YOUNG BAR
Young barristers are the future of the profession, and the first seven years of practice are crucial to building a thriving practice. Find out about support, guidance and opportunities available to you and how the Wales and Chester Circuit supports barristers through their early years of practice below.
​
We define barristers by their experience. A newly qualified barrister in their 50s would be as ‘young’ as a newly qualified barrister in their 20s. Both individuals would experience similar challenges in the early years of practice.
Below is a list of the individuals who act as the Young Bar Representative for each region on Circuit. These are the individuals to contact if you have any query or request relating to the Young Bar on Circuit.
Cardiff Junior (Under 10 Years Call) – Joseff Morgan jmorgan@9parkplace.co.uk
Swansea Junior (Under 10 Years Call) - …………………………………………………..
North Wales Junior (Under 10 Years Call) - ………………………………………………
For further resources, opportunities, and placement and mentoring schemes, you can visit the Bar Council’s Young Bar page.
Below are some of the opportunities available to the Young Bar:
Pegasus Scholarship Trust
Several members of the Wales and Chester Circuit have successfully applied and participated in the scheme run by Inner Temple, but available to members of all four Inns of Court, to temporarily work in a foreign legal jurisdiction with the support of the Pegasus Scholarship. The scholarship is run annually, with interviews taking place in London at Inner Temple.
International professional and legal development grant programme
This programme enables junior barristers to take part in initiatives which will offer them a global perspective on legal issues, and help them to thrive in an increasingly competitive legal market.
Paris Bar Exchange
The Paris Bar Exchange is an exchange programme for barristers of all four Inns of Court who have been in practice for up to 7 years offers the opportunity to spend the month of September doing a stage in Paris. Avocat members of the Paris Bar of similar seniority spend the month of July doing a stage in London.
Anglo-Dutch Exchange
The Anglo-Dutch Exchange is a Bar Council exchange programme between the Young Barristers’ Committee and the Young Bars of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague.
Operating annually and alternating country each year, the Exchange offers young barristers in England and Wales, and the Netherlands the opportunity to visit each other’s jurisdictions for a programme of legal education and networking.
Law Society of Kenya Mentoring Program
The Young Barristers’ Committee and Law Society of Kenya mentoring programme provides young lawyers in Kenya with mentoring and professional development opportunities, particularly in international practice.
It provides mentors from the Bar of England and Wales with an opportunity to learn from junior lawyers in another jurisdiction.