Life as a Junior Barrister: In the Words of the Independent Bar

This essential volume for all aspiring barristers offers guidance, insights and advice from new barristers from a diverse range of backgrounds and practice areas, shedding light on what life is really like for barristers at the independent Bar.

Each chapter is candid and honest about the reality of the Bar and how it measures against student expectations. There is only one Bar, but working in different practice areas brings different challenges. This book brings together new practitioners from across the disciplines, from crime to commercial, from family to employment law, and more, as they each discuss their workloads, the sorts of cases and tasks that they typically face and highlight the skills which need to be developed in the first couple of years. Practical tips around time-management and finance feature, as well as advice around key social and cultural issues. The concluding chapter by Jaime Hamilton QC discusses the transformations that the Bar has undergone and continues to go through.

Accessible and engaging, this invaluable resource is the perfect guide for anyone interested in exploring a career at the Bar. It will be an ideal companion to students of law at any level.

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Life as a Junior Barrister: In the Words of the Independent Bar

This essential volume for all aspiring barristers offers guidance, insights and advice from new barristers from a diverse range of backgrounds and practice areas, shedding light on what life is really like for barristers at the independent Bar.

Each chapter is candid and honest about the reality of the Bar and how it measures against student expectations. There is only one Bar, but working in different practice areas brings different challenges. This book brings together new practitioners from across the disciplines, from crime to commercial, from family to employment law, and more, as they each discuss their workloads, the sorts of cases and tasks that they typically face and highlight the skills which need to be developed in the first couple of years. Practical tips around time-management and finance feature, as well as advice around key social and cultural issues. The concluding chapter by Jaime Hamilton QC discusses the transformations that the Bar has undergone and continues to go through.

Accessible and engaging, this invaluable resource is the perfect guide for anyone interested in exploring a career at the Bar. It will be an ideal companion to students of law at any level.

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Life as a Junior Barrister: In the Words of the Independent Bar

Life as a Junior Barrister: In the Words of the Independent Bar

Life as a Junior Barrister: In the Words of the Independent Bar

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This essential volume for all aspiring barristers offers guidance, insights and advice from new barristers from a diverse range of backgrounds and practice areas, shedding light on what life is really like for barristers at the independent Bar.

Each chapter is candid and honest about the reality of the Bar and how it measures against student expectations. There is only one Bar, but working in different practice areas brings different challenges. This book brings together new practitioners from across the disciplines, from crime to commercial, from family to employment law, and more, as they each discuss their workloads, the sorts of cases and tasks that they typically face and highlight the skills which need to be developed in the first couple of years. Practical tips around time-management and finance feature, as well as advice around key social and cultural issues. The concluding chapter by Jaime Hamilton QC discusses the transformations that the Bar has undergone and continues to go through.

Accessible and engaging, this invaluable resource is the perfect guide for anyone interested in exploring a career at the Bar. It will be an ideal companion to students of law at any level.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781000619003
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/16/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 154
File size: 505 KB

About the Author

Nigel Booth is the Programme and Student Experience Lead for the Bar Practice Course at the University of Law’s Manchester and Liverpool campuses. He was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1994 and has worked as a barrister for 25 years.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Introduction, 1. Family Law, 2. Commercial Chancery, 3. Civil, Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence, 4. Property, Planning, Public Law, 5. Inquests, Public Law, 6. Crime, Social Mobility, 7. Employment, Planning, Crime, 8. Commercial Law, 9. Crime, 10. Looking Back and Going Forwards: Reflections of a Modern Silk
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