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The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has adopted the Pupillage Review Report prepared by Derek Wood CBE, QC. The Report contains 95 conclusions and recommendations covering all aspects of pupillage. Training by pupillage is still seen as the best as fairest way of preparation for the profession and there are no plans to change its fundamental [...]
Posted by Darren Sylvester on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 6:43 am
Filed under In The News, latest law updates, Support For Law Students, Tutoring · Tagged Bar Standards Board, Baroness Deech DBE, Cambridge, Continuing Professional Development, Derek Wood CBE, ethnic backgrounds, First Class degrees, funded, Lower Second Class degrees, non-Russell Group universities, Oxford, part-time pupillages, pupillages, QC, Review of pupillage, Russell Group universities, standard of performance, The bar, training, Upper Second Class degrees
I read today that aspiring barristers will have to prove their fluency in English before being offered a place at Bar school. The pilot exams – aimed at preventing applicants with mediocre linguistic abilities from winning a place – will be introduced later this month and will also test analytical and critical thinking skills. The [...]
Posted by Darren Sylvester on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Filed under In The News, latest law updates, Support For Law Students · Tagged advocates, Bar school, Bar Standards Board, Baroness Deech, Barristers, barristers to sit English language test, BPTC, BVC, city law school, linguistic abilities
