With pupillage season underway, everyone involved in the recruitment process within Chambers must ensure absolute fairness when recruiting.
We outline a list of essential guidelines aimed at optimising fair recruitment practices to get you started 👉 https://t.co/NKjMo4VwMP
Our Key Insights for The Bar 🚀
We’ve carefully collated the most pressing issues and emerging trends set to define the profession in the year ahead, along with a look back at the challenges and opportunities from 2024.
View full report here - https://t.co/COPp5SLbHD
Save the Date | Annual Leadership Conference
This year's theme focuses on leadership and innovation for the Bar.
🗓️ Date: Friday, March 28th, 2025
🏛️Venue: Convene, Chancery Lane, London
🎟️ Early Bird Price: £250 + VAT
To secure your spot, email us on [email protected]
Back in September, the @barstandards announced a proposal to reshape the equality rules at the Bar.
Watch Kathryn Stone, Chair of the BSB, discuss this issue on the #GetBriefedPodcast
📽️ Podcast - https://t.co/p3hzAGCaqX
📰 Q&A - https://t.co/GTxDe55ykc
Our Chair, Kathryn Stone OBE, sat down with @briefedpro last week to discuss her career as well as the current BSB consultation on the equality rules. Listen to the episode now on:
Spotify - https://t.co/01vMEgDJV3
Apple Podcasts - https://t.co/HYlViwSqOF
With the @ibc_org conference approaching, we had the pleasure of chatting with former IBC chairs on the #GetBriefed podcast, where they provide insights into their long-standing careers as clerks!
David Goddard: https://t.co/v5Lhrw7CAP
@LucyBarbet: https://t.co/8CDA8PNIc3
In this week’s episode of the #BriefedPodcast, Orlagh is joined by current judge and Director of Training at the @UKJACRBLX, HHJ Nigel Lickley KC.
Listen to him explain about his view of the courtroom & his 34 years as a criminal barrister.
https://t.co/RE33UEg9kU
For those working at the Bar, menopausal symptoms can present an additional layer of stress to what is already a highly demanding occupation.
By addressing menopause openly and respectfully, we hope to help chambers create a workplace where women feel valued & supported.
🎙Can clerks operate successfully in a world without drinking?
In this episode, we're joined by Senior Clerk at @5RB , @AndyLove78 where he candidly discusses his relationship with alcohol and his journey to quitting for the better.
Listen now on: https://t.co/Qi62YPAKZ7
#BabyLossAwarenessWeek starts today!We're offering FREE workplace pregnancy loss training all week to show support. #TimeForAction
Join us in honouring lost loved ones, raising awareness for George's Law and creating compassionate workplaces. Get involved https://t.co/9OsgG2cOpO
How many pathways are there to the Bar? 🎙️
Listen to barrister and founder of @BridgeTheBar, @MassNdowNjie as he tells his story of his alternative route to the Bar.
Listen now now on the GetBriefed podcast - https://t.co/mbYMcWX29q
#barrister#legalcareer#bar
For #BabyLossAwarenessWeek (Oct 9-15), we are launching our 'Time for Action' Initiative, which will provide UK organisations with FREE awareness training to teams supporting colleagues grieving a loss.
Enrol your organisation - https://t.co/9OsgG2cOpO
#TimeForAction#BLAW
Join Orlagh on the GetBriefed #podcast as she speaks with Emily Martin, a Senior Clerk at @45GRAYSINNSQ , about her inspiring journey in the world of chambers. Hear her insights on leadership and growth.
Now on:
Spotify - https://t.co/nsZw4xPsMP
Apple - https://t.co/wt7gh7PqnK
“We’re just trying to be professional, and to make sure our barristers are looked after. I don't think there's anything particularly revolutionary with that.
Stephen Ward talks scalability, reimagining the chambers model, and leading by example in the @briefedpro podcast.
Former receptionist to first female @ibc_org chair, @LucyBarbet shares her journey from the clerks' room to the top of her career in @11KBW and within the IBC. Listen to her story of breaking barriers and making history in the legal industry: https://t.co/tDDrPoScQ5
🎙 50 Years of clerking knowledge with long-standing Senior Clerk at @4StoneBuildings, David Goddard on our GetBriefed podcast.
Available now to listen on:
Spotify - https://t.co/K2LlrTQ8a0
Apple Podcasts - https://t.co/7FY0pxSm8P
Tune in to this week's ep of the GetBriefed Podcast as Mark Neale from the @barstandards delves into crucial topics affecting the Bar, including the newly formed Labour Government and it's impact on the legal sector.
Spotify-https://t.co/8160dANuxt
Imogen Robins, a barrister at @PumpCourt and Founder of Legally Flushed, is playing a key role in empowering women in the industry and helping them elevate their careers.
Listen now via:
Spotify: https://t.co/cqOGbMRH7Q
Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/NGT9pzl5P6
Today on the GetBriefed Podcast, we welcome barrister at @FTB_law, @JamesPereiraQC . James discusses his successful career highs and lows in this very personal, honest and insightful episode.
Listen now - https://t.co/h4jAXpCJx7
Our Director General Mark Neale spoke to @briefedpro at their Leadership and #Wellbeing Conference about how @barstandards can collaborate with chambers to provide support for #barristers. Watch the interview: https://t.co/93qxa6Yi7B.