Legal Personality

Melanie Sharp's lessons learnt: from paediatric neurosurgery to the Bar and the benefits of climbing a career ladder with mature eyes

What does Nick Vineall KC have in his sights for his term of office? He talks to Joshua Rozenberg KC (hon) about his priorities for the Bar and its future

The Bar Council’s Employed Bar Awards showcase the wealth of talent among employed barristers. This year, the Bar Council partnered with Gray’s Inn to host the Awards alongside their Employed Bar Dinner. There were five award categories. Here are the winners…

Having ‘retired’ as a full-time Lord Justice of Appeal and now chairing the MPs’ misconduct appeals panel, Sir Stephen reflects on a career which says a good deal about how Parliament, the Bar, Judiciary and legal system work. Interview by David Wurtzel

Driven by a heightened awareness of race discrimination and the importance of equality, Dame Ingrid talks to Anthony Inglese CB about her career, being a respectful judge and why cultural change is crucial to increasing diversity in the legal professions

Advocate is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 Bar Pro Bono Awards 

The Shadow Attorney General thought she had the best job in the world as a criminal barrister until she got a taste for politics. Now an ‘advocate for people’, Emily Thornberry MP talks to Anthony Inglese CB about her career and why there aren’t enough lawyers in Parliament

How to develop a champion’s mindset: Blondel Thompson, the former British and Commonwealth record-holder and now an international criminal and sports law barrister and arbitrator, shares ‘lessons learnt’ from the world of athletics

Organising logistics for Ukrainian servicemen, training in the Voluntary Formation of Territorial Defense, responding on behalf of the profession to the war’s acute legal challenges, and managing a law practice – now all in a day’s work for Andriy Savchuk

The teenager from Pakistan who qualified as a barrister via an alternative route (and a series of ‘blessings in disguise’) says there is still work to be done to improve diversity and inclusion in the conventional path to the Bar