Bar Council International Calendar 2017-18 Dates Comments 3-4 Feb 2017 Bar Council presence at the General Assembly of the International Criminal Bar, Valencia For further information, please see here: 23-25 Feb 2017 Bar Council presence at the European Bar Leaders Conference, Vienna 7 March 2017 14th Annual Steinkraus-Cohen International Law Lecture – sponsored by the Bar Council Open to all. For further information, please see here: 12 April 2017 Bar Council Networking with the Chicago Bar Association, London Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email: 15 May 2017 Bar Council seminar on family and criminal law in Warsaw Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email: 24 April – 12 May 2017 Bar Council South Korean Exchange Scheme (incoming) Open to all chambers. For further information, please email: 9 May 2017 State Bar of California Moot and networking reception hosted by Inner Temple and the Bar Council, London Open to all members of the Bar. For further information, please email: 24 -27 May 2017 Bar Council presence at the IBA Bar Leaders Conference and IBA mid-year meetings, Belfast For further information, please see here: 19 – 23 June 2017 3rd Bar Council Business Development Mission to Brazil Mission (Rio, Sao Paolo, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia), Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email: 19 – 30 June 2017 Bar Council Brazilian Exchange Programme for young barristers (outgoing) Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email: 30 May – 14 July 2017 Bar Council China Training Scheme (incoming), London Open to all chambers. For further information, please email: June-July (exact dates to be confirmed) 2nd Bar Council Business Development Visit to Cyprus, Nicosia Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please July-August dates to Bar Council Seminar/Networking event with a delegation from Ghana Bar, London Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email:
be confirmed) 5 July 2017 Bar Council Moot and networking event with the American Inns of Court, London Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email: 10-15 August 2017 Bar Council presence at the ABA Annual Meeting 2017, New York Open to all members of the Bar. For further information, please see here: 1-3 October 2017 Opening of the Legal Year, London Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please 8 - 13 October 2017 IBA Annual Conference Sydney (incl. joint networking reception with UK/Irish Bars) Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please see here: Autumn (exact date tbc) Workshop on International Practice Issues at Bar Conference Open to all members of the Bar. For further information, please email: Autumn (exact date tbc) Bar Council seminar on Brexit with the German Bar Association, London Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email: November – December (exact date tbc) English Law Week in Moscow and St Petersburg Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email: November- December (exact dates tbc) Bar Council presence at the Paris Bar Rentree (Opening of the Paris Legal Year) Exact date tbc 11th Bar Council International Rule of Law Lecture, London Open to all members of the Bar. For further information, please email: January 2018 (exact dates tbc) Bar Council’s 2nd Outgoing Mission to Kazakhstan Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email: Jan-Mar 2018 (exact dates tbc) Bar Council seminar with the German Bar Association (DAV) in Germany Open to BRF payers only. For further information, please email: March 2018 (exact dates to be confirmed) UNA Westminster – Bar Council International Law Lecture (Ruth Steinkrauss Cohen Lecture), SOAS London Open to all members of the Bar. Exact date to be confirmed Breakfast Seminar on the Abu Dhabi Global Markets Court, London Open to all members of the Bar.