200 lawyers including retired judges, past and present Bar Council Chairs and a former DPP call on Prime Minister to stop jury trial proposal, "‘Give to gain’ is the hand outstretched to women": Bar leaders reflect on IWD, IWD 'Give to gain' - young Bar share advice they would give their younger selves, Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) delay form, Subscribe to the Bar Representation Fee (BRF), Read Amelia Clegg's YBC 2026 priorities, Restricting jury trials carries substantial risk and little gain – Bar Council, World Care Day: Lucy Barnes, Find out about what BRF funds, Meet new EBC Chair Simon Regis CBE, Justice needs juries - download the MP letter template, Lammy’s jury changes will not fix backlog, warns Bar Chair, PECS delay form, Book your place on Pupillage interview techniques: Q&A 2026, Raise a concern on behaviour at the Bar - Talk to Spot, Your January wellbeing spotlight - Wellbeing at the Bar, Counsel of nations: the Bar of England and Wales representing States, Save the date: Bar Conference 2026, The trials of setting up David Lammy’s ‘swift courts’ | Trial by jury | The Guardian, International collective redress conference, Law reform essay competition, Read our latest blogs, Counsel: Read Kirsty Brimelow KC's interview with Frances Gibb, Maintaining ethical independence and resisting external pressure, Chambers Training Package, Woman's Hour - Listen to Kirsty's interview from 37:15, Bar leader calls for a rethink on juries - The Times, Kirsty Brimelow KC becomes Chair of the Bar 2026, Read the Four Bars joint statement on jury trials in England and Wales, Bar Council’s Law Reform Essay Competition 2025 | COUNSEL | The Magazine of the Bar of England and Wales, Our 2025 essay competition winners, Criminal and family systems must align to tackle violence against women and girls, Bar Council announces new Chief Executive to join in March 2026, Many would leave family legal aid ‘in a heartbeat’ – new Bar Council report, Bar Council urges government not to pursue changes to jury trial under mistaken belief that radical equals effective, A quick guide for chambers: Bullying, harassment and sexual harassment at the Bar, Fair access to work guide and policy template, Trauma-informed practice training, Staying ethical with AI at the Bar, Updated guidance on generative AI for the Bar, Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers, It’s not jury trials that have left Britain’s justice system in crisis | Trial by jury | The Guardian, Trauma informed law, ‘It takes a village’: insights on pupillage and applications from a new tenant, Building a healthier legal culture: What LawCare’s Life in the Law 2025 and the Bar Council’s Wellbeing at the Bar Report 2025 teach us, Trauma-informed practice: training for barristers, Young Bar highlights from The International Bar Association Conference 2025, Barrister wellbeing improves but still work to do, Bar Council calls for legal aid for all family court cases involving domestic abuse | Family law | The Guardian, Pro Bono Week 2025: celebrating the Bar’s commitment to justice for all, Employed Bar, ‘We need to do better’: examining chambers’ accessibility, Making pro bono part of my practice from the outset, Trauma-informed practice training, Pro Bono: Not just about “giving back”, From visiting Zimbabwe’s orphanages to winning appeals in English courts: The foundation of my passion to pro bono, Standing firm in power and pride - Black History Month 2025, BLAM UK CIC – We aim to promote a positive dialogue of social identity and culture through history, Your October wellbeing spotlight - Wellbeing at the Bar, Black History Month: Celebrating Leonard Woodley QC - 1 MCB, Starting at the Bar: your essential guide, Pupillage interview techniques: Q&A 2026, Bar Representation Fee (BRF), Her Bar - Women Barristers' Hub, Sustaining success – exploring reflective practice and wellbeing at the Bar, Becoming a barrister: your path to the Bar, North Eastern Circuit - NEC Scholarship Awards, Careers at the employed Bar talk - book now, World Mental Health Day prompts calls for cultural shift amid research highlighting lawyers’ poor mental health - The Global Legal Post, The Advocacy Coach, Speak for Success programme, Mental Health & Wellbeing - Wellbeing at the Bar, Speaking up: Midlands barristers look at the future of men’s wellbeing, Bridging the Bar, Bar Council welcomes Court of Appeal ruling on advocate immunity, On course to build confidence in AI among legal professionals, Change