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Bar Council finds gender parity for barristers ‘unlikely to ever be achieved’ on current trends

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Legal Business · 24 July 2015 · 2 min read
The Bar Gender diversity

The Bar Council has published two reports into gender diversity at the Bar highlighting challenges facing female barristers and finding that on current trends gender parity in Queen’s Counsel (QCs) ranks will not be reached in ‘the foreseeable future’.

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