Bar Council's Young Barristers' Committees' International Grant Programme

The International professional and legal development grant programme applications are closed until further notice due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

If you have any questions please email ybc@barcouncil.org.uk

This is a programme that supports junior barristers (of 7 years’ practice or less), who are in employed or self-employed practice, to participate in international events or conferences of their choice by providing them with financial support. Candidates can make only one application for the grant each year. Please click here to visit the Bar Council website for further details about the Grant Programme.

IMPORTANT: Combar Application Criteria

Applicants must have been a Combar member for at least 18 months including pupillage before they can apply for the grant. Successful applicants are asked to write a report about the international event for which they received funding and to attend at least one university law fair on behalf of Combar later in the year.

Although in principle the Bar Council may be prepared to make International Grants available for conferences taking place in the UK (as its Guidance says), Combar’s approach to the exercise of its discretion whether to make a contribution towards an International Grant is that we will not normally do so where the conference is due to take place in a location that does not involve any long distance travel or an overnight stay. Generally, successful applicants will receive grants from Combar of no more than £650.

International Reports

The XVI International Research-to-Practice Conference, Russia by Andrew Lomas

Annual Conference on International and EU Trade and Investment Law, Brussels by Jessica van der Meer

North American Meeting, Vienna by Bianca Venkata

North American Meeting, Venice by Saaman Pourghadiri

International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators XX, Copehagen by Matthew McGhee

Bar Council Mission to Brazil by Frederico Singarajah

C5 Conference: Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery, Geneva by Georgina Leadbetter

Commonwealth Law Conference, Melbourne by Rowan Pennington-Benton

IBA Conference, Vienna by Emily MacKenzie

Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery, Switzerland and graphic pdf on Civil Fraud by Marc Delehanty

CIETAC and Bar Council International Arbitration event, China by Duncan McCombe

British-Brazilian Lawyers’ Exchange Programme by Rachel Tandy