What plans do you have for the employed barristers committee?
The voice of Susan Ward has been listened to and already huge strides have been made. In the past couple of years there has been a new willingness by leaders at the Bar to include employed barristers and their concerns. I plan to continue to build bridges and create greater opportunities for the employed Bar to meet and be part of the wider Bar network. I want to make them feel they are part of the larger group of barristers with common interests.
Is there a case for employed solicitors and barristers to join forces as one group?
If you asked employed lawyers on an individual basis, I imagine they would say that they liked their identity as a barrister or a solicitor and do not want to be subsumed into an amorphous thing called a lawyer. I suspect that any impetus to become lawyers, whether employed or not, is coming from solicitors.
