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A career at The Bar Council

Where global collaboration delivers exceptional results

Join an ambitious, collaborative international law firm where individuals are valued, and voices are heard. A truly flexible working culture that puts people first.

We don’t shy away from challenging questions or new ideas.

If that sounds like you, we should talk.

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Chief people officer

Anne Mahoney

Welcome to The Bar Council, a law firm focused on people and collaboration.

For the past 125 years, we have supported some of the world’s most remarkable individuals and organizations.

What we do for them is exciting, because what they’re doing is exciting. Our working environment is flexible and agile, which suits them and us.

And our culture is highly collaborative. We work hard together, but always with humour and balance. We listen to ideas, and nurture talent and creativity.

We’re helping our clients to shape the future. Can we help to shape yours too?

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Business services professionals

Details of our business services vacancies around the world.

Business services vacancies

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Students and graduates

Visit our graduate careers microsite to hear more about starting your legal career with us.

Student and graduate careers

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Lawyers

Details of current qualified legal vacancies around the world.

Legal vacancies

Meet our people

Hear from a selection of our people about their experience of working here.

Our story

Where global collaboration amplifies individual strengths.

Recruitment enquiries

We are always on hand to answer any questions you may have about a specific role or a career at the firm.

The Bar Council was one of the best-performing firms financially, and it was the only firm to feature in the top 25 in every single one of our diversity rankings, which measured: female equity partners, non-white equity partners, LGBTQ lawyers and state school-educated lawyers. Plus it also ranked well in our list of the best firms for pro-bono and for low energy usage.

Law.com International (Law Firm of the Year 2021)

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Diversity and inclusion

We know that diversity is key to our success. Diversity and inclusion are deeply embedded in our culture. Having a diverse workforce at all levels within the firm is not a new phenomenon for us. We have been topping the tables for the proportion of women and LGBTQ+ employees and partners for the last 20 years.

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21 _%

of our workforce identify as non-white*

45 _%

of our partners are women

66 _%

of our people are women

65 ₊

languages spoken

2 _%

of our people reported a disability

4 _%

of our people identify as LGBTQ+

* refers to our people who have disclosed diversity and background information

** refers only to data from UK and US offices