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The Long and Treacherous Road to
Becoming a Barrister:
A Road not to be Ignored
Eloise Pollard presents the
advantages of pursuing a career at the
Bar, expensive though it may be.
W
ould-be barristers are definitely underrepresented at Bristol. Countless law
firms throw money at us, from prizes to balls,
clothing to copious amounts of stationery, but
the same cannot be said of the nation’s chambers: over one hundred in number. So, it is not
surprising that many students do not even think
about a career at the Bar. As an aspiring barrister