Join us this autumn 2024

Pupillage Fairs, Webinars and the ICCA Bar Course Open Day

We are holding and attending multiple events in autumn 2024, both in person and online. If you are interested in Bar training commencing in September 2025 or January 2026, we would be delighted to meet you.

We are attending Pupillage Fairs, holding our Open Day in Middle Temple Hall and running a variety of webinars about the ICCA Bar Course and how to apply, tips for Bar Course advocacy, and advice for neurodiverse students on how to get the best out of the ICCA Bar Course. Our friendly staff and students will be on hand to answer any questions you may have. It will be a pleasure to see you at an ICCA Bar Course event this autum.

University Outreach

We also conduct a series of free outreach visits to universities this Autumn across the UK, arranged through university careers advisers or directly through Bar and Law Societies.

Our outreach programme covers advice on improving your advocacy skills, as well as what it takes to become a barrister and enhancing your pupillage prospects. If you would like us to visit your university, please get in touch using the email address directly below. We look forward to meeting you this autumn.

Registration and Contact

• To book your free place for an event, please click on the button below each event.
• If you would like to arrange an outreach visit to your university, feel free to get in touch with Chris Kessling.
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ICCA Bar Course Events 2024

ICCA Webinar – Training for the Bar with the ICCA

Monday 7 October 2024 | 12.30pm – 1.30pm | Remote – webinar | £Free

During this webinar you will hear all about training to become a barrister, including the ICCA’s innovative approach to Bar training. We will take you through what to expect on Parts One and Part Two of the ICCA Bar Course, including course content, our teaching and learning approach, fees and scholarships, careers assistance and extracurricular activities.

Hear from, and ask questions of, the Vice-Dean, Directors of Online Learning and alumna Jody Tobin. This webinar has been recorded and can be accessed from the link below.

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ICCA Webinar – Mind Your Language – A guide to Bar Training and Neurodiversity

Thursday 10 October 2024 | 12.30pm – 1.30pm | Remote – webinar | £Free

This webinar is for those considering or undergoing Bar Training and anyone who wishes to understand neurodiversity. It aims to demystify the most common and hybrid types of neurodivergence alongside learning styles to show how different brain languages work and learn most effectively.

We will then look at what neurodiverse students can do to get the best out of the ICCA Bar Course. Presented by Jody Tobin, ICCA alumna.

About Jody

Jody has successfully completed the ICCA Bar Course and has returned to the ICCA to assist our work in updating and improving our course and as Senior Director of the School Exclusion Project.

As a proud neurodiverse person, Jody has extensive experience of working with and teaching the neurodiverse community and often utilises lived-experience to bridge the neurotypical/neurodiverse brain-language divide. Jody is also an active member of several groups aiming to break down barriers at the Bar in order to create a vibrant, representative profession.

This webinar has been recorded and can be accessed from the link below.

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Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair – October 2024

Thursday 10 October 2024 | 2.00pm – 5.00pm | Online event – Pupillage Fair | £Free

Join us at the popular Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair. This free online pupillage fair gives you the opportunity to meet ICCA staff, as well as many sets of leading chambers. Our virtual booth has a livestream that allows you to join in video chats. You can also submit written questions in the live chats and browse custom content. As ever, we will be on hand to answer your questions.

This event has now taken place.

If you were unable to attend, we will be attending another Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair on Thursday 12 December 2024.

ICCA Webinar – Applying for the ICCA Bar Course

Monday 14 October 2024 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Remote – webinar | £Free

ICCA Bar Course applications open today, Monday 14 October 2024 until Monday 13 January 2025, for courses commencing in September 2025 and January 2026.

Applications are made online via the ICCA website and shortlisted candidates are invited to a short advocacy exercise and interview. Designed in line with our Fair Admissions Policy, all candidates are measured against the same fair and transparent criteria.

Come along to this webinar to find out what we are looking for in candidates, what is involved in the application process and ask questions of both ICCA staff and students. This webinar has been recorded and can be accessed from the link below.

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Bar Council Pupillage Fair 2024

Saturday 19 October 2024 | 10.00am – 3.00pm | In-person event – Pupillage Fair | 133 Houndsditch, Liverpool Street, London EC3A 7BX | £Free

Join us in the heart of the City of London for the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair 2024. The Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair is the largest recruitment fair run by the Bar for the Bar of the future. This event will give you the chance to engage with practising barristers, find out about their work and gain insight into what a career at the Bar involves. This year’s Pupillage Fair will take place in London on Saturday 19 October 2024 and will be complemented by a series of online life at the Bar webinars from Monday 14 to Thursday 17 October 2024.

The Pupillage Fair is delivered in partnership with the Council of the Inns of Court and supported by the Specialist Bar Associations and Circuits.

The ICCA will be in attendance with our friendly students and staff to answer any questions you may have about the ICCA Bar Course. We look forward to meeting you there.

This event has now taken place. If you missed us, please feel free to attend our Open Day on 9 November (in person) or the Legal Cheek Pupillage Fair on 12 December (online).

ICCA Webinar – Preparing for Bar Course Advocacy

Friday 1 November 2024 | 12.30pm – 1.30pm | Remote – webinar | £Free

Enhance your advocacy skills with guidance, hints and tips from Michelle Fawcett, Criminal Litigation Lead Tutor and Alexandra Frith, Joint Civil Litigation Lead Tutor at the ICCA. Advocacy is at the heart of what we do.

This webinar has been recorded and can be accessed from the link below.

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ICCA Bar Course Open Day 2024

Saturday 9 November 2024 | 10.00am – 1.00pm | Middle Temple Hall, London EC4Y 9BT (in person) | £Free

If you are intending to commence Bar training in 2025 or early 2026 and would like to find out more about studying at the ICCA, we would be delighted to see you at the ICCA Bar Course Open Day.

This in-person event will be held at the beautiful Middle Temple Hall in the heart of legal London. See the Inn, hear all about the ICCA Bar Course, meet teaching staff and students, enjoy coffee and snacks and experience what life on the Bar Course is really like. Feel free to bring a guest and we look forward to seeing you there.

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Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair – December 2024

Thursday 12 December 2024 | Time TBC | Online event – Pupillage Fair | £Free

Join us for this second Legal Cheek Virtual Pupillage Fair, and the last event of our 2024 events programme. Held on a weekday, this free online pupillage fair gives you the opportunity to meet us via video chats, submit written questions and browse custom content. We will be on hand to answer any questions you may have about the ICCA Bar Course. It will be a pleasure to welcome you to this event in the lead-up to the Christmas break.

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