Practice Toolset

Nikki Alderson's confidence strategies for career success, including how to develop a positive mindset and overcome rejection 

More eye-opening advocates’ tales are shared in this fascinating podcast series – Justin Tadros, Bibi Badejo, Alex Cameron and Antonia Eklund summarise the key themes emerging from season 2

Jo Martin QC and Berenice Mulvanny explain how to get the grading you deserve in your upcoming CPS Advocate Panel application 

Drawing on personal experience, this article by Alex Benn discusses being gender non-conforming at the Bar. It hopes to help those who may not be familiar with the topic. It also hopes to encourage those who want to practise at the Bar without limiting themselves to the two boxes of the traditional gender binary

Need to entice members back into the office? A four-year remodelling project has totally transformed the way this chambers in Leeds looks and is used. Here, the Property Committee (Hylton Armstrong, Sophie Firth, Bryan Patterson-Whitaker and Andrew Sugarman) discuss their takeaways from the experience

The better you plan, the easier the move – top tips for running a super fit-out and relocation. By Zoe Mellor 

A major change is coming which will impact the timing and way profits are taxed. What is basis period reform and how does it affect barristers? Nick Bonnello explains all... 

A barrister’s working style can create prime field conditions for the fog of loneliness to descend, so Tim Akers looks at how we can better support one other 

It’s rare for junior barristers to formulate much of a career strategy beyond ‘getting tenancy’. In part one of a new series on career progression, Nikki Alderson shares some advice on setting goals – and purposefully reaching them

This article is not designed to offend the Judiciary but the ‘quiet word’ has only taken us so far – it is time concerns were recorded formally, says the first set to introduce an external bullying policy 

By Eleanor Laws QC, Oliver Mosley and Kyan Pucks