The Court of Appeal judge was speaking at an event at Lincoln's Inn. He said: 'My view has always been that the barriers to entry to the legal profession are far too high for those from less privileged backgrounds who have no family background in the law or in other professions.'
Selection procedures
He continued: 'The main barriers are financial ones, a lack of proper advice and guidance in schools about how to get into the law, lack of available work experience or internships for the less privileged...and the discriminatory selection procedures that still exist for some training contracts, pupillages and tenancies.' Source: Legal Cheek
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