Episode 1 – Training for the Bar – Jody’s journey to Criminal Pupillage

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Bar Student to Barrister

Inns of Court College of Advocacy

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Welcome to Bar Student to Barrister, the podcast on your journey into pupillage, and beyond into the early years of practice at the Bar. If you are considering the Bar as a future profession, if you are currently going through training for the Bar or pupillage, or perhaps you simply want to know more about what the Bar is all about, then this podcast - out every week on a Friday - is for you. With Chris Kessling, barrister and Vice Dean of the ICCA; Jody Klaire, ICCA Bar Course graduate, called to the Bar in 2025, and just starting pupillage; and a whole host of wonderful guests.

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Episode 1 – Training for the Bar – Jody’s journey to Criminal Pupillage

Bar Student to Barrister

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3 weeks ago

Episode 1 – Training for the Bar – Jody’s journey to Criminal Pupillage

Welcome to Episode 1 of Bar Student to Barrister.

In our first episode we meet Jody Klaire, just starting pupillage in chambers specialising in criminal law, and we’ll hear more about her pupillage experience in coming episodes.

How do you become a barrister?

“In 2020 I went blind and deaf and I thought, ‘oh why not,I'll just become a barrister.’”

Jody tells us all about her unique path to the Bar, from themusic industry and the police force, and as a writer, teacher and EDI trainer, towards criminal practice. She explains how her legal career was shaped whilst also confronting her own disabilities, as well as how many people inspired and helped her along the way.

In this podcast we want to demystify the Bar and trainingfor the Bar, so we start at the beginning and explore Bar training.

Jody also lets us know what attracted her from an interestin the law of trusts to a life of crime (as a field of specialist practice of course) and we find out what module Jody took at university, “just for fun!”

In this episode, Jody raises some serious issues concerningtraining for the Bar with a disability. These matters have not been pushed to one side and will receive the full attention they deserve in the future. In fact, much of what you have heard in outline will be explored in far more detail in later episodes.

Thank you for joining us this week. Please follow/subscribeon your podcast platform for future episodes.

INFORMATION

The Inns of Court are:

Middle Temple https://www.middletemple.org.uk/Inner Temple https://www.innertemple.org.uk/Gray’s Inn https://www.graysinn.org.uk/Lincoln’s Inn https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/

All of the Inns offer mentoring schemes and scholarships forBar and GDL (law conversion course) students.

More information on becoming a barrister:

Becoming a Barrister – Bar Council https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/becoming-a-barrister.htmlUnderstanding Bar Training – Student Guide – by ChrisKessling https://www.icca.ac.uk/icca-bar-course/understanding-bar-training/Bar Council Pupillage Fair 2025 https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/training-events/calendar/pupillage-fair-2025.htmlPupillage Fair North 2025 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pupillage-fair-north-tickets-990293563707

Information on funding:

Master’s Degree loans https://www.gov.uk/masters-loan

Funding and Scholarships – Bar Council https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/becoming-a-barrister/i-am-a-university-student-or-graduate/student-funding-and-scholarships.html

ICCA Bar Training Bursaries https://www.icca.ac.uk/icca-bar-course/fees-and-funding/bursaries/

Other organisations mentioned in this episode:

Bridging the Bar https://bridgingthebar.org/

Bringing [Dis]Ability to the Bar https://www.bdabar.org/

Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA Bar Course) https://www.icca.ac.uk/icca-bar-course/School Exclusion Project https://www.schoolexclusionproject.com/

Documents referred to:

Bar Qualification Manual – Bar Standards Board (BSB) (SeePart 2 Academic Component for the Foundation of Legal Knowledge subjects

https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/training-qualification/bar-qualification-manual-new.html

CONTACT

Email barstudent2barristerpodcast@gmail.com

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Website https://www.icca.ac.uk/icca-bar-course/bar-student-to-barrister-podcast/

INDEPENDENCE

Registration on the ICCA Bar Course confers no advantage inrelation to Inns’ scholarships or awards, Inns’ membership, Qualifying Sessions or Call to the Bar. For more information see the Policy on Independence between the Inns of Court andthe ICCA.