Infant Bar

The Bar has opened its first nursery. The Bar Nursery at Smithfield House will offer flexible childcare near the Inns of Court at special rates for barristers, chambers staff and Bar Council employees. It will be open to children aged eight weeks to five years between 7am and 7pm five days a week. Maura McGowan, chair of the Bar: “Owing to the nature of work at the Bar, many parents find it exceptionally difficult to juggle childcare responsibilities with their ever-changing work schedule, particularly those barristers who regularly appear in court, which can mean travelling to different towns every day.”