The Insider's Guide to Becoming a Barrister

An insider's brutally honest guide to working as a self-employed barrister, and the highs and lows of the career.
A lecture by Jo Delahunty, Gresham Professor of Law
5 March 2020 6:00pm UK Time
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This lecture provides an insider’s brutally honest guide to what it's like to be a self-employed barrister, the highs and lows of the career, the work behind the scenes that makes a difference to outcomes in court, and the art of persuasion in it. What are the ways of working that can make a difference to success and failure, for the client and to professional development for the barrister? What transferable skills does the advocate have looking at life Beyond the Bar?
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[@raghadalsaadi5491]

The most comprehensive insights. Thank you very much indeed!

[@Mikados_Advark12]

An excellent and inspiring talk - thank you

[@MUSABBPT]

Thanks mam. It was very profound. It was like a condensed sea of knowledge in a small cup. I am astounded by the way you concisely conveyed what another may take three months to teach.

[@kurihara9023]

Thank You ma'am for the structure.

[@Flowerfairy11111]

Thank you

[@simoncollins6529]

Mike Mansfield is a legend and a hero, a truly great man.

[@Oh_to_sonder]

This really is quite brutal but I'm more determined than ever to make it as a barrister now. Is there any way the handouts could be linked in the video description? - thank you

[@MsWatchdog]

Love her witt

[@williamevans9426]

I know that Professor Delahunty pursued a career at the Bar without significant family wealth, so I'd be interested to hear when she decided to pursue a career at the Bar (for example, whether she was confident of gaining an Inns of Court scholarship).

[@jodelahunty1837]

I forged ahead without an award and without a private income. Looking back I’m not quite sure what i did to survive it but having an amazing mother and supportive partner lay at the heart of how I got through the early years.

[@Incandescence555]

@@jodelahunty1837 Fantastic - thanks for sharing and inspiring many of us by embodying the profession so purely and vivaciously.

[@niueroo]

@@jodelahunty1837 Awesome. Truly!

[@hannahb9061]

She is fantastic seen her in action recently

[@malachirichards1072]

Pov : you haven't even got ur gcses results

[@simoncollins6529]

43 mins 21 seconds. She states barristers are self employed. Judge's are self employed too. If profit is the motivation how can we trust them and their judgements ? In civil litigation the plaintiff nearly always wins. If they didn't, people wouldn't sue each other and then the gravy train of the legal industrial complex would halt and these people would out of a job.

[@seanwathen5415]

VAMOS A LA PLAYA 🍋🍋🌎

[@kea7244]

Sean is wilding

[@saraswatkin9226]

Apparently, legal aid for Criminal work has made some barristers millionaires.

[@celticwinter]

I read the thumbnail and thought "she doesn't look much like a hipster, no coffee beans in the thumbnail either - hm". The brain only gets creative when it can serve to sabotage you.

[@greyman003]

The inns sounds like Hogwarts.

[@duncangray6473]

It's full of devious weasels and liars . Well the sample of the two rotten ones I've gone toe to toe with certainly were.

[@mughalmirza6413]

Hi Madam are you a lawyer?

[@seanwathen5415]

BOB MARLEY KNOWS MORE THAN MOST HE WAS SO STRONG BUT STILL FELT HIS NEED TO TAKE DIFFERENT LIFE STYLE JUST TO GIVE THE EGOTISTS THEIR PRIDE AND FLUFF

[@cheddarcheesewoah]

What on earth are you on about?

[@seanwathen5415]

EYE IN A DREAM 25 YEARS AGO - WAS THE WORLD HEAVY WEIGHT BOXER_BUT GAVE IT UP TWO BE THE HIGH COURT JUDGE 🍋🍋

[@saraswatkin9226]

Which Judge? Both advasorial system.

[@andyMSH700]

in my opinion one of the worst jobs available to man due to the guilt sustained.

[@sonicstep]

15:00, 😒

[@seanwathen5415]

MOST PEOPLE TALK IN HALF SENTENCES CAUSING AN ARGUMENT TO ASSE3SS WHAT YOU REAQLLY MEAN SONG BY WHAT HIS SEXUNESS

[@seanwathen5415]

THE RIGHT THING ALWAYS HAPPENS IN THE NICK OF TIME - THE UNIVERSAL LAW

[@seanwathen5415]

EYE NEVER INSULT BUT IT IS THE REALISTIC COMPLIMENT 4 U TOOO LEARN_BUT UR E-GO GETS OFFENDED. THATS OVER THE TOP THAT SOMEONE SAYS TRUTH OR A “SWEAR WORD” NO BODY HAS THE MONOPOLY OF LANGUAGE

[@ahmedxaziz2960]

watching this at year 13, somone like this comment in 2028 so i can watch it again. peace

[@seanwathen5415]

MOST MEN HAVE A BEHAVIOURAL ELEMENT OF SLIGHT HOMOSEXUALISM AS INH ABUSING WOMEN ANS NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR EMOTIONS, THOUGHTS, AND EGO

[@BritainsAyahuascaChurch]

hahaha she thinks that life will be easier for barristers by the time I get to the bar. what planet is she on

[@deogratias7625]

She sounds like a politician or at least wants to use the law to advance her politics.

[@seanwathen5415]

Most people think too much about this & THAT_ BUT DONT ACTUALLY DO ANYTRHING AS THEY ARE THE SMUG@WIZ THEY ARE IN THE ROLE OF FREEDOM

[@seanwathen5415]

All the problems are caused by ego-maniacs including psychiatrists and the metropolitan poodle happiest comedians on 2-dimensions on the dead old one windsurfers with tooth ache🌀

[@thecultofjohnnydelr.soulsw7010]

This women's voice make me shudder 🙄

[@simoncollins6529]

It's like a maths teacher

[@peterrohr3298]

The British Empire has left two legacies across the world… Cricket It’s legal system Look at the heart of every great democracy and you will see it there.

[@saraswatkin9226]

Therefore, British still owns all those countries through that system of the "Commonwealth".

[@bortroad5740]

And fish and chips

[@duncangray6473]

They are utterly corrupt. Two barristers I've dealt with were utter liars who did little but mislead the courts. The judge was more bent than a boomerang and they colluded together. For a judge to ask the barrister if there is anything else they can add to an order just shows how bent this whole system is.

[@harryharrison4876]

Really??? LGBTQ mentioned in the first 5 minutes. It’s a career choice, nothing to do with what/who you do in the bedroom!

[@farrahkhalid9138]

No. Every barrister I’ve met is married to the job. It’s their whole universe so i totally get that they want chambers to rep them esp with the life long membership.

[@iMatti00]

My inclination is to disagree with you. While I believe that many people focus more on irrelevant issues in today’s society, I can absolutely see how are you wouldn’t want to join an Inn that wouldn’t be very helpful to you. I’m quite surprised that you wouldn’t see it that way. If a certain Inn has a large amount of people who would be dismissive of somebody who is LGBT then that would seem like a pretty bad decision to join.

[@liam22083]

Pray for Israel