Barristers Training

Question 1

How many students can qualify for the non-degree route to become a barrister?

Answer 1

a small amount

Question 2

What can graduate students without a law degree take in order to qualify as a barrister?

Answer 2

the one year course for the Common Professional Examination (CPE) or the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)

Question 3

What do all student barristers have to pass ?

Answer 3

the Bar Professional Training Course

Question 4

What do students study while on the Bar Professional Training Course?

(8)

Answer 4

• case preparation
• legal research
• written skills
• opinion-writing
• drafting documents such as claim forms
• conference skills
• negotiation
• advocacy

Question 5

What are examples of areas of law which students study specifically in relation to their future career? (3)

Answer 5

• civil litigation
• criminal litigation
• law of evidence

Question 6

Where must all barristers join?

Answer 6

one of the four Inns of Court

Question 7

What are the 4 Inns of court?

Answer 7

• Lincoln’s Inn
• Inner Temple
• Middle Temple
• Grays Inn

Question 8

What did student barristers previously had to do when joining one of the 4 Inns of Court before being called to the Bar ?

Answer 8

They had to dine there 12 times

Question 9

How may students now attend the bar as opposed to dining at one of the four Inns of Court 12 times?

Answer 9

through a weekend residential course

Question 10

How do weekend residential courses benefit those on courses outside of London?

Answer 10

as travelling costs are lower

Question 11

What wast the idea behind the rule requiring all trainee barristers to dine?

Answer 11

because they met senior barristers and judges and absorbed the traditions of the professions

Question 12

What happens once the student has passed the Bar Professional Training Course?

Answer 12

he is “called to the Bar”

Question 13

What is the practical stage of a students training which must be completed?

Answer 13

the ‘pupillage’

Question 14

Who is the trainee barrister assigned to in a pupillage ?

Answer 14

the trainee barrister becomes a pupil to a qualified barrister

Question 15

What does the trainee barrister do during a pupillage?

Answer 15

‘work shadowing’ the barrister

Question 16

How long will the trainee barrister be with the same barrister?

Answer 16

can be for 12 months or 2 different pupil masters for six months each

Question 17

Who organises the programme which trainee barristers are required to take part in to continue education?

Answer 17

the Bar Council

Question 18

After how long are barristers on a pupilage eligible to appear in court and conduct their own case?

Answer 18

after 6 months

Question 19

How much are trainee barristers paid on a pupilage in comparison to a trainee solicitor?

Answer 19

half the amount

Question 20

What is the diagram of the normal way to become a barrister

Answer 20

law degree
|
membership of an Inn of Court 
|
One year full time or 2 year part time Bar Professional Training Course 
|
Call to the Bar 
|
Pupillage 2 x 6 months
|
Practise as barrister

Question 21

What is the diagram of the way to become a barrister from a non-law degree?

Answer 21

Non-Law degree
|
Common Professional Examination
(one year)
|
membership of an Inn of Court 
|
One year full time or 2 year part time Bar Professional Training Course 
|
Call to the Bar 
|
Pupillage 2 x 6 months
|
Practise as barrister

Question 22

What is the diagram to show how to become a barrister for a non-graduate ?

Answer 22

Non-graduate mature student 
|
Common Professional Examination
(two year)
|
membership of an Inn of Court 
|
One year full time or 2 year part time Bar Professional Training Course 
|
Call to the Bar 
|
Pupillage 2 x 6 months
|
Practise as barrister