Bar Council backs the Lawyer Portal

The Bar Council has given its backing to a new service for aspiring lawyers, called the Lawyer Portal. 

The Lawyer Portal has been developed with direct input from experienced lawyers and legal professionals and features contributions from the Bar Council as well as other professional bodies. It includes free careers guides which highlight the various routes to legal practice and step-by-step guides on the study of law, work experience and training opportunities. In addition, there is advice on applying and interviewing for a career in law.

Rachel Davis, Managing Director of TLP said of the company’s partnership with the Bar Council: “Having the Bar Council on board sends a clear signal to anyone using The Lawyer Portal that the resources they have access to are accurate, up to date and from the professional body that represents barristers in England & Wales.

"The Bar Council’s commitment to diversity and inclusion reflects our own ambition of a law career being accessible to all, whatever their background. We strongly believe that anyone with great potential should have great opportunity and our platform aims to help make that belief a reality.”

Sam Mercer, Head of Equality & Diversity (Bar Council) added: “The Lawyer Portal will be a valuable source of information for a career at the Bar and other parts of the legal profession. It will allow anyone considering a career in law to look at all the options available to them, what’s involved in pursuing a legal career and case studies of those already working in the sector. Most importantly, the portal will be live, so any new developments or changes to qualifying as a lawyer will be available.”

The Lawyer Portal is the second platform created by The Career Portal. The group’s first venture, The Medic Portal, which is partnered with The Royal Society of Medicine, has rapidly become a highly respected resource, used by 400,000-plus aspiring medics and hundreds of schools across three continents.

With the backing of the Bar Council, The Career Portal is looking to replicate this success in the legal sector.

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