Index

‘activist lawyers’ 68-69 advice skills 3, 14, 25-26, 32, 44, 46,

52-55, 57, 90-91, 108, 121, 132 advocacy 17, 127, 139-140; and Bar

School 3, 17, 32-33, 45, 74, 107; and civil practice 43, 44; and commercial practice 24-25, 27, 29-31, 107, 115; and criminal practice 119, 122-124, 131; and employment practice 90-91; and inquests 68; and planning practice 54-55; and written advocacy 32, 45, 91, 119 arbitration 106-107, 116

Bar Council 2, 4, 38, 49, 50, 61, 62,

77, 101, 114

Bar Council Race Working Group 4 Barristers’ Benevolent Association 85 Bar School 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 25-27,

31-33, 42-43, 45-46, 49, 50, 53,

58-59, 73-74, 89-91, 97-98, 107, 111, 126-128

Bar Training Courses see Bar School caring responsibilities 22, 84 chancery practice see commercial

practice civil litigation 3, 4, 16, 33 commercial litigation 23, 31, 33 commercial practice 23, 27, 29, 34,

38, 83 computer skills see digital skills conference skills 3, 81-82; and Bar

Training Courses 46, 74; and civil practice 41, 43; and clinical negligence practice 45; and commercial practice 26, 108, 109; and criminal practice 87, 124; and employment practice 90; family practice 16; and public law 55, 96, 108, 109

Coroners’ Courts see inquests County Courts 56, 61, 129, 131; and commercial law 27, 30, 107, 108,

114, 115; and committal to prison

117, 121; and public law 66, 70

Court of Protection practice 23, 39,

40, 42, 44, 66

Covid 1, 2, 17, 18, 21, 34-36, 48, 56, 61, 80, 84, 87, 93, 94, 109, 116, 119, 121-122, 138

CPS see Crown Prosecution Service criminal litigation 3, 4, 16, 33, 122, 127, 128

criminal practice 1, 38, 48, 62, 80, 82-84, 87, 88, 102, 108, 117, 120, 123, 139, 140; and interplay with civil practice 44; and interplay with family practice 10-11

Crown Court 1, 30, 44, 89, 92, 94, 95,

118, 120, 121, 124, 125, 131, 133, 136, 137

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) 2, 83, 84, 92, 120, 123

digital skills 35-36, 47, 60, 73, 138; and civil practice 48; and commercial practice 112-113; and criminal practice 130-131; and employment practice 90; and family practice 19; and public law practice 76

diversity 20, 37, 49-50, 62-63, 78, 86, 101, 115, 135, 140, 141, 143

drafting skills: and civil practice 3,

41, 43, 54, 57; and commercial practice 25-28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 107-108, 111; and conferences 46; and criminal practice 119; and employment practice 90-91; and family practice 12; and public law practice 72, 74, 96

electronic working see digital skills employment practice 1, 88-92, 95, 102-103, 121

extended operating hours 84, 134-135 Free Representation Unit (FRU)

see pro bono future of the Bar 21, 38, 50, 53,

63-64, 79, 103, 115, 136

gender identity 78 General Diploma in Law (GDL) 2, 24,

40, 74, 104, 111

General Medical Council 117, 129

High Court: and commercial practice

27, 30, 107, 108, 113, 141; and diversity 141; and family practice 15; and public law practice 56 housing law practice see landlord and

tenant

immigration practice 16, 66, 73, 76 income: in civil practice 50; in

commercial practice 37, 115;

in criminal practice 136; in employment practice 102-103; in family practice 20-21; in property, planning and public law practice 63; in pupillage 2, 142 inquests 39-43, 45, 55, 65, 67-68,

70-72, 78, 79

judicial review 52, 57, 59, 72,

74, 118

Kalisher Trust 85

landlord and tenant 25, 54, 55, 65, 69,

71, 89

led, as a junior 32, 45, 54, 57-59,

72, 92, 95-96, 109, 111, 113, 115, 119, 123

legal aid: and civil practice 65, 68,

71; and criminal practice 18, 38,

102, 120, 137; and cuts 1, 70, 75,

85, 119; and family practice 12,

15, 17, 20-21, 38; and inquest practice 68 local authority 10, 13, 55, 57, 89,

92, 96 lockdown see Covid

Magistrates’ Court 105, 135; and commercial practice 30; and criminal practice 29, 83-84, 86, 87, 92, 98,

118-119, 121, 125, 128-129;

and family practice 15 mini-pupillages 16, 32, 53, 62, 78, 81, 100, 104, 115, 127

personal injury 38-42, 51 planning practice 52-57, 62, 63,

88-90, 92, 95, 96

pro bono 15, 29, 52, 56, 68; and Free Representation Unit (FRU) 88 public law 1, 39, 52-79, 118

Race at the Bar: A Snapshot 4 regulatory law 88, 89, 117, 129 remote court hearings 140; and civil practice 44; and employment practice 90, 92, 93, 99, 103; and family practice 15, 18, 21; and public law practice 58, 61 remote working 20, 74-75 retention 5, 63, 79, 83, 85, 141

scholarships 6, 8-9, 82, 85, 101-102 self-employment 14, 16, 18, 70, 83, 129, 139

sex equality 37, 49, 62, 77-78, 101-102, 115, 135, 139

social mobility 5, 37, 49-50, 62, 80, 85-86, 101

solicitors 2, 9, 18, 21, 26, 29, 35-38, 54, 60, 69, 72, 82, 106, 108, 110, 114, 119-121, 130

travelling: and civil practice 44, 49; and commercial practice 36, 114; and criminal practice 132-133; and employment practice 95, 99-100; and family practice 19; and public law practice 61, 76-77

unconscious bias 50, 86, 142

wellbeing 4, 18-19, 21, 61, 75, 77, 101, 114, 133-135

work/life balance: and Bar School 3-4; and civil practice 49; and commercial practice 34, 36-37, 112; and criminal practice 133-134; and employment practice 99, 101; and family practice 14, 17-18; and public law practice 61-62, 74-75, 77