July 22nd in Comedy, News by Editor .
New aptitude test proposed in rebranded BVC
The Bar Vocational Course is set to be renamed as the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) as stakes rise on access to the Bar.
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The Bar Vocational Course is set to be renamed as the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) as stakes rise on access to the Bar.
click here for full story from legal week
July 22, 2008
A 2:1 from the proverbial University of the Inner Ring Road in no way ensures that the candidate will have an ability to think, speak and write cogently. Conversely, those with a 2:2 or below may well have the requisite abilities. The problem is rather that the Bar now attracts (along with some undoubtedly gifted people) in general the least talented law graduates (both in terms of academic ability and advocacy skills) because they cannot become solicitors without a training contract but they can become barristers simply upon completion of the BVC
April 1, 2009
Although you do technically become a barrister upon completion of the BVC, you are not entitled to practice without also completing a pupillage. I would not have thought that this technical difference would be seen by anyone as an advantage. The fact there are far fewer pupillages than training contracts would rather serve to put off the ‘least talented law graduates’.