Personal Injuries Bar Association
Professional organisation for personal injury barristers. The website provides event information and details of how to join; other content, including reports and videos, is restricted to members of the Association.
Professional organisations
Technology and Construction Solicitors Association
Professional body for solicitors involved in litigation in the Technology and Construction Court. The TeCSA website has links to practice directions, rules and protocols for different types of dispute resolution and provides guidance is available on arbitration and civil procedure. It also includes news, event information and joining details.
City of London Solicitors' Company
The City of London Solicitors' Company is the livery company for City solicitors. Its website covers the history of the company, lists its committees and provides news, event listings, an outline of the company's charitable work and information about membership. There is a members-only section of the site.
Society of Asian Lawyers
SAL draws its membership from solicitors, barristers, legal executives, trainees and law students from all parts of the UK. Its website has news, information about membership and event listings. It also gives details of the society's mentoring scheme, which raises awareness of the legal profession amongst the Asian community and promotes the careers of Asian lawyers in the UK.
Administrative Law Bar Association
Association for UK barristers specialising in public law. The website includes ALBA's responses to official consultations, news items, event listing and other information. Some material is restricted to members only.
Western Circuit
Association for barristers practising in the South and South West of England. The website has a directory of barristers' chambers in the region, news, event information and details of courses. It provides information about the Western Circuit Women’s Forum and the circuit's diversity and inclusion initiative, Bar None. A members-only section provides minutes of meetings and other material.
Wales and Chester Circuit
One of six Circuits that make up the bar in England and Wales, for barristers working in Wales and Cheshire. The site provides lists of chambers and individual barristers, news, event information and details of training offered to members of the circuit. An online membership application form is also available.
Commercial Bar Association
London-based organisation for barristers who work in the field of commercial law, particularly those working with the international business sector. The website provides details of services offered by commercial barristers and a directory of COMBAR members. News and event information is also available. There are details of scholarships offered and a section covering careers at the commercial bar.
South Eastern Circuit
Website of the South Eastern Circuit, the largest of the six Circuits in England and Wales. The South Eastern Circuit represents barristers practising in this area which includes Cambridge, London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Kent and Surrey. The Circuit represents members views with the Bar Council, Lord Chancellor's Department, Court User Committees and Area Criminal Justice Liaison Committees and provides training through courses, seminars and workshops. The website gives information about the Circuit's activities, officers, forthcoming events and how to join.
Honourable Society of Gray's Inn
Website of Gray's Inn, one of the four London-based colleges of barristers. Covers the history of the inn, its structure, management and activities. Provides information for students regarding admissions procedure, scholarships, awards and student activities; also has pages focusing on continuing education, including advocacy training and pupillage. The section for members of the inn has includes details of the Barristers Committee, Graya (Gray's Inn magazine) and the library.