BARRISTERS PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR LAW

 

PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH IN USE FOR LAW 10. BARRISTERS

 

A Organisation Sylvia Garrison, a practising barrister, is describing the training and organisation of the profession. “There are currently around 9,000 barristers in practice in England and Wales. Unlike solicitors, barristers can’t form partnerships but must act as sole traders with unlimited liability. Some barristers are in employed practice and may only represent their employer, for example as in-house counsel or in government departments like the Crown Prosecution Service. Many work independently in self-employed practice in groups called chambers or sets and practice at the Bar as a barrister. B Training and qualifications of practicing barristers ‘Intending barristers need a qualifying law degree, for example a Bachelor of Laws, also known as an LLB. However, many students graduate in a non-law subject and undertake a one-year conversion course known as a postgraduate Diploma in Law or GDL. The student barrister then applies to join one of the Inns of Court to study for the Bar Vocational Course, or BVC. It’s also mandatory for students to keep terms, which means dining at their Inn a fixed number of times, before they can be called to the Bar,     EXERCISES 10.1 Match the two parts of the definitions. Look at A opposite to help you. 1 Someone who works for his or herself is a provide representation. 2 If you speak on behalf of clients in court, you b lay clients. 3 Non-professional clients are known as c self-employed/ a sole trader. 10.2 Complete the extracts from a trainee barrister describing her professional life. Look at A and B opposite to help you. There is more than one possibility for two of the answers.

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