training

• What are the 3 stages in barrister training?

  1. Academic stage
  2. Vocational stage
  3. Pupillage / work-based learning stage
• What are the 2 ways in which the academic stage in barrister training can be completed?

  An undergraduate law degree or any non-law degree plus a graduate law conversion course.
• What areas of law are covered in both the undergraduate law degree and the GDL during the academic stage?

  • Public law
  • EU law
  • Crime
  • Tort
  • Contract
  • Land
  • Equity and trust
• What are the 4 possible routes that could be taken during the vocational stage?

  • Three-step route
  • Four-step route
  • Integrated route
  • Apprenticeship route
• What is the three-step route in the vocational stage?

  The route most similar to the old route: the academic stage is followed by the vocational stage (a postgraduate Bar course) which is followed by pupillage.
• What is the equation for what happens in the three-step route in the vocational stage?

  Law degree (or conversion course) -> postgraduate bar course -> pupillage
• What is the four-step route in the vocational stage?

  The academic stage, followed by the Bar course divided into 2 parts, followed by pupillage. Part 1 is delivered through self-study, students don't pay for part 2 until part 1 is successfully completed and students can take a break between the 2 parts.
• What is the equation for what happens in the four-step route in the vocational stage?

  Law degree (or conversion course) -> Bar course part 1 -> Bar course part 2 -> pupillage
• What is the integrated route in the vocational stage of barrister training?

  Combined academic and vocational stages (where the Bar course is integrated into an undergraduate law degree), followed by pupillage.
• What is the equation for what happens in the integrated route in the vocational stage?

  Law degree (with integrated Bar course) -> pupillage.
• What is the apprenticeship route in the vocational stage of barrister training?

  Academic, vocational, and pupillage stages are combined into an apprenticeship. While plans for barrister apprenticeships have been discussed, this route isn't available yet.
• What is the pupillage / work-based learning stage of barrister training?

  A year practising as a pupil barrister at a barristers' chambers or other organisation.
• What happens during the year of pupillage as a part of barrister training?

  The first six months are spent shadowing a senior barrister and the second six months are spent working on cases as a junior.
• What must prospective barristers must join?

  One of the four Inns of Court.
• What are the 4 Inns of Court?

  • Grey's Inn
  • Inner Temple
  • Middle Temple
  • Lincoln's Inn
• What must a trainee barrister do during the academic and vocational stages that is run by their Inn?

  Complete 12 qualifying sessions.
• What test do the Inns administer that prospective barristers must pass when they are called to the Bar?

  "Fit and proper person" test.