This forms part of the Advocacy and Ethics Course for all New Practitioners within the first three years of tenancy (also known as the NPP Programme).
This weekend course has a preceding case analysis session at the Inn which aims to help practitioners prepare for the weekend, and prepare their skeleton arguments which we ask to be submitted in advance.
Each training group has six New Practitioners (NPs) and is taught by a real judge and two experienced advocacy trainers. Using the Hampel Method, we aim to provide specific training for barristers from all areas of practice using a variety of realistic exercises; most written by members of the Inn.
The course concentrates on preparation, use of skeleton arguments in oral submissions, witness handling and responding to judicial interventions.
CPD
The weekend course offers the following Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours:
- 9 advocacy
- 3 ethics
- 4 general (includes 2 hours gained at the Case Analysis session)
Event details
Location: Gray’s Inn
Date and time: Friday 22 November, 6pm (online) and Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 from 8.30am (at the Inn)
Cost: £140
Dress code: Smart casual
Who can attend: Open to Members of all Inns.
How to book
Booking is open from Tuesday 24 September to Sunday 6 October to apply for the course please the form below.
The following booking terms apply for all New Practitioner Weekends:
- Places are not offered on a first come first served basis
- Places are only allocated once all application forms have been received and the application period has closed
- Preference will be given to NPs closest to their 3 year NPP deadline
- Members of other Inns are welcome to apply although, if over-subscribed, preference will be given to Gray’s Inn members and NPs closest to their 3 year NPP deadline.
- Please remember the NPP starts on 1 January in the calendar year afteryou first started practising as a barrister (rQ130.1 of the BSB Handbook). This applies whether you are a member of chambers, an employed barrister, a ‘squatter’, or on a probationary period. So, for example, if you started practising during 2022, the NPP would begin on 1 January 2023, and you must complete it by 31 December 2025.
- Only members of the Bar currently in practice are eligible to attend
- No refunds will be made to attendees who accept a place and subsequently withdraw from the course without a replacement being secured by the Inn
- Candidates will be informed if they have a place in the week commencing 7 October 2024.