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Pupillage forms

From this page, you can download a copy of the forms and guidance relating to registration of a pupillage, satisfactory completion of a pupillage, and notification of material changes to a pupillage.

Authorisations Team Service Update

This page is updated weekly (or more frequently) to reflect changes to our service, including the volume of work being completed by the team.

Anti-money laundering & counter-terrorist financing

Information for barristers, chambers and BSB entities about the anti-money laundering requirements.

Register of BSB entities

From this page, you can download a register of the specialist legal services businesses which we regulate.

Authorised Education and Training Organisations

This page contains information about Authorised Education and Training Organisations (AETOs) delivering the vocational (or integrated academic and vocational) component of Bar training, and the courses they deliver.

Vocational component of Bar training

This page gives an overview of the vocational component, which is one of the three components of training to become a barrister. This is covered by completing a Bar training course.

Contact us

This page contains all the contact information you need in order to get in touch with us.

Working with others

Learn more about how we work with our key stakeholders.

Meet our Advisory Pool of Experts

Find out more about who sits on our Advisory Pool of Experts (APEX).

9B: Amendments

The Bar Qualification Manual was first published on 1 April 2019. An updated and reformatted version of the entire manual was published on 9 November 2020. The table below will include details of amendments made to the Bar Qualification Manual after 9 November 2020 by section number/page title and by date. Date Section Number and Page Title Details of Amendments 17/11/2020 Part 3D - Centralised Assessments Amended link at paragraph 3 to 2020 version of standard setting technique document. 14/12/2020 Part 7A - Types of transferring lawyers Added links to new online application for transferring qualified lawyers via MyBar (para 5). 17/12/2020   Part 7A - Types of transferring lawyers Added links to new online application guidelines and amended 'valid to' dates ...

3A: The Bar Training Course

This section includes information on the Bar Training Course, including entry requirements, an overview of the application process, the course providers, and key statistics. Overview - entry requirements 1 Applicants for a place on a Bar Training Course must: a. have completed the academic component of Bar training (see Part 2 of this Bar Qualification Manual); b. be a member of one of the Inns of Court (see Part 5A of this Bar Qualification Manual); and c. be fluent in English. 2  Please note that AETOs may impose additional selection criteria over and above the minimum requirements specified above. Please check the website of individual AETOs for more information about their entry requirements. English language requirement 3  The Professional Statement   ...

Part 5 - A9. Commencement

rE66 This Section 5.A shall come into force in accordance with the provisions of Part 1 of this Handbook. rE67 – rE100 Removed.

The BSB Handbook

The BSB Handbook contains the rules about how barristers must behave and work. It also contains the Code of Conduct for barristers.

Our monthly Regulatory Updates

Read our latest Regulatory Update for the Bar and access previous months' Updates too.