The UK government has launched a £1.5 million-a-year scheme to help train up to 100 new criminal barristers every year.
The scheme, launched on Tuesday, September 1, will provide young people with the practical training they need to become qualified criminal barristers in England and Wales.
The government said the programme would give more talented people from different backgrounds the chance to enter the legal profession while also helping to address the shortage of criminal barristers.
Minister for Courts and Legal Services Sarah Sackman KC MP said the government wanted to make opportunities in the profession available to talented people regardless of their background.
She said the new scheme would help train the next generation of criminal barristers and support efforts to deliver justice more quickly to victims.
