called to the bar
Admitted to practice
Called to the bar means formally admitted to practice law as a barrister, particularly in British and Commonwealth legal systems.
The bar refers to the physical railing separating the public from the court, and being called past it signifies qualification to argue cases: She was called to the bar in 2019.
The phrase marks the transition from law student to licensed advocate.
- pupilageState of being instructed
- Inns of CourtBarristers' professional associations
- Gray's InnLondon legal institution
- Lincoln's InnLondon barristers' society
- barristerUK courtroom advocate
wig and gown · silk gown · learned friend · chambers · litigation · common law · bar exam · law school · cross-examination · advocate · benchers · oral argument · solicitor · courtroom etiquette · legal drafting · legal jurisdiction · moot court · legal ethics
called to the barunqualified
Lacking required credentials
law student · unlicensed · unadmitted · pre-qualification · articling
called to the bardisbarred
Removed from legal profession
struck off · debarred · radiated · defrocked · disciplined
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