Without the institutional support seen at law firms, many barristers find the feast or famine nature of the job makes the work/life balance difficult to achieve. Ben Rigby reports
First, the good news: a recent joint Bar Standards Board (BSB) and Bar Council survey, ‘Barristers’ Working Lives’, found most were satisfied and enjoyed the variety and challenge of their work. Yet there is a tougher edge to the survey, notwithstanding the glossy stereotypes seen in Law & Order: UK, Silk or, further back, This Life.
