Bar Training Course

We’ve delivered high quality training for the Bar since 1997, strongly supported by the local employed Bar, the independent Bar and the Judiciary. scroll A unique offering We are the only Russell Group University to offer a Diploma in Bar Training. mortarboard Learn from professionals All our tutors have practised as barristers or solicitors and their ethos is one of friendly professionalism and mutual respect. star Highly regarded training We are one of the top performing providers across the centralised examinations set by the BSB for the Bar Training Course. people Significant face to face support Our staff/student ratio ensures you receive substantial individual feedback and support to prepare you for the BSB centralised assessments. Our Pg Dip Bar Training Course is a skills-based, intensive full-time 10-month course designed to prepare a prospective Barrister for the period of work-based learning, known as pupillage. This programme enables you to acquire the skills, knowledge of procedure and evidence for you to meet the Bar Standards Board (BSB) criteria, as set out in their Professional Statement for Barristers. Our programme aims to foster a professional and ethical approach to practice as a barrister, whilst giving you an informed view of a barrister’s working life and the opportunity to reflect on the challenges facing the legal profession in today’s world. Our teaching is timetabled between Monday and Thursday (i.e. no more than four days), to provide time for personal study. Advocacy and conferencing will be taught intensively in two-hour sessions to no more than six students. You will also be able to undertake a specialist advocacy option. You’ll also have the opportunity to undertake the BSB centrally set assessments in December, April and August during the academic year you are enrolled as a student. On successful completion, you'll be eligible to be called to the Bar of England and Wales (subject to meeting the qualifying session requirement of your Inn of Court). ### Accreditations - Bar Standards Board ! > The School has fantastic facilities and approachable, stellar staff, enjoying close proximity – both in a geographical and relationship sense – to the local legal profession and institutions. Nicholas Wolfe Bar Training Course, 2012 Where you'll study