Learning from leaders
Where can a graduate career at the Bar lead you? Read on to reveal case studies of experienced barristers and QCs, and their tips for success.
- Amanda Michaels
- Bankim Thanki QC, barrister and head of pupillage, Fountain Court Chambers
- Charles Graham QC, barrister, One Essex Court
- David Forsdick, barrister, Landmark Chambers
- Dr David Thomson, barrister and independent legal chairman of a number of sports disciplinary bodies, 1 Chancery Lane
- Elisabeth Laing QC, barrister and recorder, 11KBW
- Elizabeth Slade QC, barrister, 11 King's Bench Walk Chambers
- George Bompas QC, barrister and head of chambers, 4 Stone Buildings
- Hilary Heilbron QC, barrister, Brick Court Chambers
- Jeffrey Gruder QC, barrister and head of pupillage committee, Essex Court Chambers
- Jennifer Skilbeck, barrister and member of pupillage committee, Monckton Chambers
- John Ross QC, barrister, No.1 Serjeants' Inn
- John Swift QC, barrister, Monckton Chambers
- Jonathan Clay, barrister, 2–3 Gray's Inn Square
- Jonathan Crow, barrister and deputy high court judge, 4 Stone Buildings
- Laurence Rabinowitz QC, barrister and head of pupillage committee, One Essex Court
- Lucinda Davis, barrister and executive head of chambers, Pallant Chambers
- Lucy Stone QC, barrister, Queen Elizabeth Building
- Michael J Beloff QC, barrister, Blackstone Chambers
- Michelle Stevens-Hoare, barrister and deputy adjudicator, Hardwicke Building
- Monica Carss-Frisk QC, barrister and head of pupillage committee, Blackstone Chambers
- Naomi Ellenbogen, barrister, Littleton Chambers
- Nicholas Davidson QC, barrister and chairman of the Inner Temple's Estates Committee, 4 New Square
- Nicholas Francis QC, barrister and head of chambers, 29 Bedford Row Chambers
- Nigel Jones QC, barrister and head of chambers, Hardwicke Building
- Paul Goulding QC, barrister, Blackstone Chambers
- Paul Lasok QC, barrister, Monckton Chambers
- Phillip Havers QC, barrister, One Crown Office Row
- Prashant Popat QC, barrister, Henderson Chambers
- RF Owen QC, barrister and head of chambers, Ropewalk Chambers
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