Subjects:

English Legal System

Contents:

Foreward

Introduction to This Book

1. Introduction to the Bar

2. The Future of the Bar

3. A Week in the Life of a Junior Barrister

4. Deciding Wheteher to become a Barrister

5. An Overview of Qualification

6. Work Experience: Mini Pupillages and Other Legal Experience

7. Joining an Inn

8. The BVC

9. Dining, Qualifying Sessions and Call

10. Getting Pupillage

11. Life as a Pupil

12. Work as a Pupil

13. Alternative Careers

14. Transferrring to the Bar After Practising Abroad or as a Solicitor

Further Information

LAW ORGANISATIONS

APPLICATIONS

LAW LIBRARIES IN LONDON

INFORMATION ABOUT CHAMBERS

THE EMPLOYED BAR

LEGAL NEWS

FINANCIAL & TAX ADVICE

SOLICITORS & LEGAL EXECUTIVES

HISTORY & COMMENTARY

WRITTEN FICTION CONCERNING THE BAR

BIOGRAPHY

LAW LONDON

FILM, TELEVISION & RADIO

Glossary

Timetables for Routes to the Bar

Index

Wildy's Book of the Month - May 2007

Misunderstandings and jargon prevent many from seriously considering a career as a barrister in the belief that such a career is not for them or that they are not for it. Others know that they might want to become barristers but not how to go about it, or just want to know more about this somewhat mysterious profession.

This book (by a barrister who was formerly a university law lecturer) clearly but informally explains the traditions, terminology and institutions of the Bar, and what it is actually like to be a barrister. With this aim, several barristers practising in different fields describe in detail a typical week in their life. Advice is then given on how to be accepted into, fund and survive the various academic and other stages that precede qualification as a barrister, including work experience, Bar School, and pupillage (the barrister’s apprenticeship). Space is also given to how to transfer to the Bar after another legal or non-legal career.