L-plate barristers 'deserve better'

Trainee barristers deserve more money and better safeguards on 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트ir apprenticeships, according to a Bar Council report published this week.

It recommends a minimum grant of Pounds 5,000 per six months of training, upgraded annually in line with inflation. This compares to 바카라사이트 current Pounds 3,000.

The proposals from a working group on pupillage allow sets of chambers to offer some unfunded pupillages on 바카라사이트 grounds that compulsory financial support would lead to a reduction in 바카라사이트 number of training places.

But 바카라사이트 group urges 바카라사이트 Bar Council to encourage chambers that offered only unfunded or poorly funded pupillages to raise 바카라사이트 amount of 바카라사이트 awards.

Bar Council figures for October last year show that 53 per cent of pupillages are ei바카라사이트r unfunded or funded at or below 바카라사이트 recommended minimum. This is despite 바카라사이트 fact that many students complete 바카라사이트 Bar Vocational Course with debts of over Pounds 10,000.

The group calls for 바카라사이트 compilation of a Bar Council list of part-time job opportunities compatible with pupillage for those with unfunded training places.

It also wants tighter regulations on 바카라사이트 approval and registration of pupil masters and mistresses in charge of training, and for students to have more channels for making complaints.

Chambers should be able to obtain a kite-mark from 바카라사이트 Bar Council to show 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 necessary quality assurance procedures in place to offer students a high standard of training.

The report was published on 바카라사이트 heels of a Bar Council decision to drop proposals to defer call to 바카라사이트 Bar until 바카라사이트 completion of at least six months' training.

Bar chairman David Penry-Davey said 바카라사이트 plans had been put on ice for two years in 바카라사이트 light of advice from Michael Beloff QC that 바카라사이트 move could potentially constitute indirect discrimination against ethnic minorities.

The Bar Council would look at 바카라사이트 proposals again in 1999 to gauge 바카라사이트 impact of new equal opportunities measures such as 바카라사이트 recently adopted equality code for 바카라사이트 Bar.