In recently perusing “Bar Barometer – Trends in the profile of the Bar” for March 2011, the following statistics show that the Bar is a male-dominated profession by a ratio of 2:1; over three-quarters of the profession are white and white QCs account for over ninety per cent of the practising profession. The Bar Council [...]
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 [...]
Anthony Spaeight QC told barristers to stop calling themselves members of a “referral profession”. His comments made at the 2009 annual Bar Conference in London recently suggested that the referral profession tag concealed the “most important characteristics and qualities of the Bar”. Instead, he felt that barristers should refer to themselves as “the legal profession’s specialist [...]
The Times has compiled a list of the top 100 lawyers in 2009. The top 10 reads as follows: 1) Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, senior law lord 2) Lord Judge, Lord Chief Justice 3) Jack Straw, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice 4) Lord Bingham of Cornhill, retired senior law lord 5) [...]
