Watchdog to raise bar on the Bar in toughened pre-vocational test Legal Business14 March 2016The BarEducation 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 rise‘You don’t get a choice about whether you’re a role model’ – shifting the LGBTQ+ dial in lawSilk and steel: Women lead the way in latest QC round as five solicitors make the cutWork in progress – Big Law’s existential office conundrum still needs fixingCoronavirus latest: Supreme Court goes virtual as junior lawyers plea against postponing examsDeloitte launches pioneering post-grad training contract as education shake-up loomsRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner