Bridging the Bar | What Does a Barrister Look Like?
Thursday 27th of May 2021 18:30
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Online via Zoom (joining link will be circulated via email)Timings
18:30 - 20:00
Ensure that you have joined before the QS is due to start.
Dress code
Smart CasualEvent Details
This event is open to everyone.
Middle Temple members, please book via the Middle Temple website.
BTB candidates, members of other Inns and the general public, please book via the Eventbrite link HERE.
Please join us for an evening discussing the barriers to diversity at the bar, the initiatives dedicated to enhancing opportunities and hear from Bridging the Bar (BTB) Chairman Mass Ndow-Njie about what motivated him to found BTB. The BTB Champions Professor Jo Delahunty QC and Professor Leslie Thomas QC will be sharing about their journeys, the challenges they faced, and the importance of Diversity and Equality at the Bar. You will also hear from several BTB mentees about their experience of the BTB mentoring programme.
Who can Attend
This event is open to everyone.
Middle Temple members, please book via the Middle Temple website.
BTB candidates, members of other Inns and the general public, please book via the Eventbrite link HERE.
Dietary Requirements
Qualifying Session Details
Click here to see details of the QS Requirements and how to be credited with the QS for this session
Learning Outcomes:
After this session, students should be able to:
- Recognise the barriers to diversity at the Bar and what Bridging the Bar (BTB) is doing to dismantle them.
- Identify ways in which you can get involved with BTB and enhancing diversity at the Bar.
Links to the Professional Statement, wider workings of the Bar, administration of justice or a public interest matter
This QS will align with these elements of the professional statement:
- 1.1 / 1.4
- 3.3 / 3.4
- 4.1.1
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