Bar Standards Board launches Future Bar Training

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is asking barristers to take part in a three-year training and education reform programme entitled Future Bar Training. 

The programme aims to focus training on what is demonstrably required for professional practice, ensure the regulatory structure does not act as a barrier for candidates, and maintain authorisation standards in a changing market. It aims to improve access routes to the profession and make CPD requirements more flexible. 

BSB director of education and training, Simon Thornton-Wood, says the programme will look at qualifying degree requirements, the Bar Professional Training Course, the experience of pupillage and continuing professional development requirements. He adds: “We will provide plenty of opportunities for the Bar to contribute to the process.”