Useful contacts for Bar careers

Equal opportunities

• Society of Asian Lawyers
  c/o Ingram Winter Green Solicitors, Bedford House, 21A John St, London WC1N 2BF
  Tel: 020 7845 7400
• Bar Lesbian and Gay Group
  c/o Elliot Gold, 5 Essex Court, Temple, London 0207 410 2061
• Association of Women Barristers (AWB)
  c/o Bozzie Sheffi, Association of Women Barristers, 9 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DG

Barristers

• The Constitutional and Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)
  c/o Jonathan Auburn, 4–5 Gray's Inn Square,Gray's Inn, London, WC1R 5
  enquiries@adminlaw.org.uk
• Institute of Barristers’ Clerks
  Carol Harris/Julian Bradley, Institute of Barristers’ Clerks, 289–293 High Holborn, London WC1 7HZ
  Tel: 020 78317144
• Chancery Bar Association
  c/o Mary Block, 21 Goodwyn’s Vale, London N10 2HA
  chancerybar@aol.com
• Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
  3 Verulam Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5NT
  Tel: 020 7404 2022
• Criminal Bar Association
  c/o Aaron Dolan, 289–293 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HZ
  Tel: 020 7242 1289
• Employment Law Bar Association
  c/o Carol Harris, 289–293 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HZ
  Tel: 020 7242 1289
• Family Law Bar Association
  Institute of Barristers’ Clerks, 289–293 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HZ
  Tel: 020 7242 1289
• Education and Training Department
  The General Council of the Bar, 289–293 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HZ
  Tel: 020 7242 0082
• Intellectual Property Bar Association
  Dr Brian Nicholson, 11 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5EY
  Tel: 020 7405 1222
• Bar Association for Local Government and the Public Service
  c/o Mirza F N Ahmad, Birmingham City Council, Ingleby House, 11–14 Cannon Street,
  Birmingham B2 5EN
  Tel: 0121 303 9991
• Personal Injuries Bar Association
  c/o Tim Newman, No 5 Chambers, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6DR
  Tel: 0121 606 0500
• The Specialist Bar Association for Planning, Environment and Local Government
  c/o Christopher Boyle, Landmark Chambers, 180 Fleet St, London EC4A 2HG
  Tel: 020 7430 1221
• Professional Negligence Bar Association
  c/o Victoria Woodbridge, Crown Office Chambers, London EC4Y 7EP
  Tel: 020 7797 8100
• Technology and Construction Bar Association
  c/o Charles Pimlott, Crown Office Chambers, London EC4Y 7HJ
  Tel: 020 7797 8116

Applications

• Pupillage Portal
• Bar professional training course
• CPE/Diploma in Law Courses Central Applications Board
  PO Box 84, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1YX
  Tel: 01483 451080
• Legal Practice Course Central
  Applications Board, PO Box 84, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1YX
  Tel: 01483 301282

Additional useful contacts

• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
  Chartered Accountants’ Hall, Moorgate Place, London  EC2R 6EA
  Tel: 020 7920 8100
• The Council for Licensed Conveyancers
  16 Glebe Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QG
  Tel: 01245 349599
• Free Representation Unit
  6th Floor, 289–293 High Holborn, London WC1 7HZ
  Tel: 020 7611 9555
• The Law Centres Federation
  PO Box 65836, London EC4P 4FX
  Tel 020 7842 0720
• The Law Commission
  Steel House, 11 Tothill St, London SW1H 9LJ
  Tel: 020 3334 0200
• Legal Action Group
  242 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UN
  Tel: 020 7833 2931
• Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
  Kempston Manor, Kempston, Bedford MK42 7AB
  Tel: 01234 841000
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
  7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
  Tel: 020 7255 0500
• National Association of Probation Officers
  4 Chivalry Road, London SW11 1HT
  Tel: 020 7223 4887
• The Chartered Institute of Taxation
  12 Upper Belgrave Street, London SW1X 8BB
  Tel: 020 7235 9381
• Delia Venables Legal Resources

Government organisations

• Civil Service Fast Stream
  Tel: 01276 400 333
• Her Majesty's Court Service
• Clive House, 70Petty France, London SW1H 9HD
  Tel: 020 7189 2000
• Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
  Rose Courtm 2 Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HS
  Tel: 020 3357 0000
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH
  Tel: 020 7008 1500
• Government Legal Service
  GLS Qualified Lawyer Recruitment Team, 11th Floor, Lower Castle Street, Castlemead, Bristol, BS1 3AG
  Tel: 0845 3000 793
• Home Office
  Direct Communications Unit, 2 Marsham St, London SW1P 4DF
• Clerkships in the Houses of Parliament
  Charlotte Every, Communications, Officer, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
  Tel: 020 7219 6239
• Inland Revenue Graduate Recruitment
  Human Resources, Mowbray House, (3rd Floor), PO Box 55, Castle Meadow, Road, Nottingham NG2 1BE
  Tel: 0115 974 0603
• Local Government Group
  LGG Ltd, Afron Building,Worthing Rd, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1TL
  NB: Trainee recruitment is conducted by individual local authorities.
• Ministry of Justice
  4 Abbey Orchard St, London, SW1P 285
  Tel: 020 7210 8500
• Legal Services Commission
  85 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8TX
  Tel: 020 7759 0000
• National Policing Improvement Agency High Potential Development Scheme
  NPIA, 8th Floor, New Kings Beams House, 22 Upperground, London SE1 9QY
  Tel: 020 7021 7070

Europe

• Bar European Group
  c/o Julie Anderson, 20 Essex Street, London WC2R 3AL
  Tel: 020 7842 1200
• The Law Society's Competiton Section
• Administration Principale Bureau des Stages
  Secretariat General Commission of the European Communities, Bureau des Stages, B100 1/7, Commission
  européenne, B1049, Brussels, Belgique

Funding

• Professional and career development loans
• Directgov education and learning information

In the reference section of your local library (or careers library) look for:

• The Grants Register
  (Macmillan)
• Directory of Grant Making Trusts
  (Charities Aid Foundation)
• Postgraduate Study & Research 
  (AGCAS)

Pro bono

• Bar Pro Bono Unit
  The National Pro Bono Centre,  London, WC2A 1JF
  Tel:020 7092 3960