Local Qualifying Sessions (for Outside of London Students). This Session will help you to work towards the following section of the professional statement: 1.2 Have a knowledge and understanding of the key concepts and principles of public and private law. Finish times are provided as a guide and may vary. These involve attending a presentation from practitioners and engaging in a Q&A session. Joining one of the four Inns of Court is an important part of the process of becoming a barrister. Qualifying Sessions Student members are required to complete ten compulsory qualifying sessions, during a period of no more than five years, ending on the date on which that person is called to the Bar. Deceased members. Reader's Lecture Night (March) - QS. There are four Legal Terms: Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter and Trinity. Lincoln’s Inn. However, the weekends are heavily oversubscribed so selection is by ballot. to three qualifying sessions locally. QUALIFYING SESSIONS: All qualifying sessions have been cancelled. Dining remains an important element of the social and collegiate life of the Inn. A QUALIFYING SESSION! These weekends are hard work and you are required to prepare for them and participate fully but they are also very useful and a lot of fun. You will need to explain as fully as possible the reason for your application and the circumstances that you believe are exceptional. The Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) is an important step on the way to becoming a barrister, fulfilling the vocational element of Bar training. The residential weekends for 2020/21 are below: Find out about how to book on to Qualifying Sessions as well as our Cancellation and Attendance Policies. It is part of a qualifying session arranged by the Inn for Manchester Met students consisting of lectures by practitioners on areas of law not covered on the BVC. Under the new rules, Authorised Education & Training Organisations (AETOs) are now responsible for appointing suitable pupil supervisors for their pupillages. Transferring Lawyers who joined the Inn after 1st September 2020 will have the same requirements as students in Category C shown in the link above. An overview of the transitional arrangements can be found here. Details are advertised on our website and in the members’ newsletter. Middle Temple Hall is at the heart of the Inn, and the Inn's student members are required to attend a minimum of 12 qualifying sessions there. Only students currently undertaking the Bar Course are eligible. Lincoln's Inn, the largest, is able to trace its official records to 1422. The four Inns – Lincoln’s Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple and Gray’s Inn – have more than a little Oxbridge college about them. Qualifying sessions at Lincoln's range from standard dinners and workshops to day-long events and entire weekends away. Qualifying sessions, formerly known as "dinners", combine collegiate and educational elements and will usually combine a dinner or reception with lectures, debates, mooting, or musical performances. Further information can be found using the links on the left of this page. Do plan ahead and think carefully about which qualifying sessions you wish to attend so that you do not need to fit a large number in at the end of the academic year. The Inn organises three residential weekends per year. Please do not leave it too late to complete your qualifying sessions as this may affect the date on which you can be called to the Bar. Qualifying Session. You can find the rates and descriptions for the 2020/21 academic year below: Day long programme of advocacy and ethics sessions (partially interactive). For all events you must stay until the end, including the drinks reception or dinner in order to receive the qualifying session credits. ... 'qualifying sessions' before being eligible to qualify as a barrister. The Inn offers a number of services and provides information to its student members to help them hone their skills as advocates and introduce them to life at the Bar. Student members one year prior to the bar course may complete two qualifying sessions, not including advocacy and ethics workshops. The four Inns of Court are The Honourable Societies of Gray’s Inn, Lincoln’s Inn, Inner Temple and Middle Temple. The Inter-Inn Qualifying Session will be delivered by one of the four Inns (Gray's Inn, Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn or Middle Temple) at or near each of the Bar Course providers on Circuit. During the vocational component, you will be required to attend qualifying sessions with your Inn. Please see our booking, cancellation and attendance policies for qualifying sessions here. The E&T Department is recruiting BPTC students to act as witnesses in mock trials for pupils. 2. The Inn also organises training sessions, covering topics like professional ethics, witness handling, and case analysis, and helps set up marshalling. The Inn holds qualifying sessions during each Legal Term. Dinner with a seating plan, followed by a debate on a legal topic with four student/pupil speakers and floor speeches. The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, 8 South Square, London, WC1R 5ET; and 1.6. There are also a couple of types of qualifying sessions that include a dining element, namely Lecture & Domus Dinners and Debate Dinners. Qualifying Session Rules for Transferring Lawyers. Qualifying Session Framework From the 2020-21 academic year, the Inns will be introducing a new Qualifying Session Framework which will affect the requirements for Call to the Bar. We are currently recruiting for the following dates in 2013: The BSB is the independent regulatory body established by the General Council of the Bar for the regulation of legal services by barristers and BSB authorised entities in England & Wales1. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, (1876) founder and first Governor General of Pakistan; S. T. Desai, (1927) Chief Justice of Gujarat and Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Allama Iqbal), (1877) Muslim poet, philosopher and National poet of Pakistan; H. H. Asquith, (1852) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith Click here to download the information pack for new BPTC students 2020/21. Those who joined the Inn prior to 1st September 2020 will retain the requirements allocated to them by the BSB.