The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a programme for recently qualified barristers at the self-employed Bar to join the CPS for up to two years before resuming practice in chambers
Stephen Parkinson, director of public prosecutions, said ‘Go Prosecute’ would ‘serve as a launchpad for barristers at the start of their careers… giving them the type of insights that can only be gained by working in-house’.
Participants will spend the first year working on cases in the magistrates’ court, youth court, and non-contested hearing and appeals in the Crown Court, before moving on to more complex work involving jury trials.
