Law firms Watchdog to raise bar on the Bar in toughened pre-vocational test Legal Business · 14 March 2016 · 2 min read The Bar Education The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has stepped in to the long-simmering debate on costs and access to the profession to confirm it will toughen the Bar Course Aptitude Test (BCAT) amid controversy regarding 99%-plus pass rates.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryA&O Shearman only firm to pick up new KC as silk appointments riseLaw firmsAlex Ryan27 Jan 2025‘You don’t get a choice about whether you’re a role model’ – shifting the LGBTQ+ dial in lawLaw firmsAmy Ulliott26 Jun 2024Silk and steel: Women lead the way in latest QC round as five solicitors make the cutLaw firmsTom Baker7 Jan 2022Work in progress – Big Law’s existential office conundrum still needs fixingLaw firmsNathalie Tidman26 Aug 2022Coronavirus latest: Supreme Court goes virtual as junior lawyers plea against postponing examsLaw firmsThomas Alan24 Mar 2020Deloitte launches pioneering post-grad training contract as education shake-up loomsLaw firmsThomas Alan10 Sep 2019Revolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesLaw firmsAnna Huntley9 Jan 2025‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryLaw firmsAnna Huntley7 Jan 2025Five partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partnerLaw firmsTom Cox7 Jan 2025