RESOURCES

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Back to the Bar – Returning from parental leave and the quest for balance

Emma Price, Counsel Magazine, May 2022

Thriving at the Bar as a Working Parent: Strategies for Barristers and their Clerks to Balance Parenthood and Practice

Nikki Alderson, 1 September 2025

Special focus: Parenting in practice

Philip Hinks & Laura Newton, Counsel Magazine, 11 November 2024

Kids, Court and Caffeine...how to survive having a baby at the Bar

Sunyana Sharma, Barrister Magazine, 18 October 2023

Inns of Court Alliance for Women, Navigating Parenthood at the Bar

8 December 2025

The Inner Temple Movers and Returners Podcast

Law Pod UK, 3 Part Series on Gender at the Bar

Episode 1: What's the problem

Episode 2: Parenthood

Episode 3: Community and belonging at the bar

Inns of Court Alliance for Women

Female Advocate Breakfast information

Bar Council Maternity and New Parents Mentoring Scheme

Parental Support Page

Bar Council Maternity and Parental Leave Guide

Last reviewed January 2023