Practice Toolset

Sir Alex Allan and Monisha Shah, the outgoing and incoming Chairs of the QC Selection Panel, offer an insight into the appointment process and, in particular, its approach to diversity issues

Some tips for working with your clerking team to build a practice worthy of applying for silk. After all, clerks could be your critical success factor, writes Lucy Barbet

Do it differently this time: silk coach Paul Secher shares his application wisdom

During the tumultuous search for pupillage, Victoria Alicea describes how the journey can make all the difference to the destination: thinking broader, picking up new skills and finding a home in-house

In this fierce competition, your written application will determine whether you are invited to interview. Paul Secher considers what you can do to enhance your prospects of success

Two coaches (one a practising barrister) explain why psychological safety is a critical tool for team communications, and how to use it

It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it... David Anderson sets out a new, inclusive approach to barrister recruitment that openly talks about the key factors (including cost) when choosing a chambers

Content warning! Earning less, bullied more and devalued at the Bar – the working life of women Chancery practitioners – and routes for real change 

By Marcia Shekerdemian QC 

Incorporating can be used to pay lower rates of tax in retirement: Nick Bonnello sets out three worked scenarios

Can we make life in the law healthier and happier? asks Elizabeth Rimmer