Becoming a Barrister

The Bar is formed of a wide range of practitioners from varied backgrounds and offers a hugely rewarding career. The route to the Bar can be challenging, but Lincoln’s Inn provides guidance and support to members who decide this path is for them.

Joining the Inn

Students must join one of the four Inns before commencing the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). Joining an Inn is one of the first steps you take in your career at the Bar.

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Careers Events

The Inn offers a range of outreach events for university students, which provide detailed information on a career at the Bar.

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Funding

Funding and sponsorship opportunities are offered by the Inn for undergraduate law students.

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Student Tours

Lincoln’s Inn is pleased to offer prospective students individual or group tours of our impressive estate and facilities.

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Laura Gould, a Barrister member of Lincoln's Inn

The idea of being a ‘lawyer’ crossed my mind, but I always dismissed it, thinking that I wasn’t the sort of person from the right sort of family.
Laura Gould

District Judge Afzal OBE, a Barrister member of Lincoln's Inn

I am registered blind and was the first in my family to go to University.
District Judge Afzal OBE

David Scorey QC, a Barrister member of Lincoln's Inn

I was advised not to apply to Oxford as I was (a) not clever enough and (b) certainly not posh enough.
David Scorey QC