Bar Placement Scheme

Bar Placement Scheme

The Bar Placement Scheme allows students to spend up to four days shadowing a barrister in chambers and in court. Participants receive advocacy training from the Inns of Court College of Advocacy.

This is an excellent opportunity to build up your skills and CV, and to work out whether a career at the Bar would be suitable for you.

Applications for 2024 have now closed. Dates for Bar Placement Scheme 2025 are yet to be finalised and will be announced next year. 

The Bar Council is grateful to the Council of the Inns of Court, the Inns of Court College of Advocacy, and the four Inns of Court for supporting the Bar Placement Scheme.

Bar Placement Scheme Blog Competition winners

Each year, we invite students to submit a short blog describing their experiences during the week. We are consistently overwhelmed with the quality of responses.

2023

Bar Placement Scheme 2023: "unpredictable, fast-paced, and thrilling" by Amina Yaasiin Ahmed

Amina Yaasiin Ahmed shares her experience on the Bar Placement Scheme, shadowing barristers and watching a trial in the High Court - and what she's learned from her week immersed in the Bar.

Bar Placement Scheme 2023: "Every preconception I had was incorrect" by Harry Folland

Read Harry Folland's reflections on his week with the Bar Placement Scheme, and how it challenged his ideas about what life at the Bar is really like.

 

2022

Blog: Bar Placement Scheme 2022 made me sure this career is for me

Anaya Ricketts says she has picked up 'invaluable knowledge and experience'

Blog: Bar Placement Scheme 2022 an 'eye-opening experience that gave me new skills'

Eshal Waseem reflects on her time with Brick Court Chambers in London

 

Read placement stories by previous participants