starts now | New Law Journal | The leading weekly legal magazine, First 100 Years: Dame Linda Dobbs Biography, Standing firm in power and pride - Black History Month 2025, Bar Council welcomes increase to Crown Court sitting days but warns long-term investment is needed to reduce case backlog, Training and events calendar, Cyber security at the Bar, Legal aid billing seminars, Making the most of your Pupillage Gateway application: Q&A (Dec 2025), 10,000 Black interns programme, Officially a barrister - Aimee Stokes has career advice for you, From internship to pupillage: my journey through the 10KBI scheme, Independent review of bullying and harassment at the Bar, Speak for Success - our new school oracy programme, Employed Bar careers panel - graysinn.org.uk, The government has a choice - investment needed as family justice system fails vulnerable children, Empowered to speak out: what does the Harman report mean for the young Bar?, Careers hub: I am a school or college student, Your August wellbeing spotlight - Wellbeing at the Bar, International newsletter, Becoming a barrister careers hub: school or college students, Law reform essay competition, The rise of neutral evaluation: a two-stage model, “You’ve got to work twice as hard” - the ethnic minority work ethic and its hidden costs, Bar Representation Fee (BRF), 8 summer reads and listens on wellbeing and career success, Bar Council calls for ‘urgent and comprehensive’ investigation into HMCTS IT incident, Highlights from London Climate Action Week 2025, On-demand training courses, Introduction to race training, Employed Bar careers free panel event, Anglo-Dutch Exchange 2025: “It reminded me just how inspiring it is to collaborate with people from around the world.”, Becoming an in-house barrister, Wellbeing at the Bar: July spotlight, Barristers: volunteer for the Pupillage Fair 2025 CV clinic, Blog: Will I be liable for what I have said and done in court?, Guardian letter: Joined-up strategy needed to protect women and girls from violence, Handling client complaints 2025, Applying for mini-pupillage: insights from the shortlist, Read the blogs, Legal Aid cyber incident – updates for the Bar, Barristers struggle to pay bills after legal aid hack, Beware speed over safety: after the Leveson review, AI in law: breaking down the latest developments, Leveson report: diversion welcome but no need to curtail trial by jury, warns Bar Council, Bad Boy (but not) For Life: the prosecution of Sean Combs illustrates the strategic gambles faced by both prosecutors and defence lawyers, The Times: Fraud suspects will ‘lose their right to a jury trial’, Law reform lecture 2025, Progress on judicial diversity is ‘too slow’, Civil legal aid boost long overdue but falls far behind inflation, CitySolicitor Magazine - Wellbeing in the legal profession, Pupil survey report 2025, Bar Council urges more chambers to sign Women in Law Pledge on its 6th anniversary, Legal aid billing seminars, The emotional cost of legal aid work: ‘If you ask me what needs to change, it's not us’, Applying for mini-pupillage: insights from the shortlist, Speak for Success, Helping young people to find their voice, Spending Review is sign of listening to voices from the courts – Bar Council reaction, New report reinforces perilous state of criminal justice, Bar Council says, Planning and environmental law is key to driving public law principles and practice - it affects us all, The Bar in numbers, Blog: Statistics and the law: Why statistical literacy matters in the justice system, Blog: Gauke sentencing review - time for a more nuanced approach to justice, Blog: Ethical support for the Bar, BSB change of course on equality rules is the right decision, The show must go on: dealing with pupillage rejections, Pupil helpline, ‘Time to be bold’ Bar Council responds to final sentencing report, The evolution of family law - blog, Children can’t wait for family court delays – response to NAO report, Community at the Bar, The unspoken reality of rejection at the Bar, Becoming a barrister hub, Restricting parental responsibility in cases of abuse welcome, Bar Council disappointed India trade deal does not include legal services, The rise of surveillance during protests: a threat to fair trial rights, Race equality toolkit, Policies and procedures for chambers, Becoming a barrister, Talk to Spot, Register your interest for our Pupillage Fair 2025, Newsletters, Bar Council press releases, Bar Council blogs, Wellbeing at the Bar, MyBar login.