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30 October 2024
Issue: 8092 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Training & education
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CPS launches new barrister scheme

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. 

Issue: 8092 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Training & education
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