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Education Day on Circuit.

Event details

This event is open to current Bar Course students.

Location: thestudio, Birmingham

Date and Registration time: Saturday 13 May, 9.30am – 6pm

Cost: £26

Qualifying Sessions

Qualifying Session (QS):  4 QS

Theme: Advocacy Skills; Ethics, Standards and Value; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Learning outcomes:

Equality, diversity and inclusion 

  1. Consider equality, diversity and inclusion at the Bar
  2. Discuss implications of inequality and a lack of diversity and inclusion on the rule of law and the profession.

Professional Statement mapping: 1.1, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.16, 2.3, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.4

Advocacy training

  1. Practise delivering examination in chief of witnesses that is clear, well-organised and persuasive.
  2. Practise delivering cross-examination of witnesses that is clear, well-organised and persuasive.
  3. Consider content and advocacy skills for a closing speech.
  4. Demonstrate confidence in advocacy, incorporating feedback from trainers.

Professional Statement mapping: 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 1.11, 1.15, 1.17, 2.6, 3.1, 3.4, 4.1

Ethics, standards and values

  1. Discuss ethical dilemmas in the context of professional practice.
  2. Apply the code of conduct to inform ethical decisions in line with standards and values of the profession.

Professional Statement mapping: 1.1, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.16, 2.3, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.4

Preparation required: Yes

To be awarded the QS for this event you are required to join the event on time and stay for the full duration of the event. Please enter your full name when joining the event so that we can record attendance and update the QS records accordingly. This can take up to two weeks.

Please see Qualifying Sessions for further information.

How to book

Open to current bar course students.

Book online via the Gray’s Inn Online System (GIOS).

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