Bar Council chairman Geoffrey Vos QC will unveil a series of measures promoting access to the Bar in a speech this afternoon (26 February).
In anticipation of a report on the subject, Vos will announce a number of initiatives to help widen access to the Bar in his speech to the think tank Social Mobility Foundation (SMF) at London’s Canary Wharf. Measures include a placement programme for gifted students from state schools, set up in conjunction with the SMF, as well as a new package of bank loans for aspiring barristers from poorer backgrounds to finance their Bar Vocational Course.
