Your Guide to Bar Training

If you are confused by the various options available to train to become a barrister, don’t worry, you are not alone. In fact, the January 2023 Report on Evaluation of the BSB’s Bar training reforms revealed that many people who were considering the Bar as a future profession found understanding the training process that awaited them difficult to get to grips with.

The good news is, this article should change all that. Set out in 8 sections and written from a neutral perspective, it is intended to bring some simplicity to the whole process, to explain the options available, and to allow you to make an informed decision about your future.

1. What is a Bar training course?
2. What will I be taught?
3. Completing your Bar training course – Award, Call and Pupillage
4. What are the differences between Bar training courses?
5. Funding your Bar training
6. What are the minimum entrance requirements for Bar training?
7. How and when to apply
8. Helping yourself

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