Programme 1
Programme 2
From divorce to child abuse cases – there's a barrister for every occasion. Meanwhile, the students have their first interviews in programme 2.
The business of barristers
"...they are there to protect their clients’ interests fearlessly even if that client is personally unpalatable to them." What is the role of the barrister?
The Bar is one of the most powerful professions in the country – it produces prime ministers, millionaires, campaigners and the judges who shape our law.
It’s a glamorous world which attracts thousands of would-be barristers every year but just one in five students will ever get to present a case in court – only the brightest and the very best survive.
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If it were made easier to become a barrister, what good or bad consequences for society would follow?
Content last updated: 05/09/2008
