Twenty per cent of barristers at Middle Temple practise at the employed Bar. Approximately half are employed by the Government Legal, HM Courts & Tribunals and Crown Prosecution Services. The rest practice across a range of organisations, across all ranges of seniority and experience, working in public authorities, charities, commerce, finance, industry and solicitor law firms.
Middle Temple Employed Bar Society (“MTEBS”) was created to welcome and support these employed barristers and encourage them to fully participate in the activities of the Inn.
MTEBS is charged with ensuring that the Inn’s membership offering is relevant to and caters for the employed Bar. It aims to do this by:
- Ensuring that initiatives and events provided by the Inn are relevant and accessible to employed barristers and cater to their professional development needs.
- Recognising the unique skills and achievements of its employed barrister members
- Improving the visibility of the employed Bar as a sector, to better educate and inspire students and self-employed practitioners as to the diverse range of opportunities at the employed Bar.
- Improving the representation and visibility of employed barristers on decision-making bodies within the Inn to better reflect the employed Bar’s 20% composition of the whole Bar.
The Society draws experience from across the sector. You can read more about them here.
If you wish to contact the Society, email r.spink@middletemple.org.uk.