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Becoming a Barrister... your Call?
Opening Doors: Social Mobility and the Bar

The Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court offering training and support to students preparing to be barristers. The National Education Trust (NET) is an independent foundation dedicated to improving the quality of education nationwide and working to help close the achievement gap. We have joined forces on a project to promote aspiration to the Bar amongst school students.

The Bar Council, the representative body for barristers, is acutely aware that the profession can only flourish and retain public confidence if it is diverse and inclusive. It is therefore committed to ensuring that the profession is open to able candidates irrespective of their social, economic or educational background.

The Bar Council recently published a series of recommendations relating to what can be done to introduce the idea of working as a barrister more widely to students: "The aim of targeting school students at an early stage is to counterbalance the undeniable fact that, by the time most have completed their GCSEs and chosen their A-levels, many are at a very significant disadvantage. That disadvantage is that they have never encountered the Bar in any social or educational context whatever, let alone considered it as a possible career option."

Inner Temple: The Schools Project Open Day
Friday 11th November

I had the pleasure of attending the annual Schools Project Open Day on Friday 11th November which NET and the Inner Temple jointly launched in 2008. The project aims to ensure that all students, regardless of their background, are aware of the opportunities available to them at the modern Bar and to raise aspirations towards professional careers generally. Through workshops and activities, the programme challenges stereotypes about the profession, provides information about the legal system of England and Wales and promotes social mobility at the Bar. Year 12 and 13 students from state schools in Greater London, interested in a legal career, were invited to attend the day.

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Vivienne Watson Project Officer

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