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BSB seeks new members for its Advisory Pool of Experts (APEX)

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is recruiting new members to its Advisory Pool of Experts (APEX).

The BSB uses APEX for advice and support, to help develop policy and make regulatory decisions. APEX is made up of a diverse group …

BSB publishes new version of its Handbook

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published the latest version of the BSB Handbook which contains the Code of Conduct for barristers in England and Wales. This introduces new authorisation to practise requirements, streamlines the public and licensed access …

The Bar became more diverse during 2017 although further progress is still needed

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published its annual report on Diversity at the Bar. The report shows that progress was made in 2017 with regard to both diversity at the Bar and to the
disclosure rates of barristers …

New Board members for the Bar Standards Board (2)

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today announced the appointment of three new lay Board members.

The new Board members are:

  • Lara Fielden;
  • Kathryn Stone OBE; and
  • Stephen Thornton CBE.

The Board is made up of 15 people: seven barristers, …

New research published to help inform Future Bar Training decisions

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today published two new pieces of research that are intended to provide a qualitative and quantitative evidence base to inform its current decision-making about the future training of barristers.

The two reports, which are …