The BSB has today published guidance for students affected by the University and College Union (UCU) marking boycott who wish to commence training for the Bar from September 2023.
The BSB gives discretion to providers of vocational Bar training to allow students to enrol who have results pending from an undergraduate law degree or a Graduate Diploma in Law, on the understanding that (1) providers will satisfy themselves that students are likely to meet the normal admissions criteria, and (2) that both sides understand the risks and the consequences of the student failing the degree or the Graduate Diploma in Law. A student cannot be either Called to the Bar or progress to pupillage unless they have successfully completed both the academic and vocational components of training.
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