Address
PO Box 4352Edlesborough
Dunstable
Beds
LU6 9EF
Telephone Number
07507 237218Email Address
secretary@bacfi.org
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//Careers Guidance
The Bar Association for Finance, Commerce and Industry (“BACFI”) has for a number of years now, offered on our website, details of members who are willing to be emailed or phoned for career guidance regarding their particular area of practice at the employed Bar. Despite its name, BACFI is a broad organisation, and has members who work in-house in solicitors’ firms; in-house in a whole host of industries; and also in regulatory roles and government departments. Essentially it is the Bar Association for the employed Bar.
The type of enquiries that BACFI receives cover the full spectrum of experience: from students enquiring about employed pupillage opportunities; pupils looking to move out of the self-employed bar at that end of pupillage; a considerable number of barristers in the 7-15 years call range (particularly women) looking to transition into the employed bar; and even senior practitioners or those coming back into practice seeking advice on how to set up their own consultancies or job opportunities in the employed practice. BACFI has been at the vanguard of liaising with the Bar Standards Board to ease the process for those working in consultancy, dual capactiy or non-traditional modes and has therefore built up particular expertise in this area.
Read BACFI’s The A-Z of Offering a Pupillage in Commerce and Industry HERE.
The form of guidance normally involves a few emails and a telephone call for 30-60 mins to cover any oustanding queries and occassionaly an in-person coffee meeting. As each inquiry is different, sometimes it will also involve directing the person to either another BACFI member who could help further, or on to the correct person at the Bar Council or the Bar Standards Board.
Given the wide range of enquiries received, it is difficult to be too prescriptive in how inquiries should be dealt with, but BACFI believes that it is important that barristers remember that their practising certificate is a passport and that can take them to careers well beyond the confines of chambers!
The following members are happy to offer careers guidance. Please contact Sandra secretary@bacfi.org who will put you in touch with who you would like to contact.
| Name | Company | Industry |
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Ian Brookes-Howells |
Lloyds Bank |
Financial Services/IT/Telecoms |
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Rebecca Dix |
Dentons |
Law Firm |
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Patrick Rappo |
DLA Piper |
Law firm |
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Hannah Smith |
Nursing and Midwifery Council |
Healthcare |
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Francesca Titus |
McGuireWoods LLP |
Law firm |
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Gaynor Wood |
CLS Services |
Financial Services |