How Long Does It Take To Become A Barrister?

3 year law degree full time and after law school it takes 1-2 years of pupillage. Applying for this is very hard, however if you are accepted the first 6 months is tutoring by a fully qualified barrister and the next 6 months under supervision. During this period you still get paid. You then need to apply for one of the four inns. Whichever inn you choose, you have to stay with it for the rest of your career. By this time, you should be a fully qualified barrister.
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The time span will vary depending on the route you wish to take and the qualifications you hold. If you obtain a law degree (3 years full-time) then you must complete a Bar Vocational Course (BVC) for one year after, this is your training. Following this you must get a pupillage ( which last for 2 years in a chambers) although this is still training you will be paid. After that you are said to be a fully qualified barrister.

It takes about 3 years after university if you've done a law degree. One year goes into training and the other two years something else.

A barrister is a term used to describe a lawyer in certain countries like for example in England and Wales where the legal profession is divided in to two branches comprising of solicitors who traditionally perform litigation work for their clients and represent the case in lower courts and barristers who traditionally plead the case of the client in the higher court where they have the rights of audience.

The Bar Council is the directing body for barristers in the UK which sets down the guidelines for potential barristers. The minimum requirement to become a barrister is a degree in law or any other subject though if one is a graduate in a non law field then one has to take a one year course known as the Common Professional Examination (CPE).

Following the qualifying course or degree as may be the case one can then enrol for membership in one of the four Inns of Court by way of whom the student will be called to the Bar, and only then commence the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) a one year course in which the student learns the practical part of advocacy.

After completion of the BVC the student then undergoes a further period of tutoring known as pupillage for one year which involves for the first six months being the understudy of a senior barrister and in the next six months being involved in the practising part albeit under supervision following which the student becomes a fully qualified barrister.