New Court Chambers

New Court Chambers has a pro-active Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion agenda, implemented and guided by advanced-trained EDOs.

New Court Chambers aligns itself fully with the Bar Standards Board’s Anti-Racist statement (latest of November 2020).

By way of practical steps being taken to ensure and promote diversity and inclusion in 2023:

• New Court Chambers is a participant in both Bridging the Bar and the 10,000 Black Interns initiatives;
• New Court Chambers offers unassessed mini-pupillages throughout the year (and continued to do so through recent periods of public health restrictions);
• Members of chambers take part in outreach work privately and through their respective Inns of Court;
• Barrister members and staff at New Court Chambers have undertaken comprehensive (Bar Council-devised) Race Awareness training (last in Autumn 2022);
• The recruitment committee(s) review marking and selection criteria annually (with a particular view to ensuring that aspects of race, identity, and background are not barriers to any prospective pupils or tenants);
• Impartial work allocation is monitored by EDO (for compliance with the BSB Handbook equality rules) but also as part of Chambers-wide best practice reviews.

Further information/policies can be found at https://www.newcourtchambers.com/policies/