Barriers to training for the Bar

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) identified a lack of diversity in the legal profession and discriminatory working culture and practices as key risks in its 2016 Risk Outlook. As part of their programme of reform on training for the Bar, the BSB commissioned Nat Cen Social Research to explore the barriers to participation and success in the vocational and work-based learning stages of training for the Bar, and identify changes that will encourage and support a more diverse and inclusive Bar.