Sources of Information
The Bar Council publishes a very useful guide to qualification, finance and practice called Steps to the Bar. This is obtainable from The General Council of the Bar, Education and Training Department, 289 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HZ (Tel: 020 7242 0082).
The Bar Council has a web site that includes details of OLPAS.
Each of the Inns produces a guide to its own awards and scholarships. In addition, some of these provide guidance as to the other sources of finance. They repay early and close study. For information on joining an Inn, dining, pupillage, or guides to scholarship and awards, you should write to the Students' Officer of the Inn concerned:
Middle Temple London EC4Y 9AT
Tel. 020 7427 4800
Inner Temple London EC4Y 7HL
Tel. 020 7797 8250
Lincoln's Inn London WC2A 3TL
Tel. 020 7405 0138
Gray's Inn London WC1R 5ET
Tel. 020 7458 7900
For more information relating to the CPE course you may write to The General Council of the Bar, whose address appears above. For applications and further information on these courses you may also write to CPE/Dip Law Central Applications Board, P.O. Box 84, Guildford, GU3 IYX (Tel: 01483 451080).
The Bar Council also publishes a brochure called Guidance on Completion of the Academic and Vocational Stages of Training at the Bar, setting out the precise requirements and giving much information about the vocational training course. This is obtainable from The General Council of the Bar.
The GTI Directory of Conversion and Vocational Law Courses, a supplement to GTI's Target Law, is also useful.