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Students beginning university may have to spend up to £127,000 to qualify as a barrister, the new chair of the Bar Council has warned. Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC highlighted the huge sums required for training as she voiced concerns that progress on...

BPP Law School in Birmingham has received a huge boost after being granted permission to offer the Bar Professional Training Course for intending barristers. The course means 48 barristers-to-be can progress onto the BPTC programme via LLB or GDL avenues...

‘The University of Law has unveiled plans to dramatically change its bar professional training course (BPTC) in a move to set it apart from its competitors.’ Full story The Lawyer, 1st September 2014 Source: www.thelawyer.com

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has stepped in to the long-simmering debate on costs and access to the profession to confirm it will toughen the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) amid controversy regarding 99%-plus pass rates. The BCAT was introduced in...

What religion should you be? Larger version here Just for fun Politics in science fiction Some years back, I was a frequent reader of science fiction -- so am aware that both the readers and the writers of it can take it rather seriously.  And...