Bar Council mooting tougher BVC entry to bolster pupillage
Legal Week reports
November 09, 2006 at 07:03 PM
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The Bar Council is considering toughening up entry to the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) in response to findings that the chances of securing a pupil-lage are at an all-time low.
A working group set up by the council, led by Court of Appeal Judge Lord Justice Neuberger, had its first meeting last week (24 October) to discuss ways of addressing the problem.
High on the list of priorities is cutting the number of students taking the BVC. One option would be setting a minimum entry requirement of a 2:1 degree or introducing a competency test.
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