Exclusive access to our Synap learning and revision tool: complete multiple-choice questions to monitor and review your progress. State of the art facilities. You will be based in a brand new purpose-built Law School building and will be taught in rooms that are equipped with the latest modern technology and that have been specifically designed to accommodate Bar training.

Our virtual Selection Process allows us to identify the brightest and most able students, creating a stimulating learning environment for all. As a result, when you undertake our BPC you can guarantee that you will be studying alongside committed, focused and intelligent students, which in turn will push you to succeed. An actual or predicted commendation or above in a taught Masters undertaken in the UK and awarded by a UK institution. Successful completion of your chosen course enables you to be called to the Bar and proceed to pupillage. We have a dedicated careers and placement service who will support you in your search for both pupillage and alternative employment.This article is about metal bars made by smelting ore. For a place that sells drinks, see Bar (location). Here are the institutions and Bar courses that enable students to complete the vocational stage of barrister training. To secure a place on one of the below courses, students must apply directly to a particular university or law school. This information applies to the 2023/24 or 2024/25 academic year dependent on Bar course providers' most up-to-date information. University/law school The BSB’s Bar Qualification Manual generally requires students to have completed the academic component - i.e. obtained a Law Degree or completed the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) or Common Professional Examination (CPE) - before enrolling on the vocational stage. You can also integrate a Bar course into an LLM degree, making the course eligible for a postgraduate loan.

Once you accept your place, you’ll be invited to meet one of our Specialist Careers Advisors to review your CV and get strategic advice on future pupillage applications. This is followed by our preparing for the BPC workshop, which is a chance to hear from our Future Pupils. Pro bono and advocacy OpportunitiesThis course has been approved by Manchester Metropolitan University to start in September 2020. Pending full authorisation by the Bar Standards Board. English Language Requirement - Bar Standards Board". www.barstandardsboard.org.uk . Retrieved 28 August 2018. Students should view careers advice as something about which any BTC tutor can be approached. All teaching staff come from practice, some from London and some from the local area, and some retain tenancies in Chambers. We are thus able to offer first-hand advice and guidance to students. Forget teenage dreams of shouting 'objection!' in court and poncing about in a wig – if you're serious about a career at the Bar you'll need real determination and staying power to succeed. The competition is fierce with 3,000 applicants vying for around 400 pupillage vacancies each year. Ask yourself: do you have what it takes? Read our Preliminary warning and find out Are you Bar ready?