The Bar’s flagship social mobility initiative, the Bar Placement Week, is taking place in Liverpool for the first time. Bar Placement Week is now in six cities—London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Bristol.

During the week, sixth-form pupils from backgrounds that are under-represented at the Bar will attend careers talks, advocacy training, a talk with a local judge and three days shadowing a barrister in court and at chambers. Chairman of the Bar, Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC, says: “The Bar is a small and specialist profession and opportunities to gain career experience like this can be few and far between—especially outside of London."