Adnan Sami

My father was a great connoisseur of music and arts. He said, 'I will encourage you in anything you do, but make sure you get a solid education.' So, I studied in the finest schools and went on to become a qualified barrister but didn't take up law because my music was my area of interest.

Pakistani Musician

Robert Rinder

My father is a taxi driver, and my mother ran a small business. I hadn't even met a barrister before I got my first shot at the legal profession. But back then, I was lucky enough to be given a break - I can't help but wonder if I would be so lucky today.

English Judge

John Bercow

I said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife said: 'You'd be a very good barrister and a hopeless academic.' I said 'Why?' She said: 'Because you're not an original thinker.

British Politician

John Mortimer

Life as a barrister never was terribly real to me, and courtrooms were always a place of fantasy to me. They had nothing to do with discovering the truth, really, of course.

English Novelist

Nicholas Hammond

When you think about it, a trial is not really about what the truth is, it's about which barrister is better at persuading those 12 people to believe their story.

Nigel Havers

I knew I wanted to get into acting and my parents were fine with that. My brother, thankfully, became a barrister so I went under the radar.

Ngaio Marsh

If you don't write about what you know, you're like a barrister and have to do a frightful amount of research for each case.

New Zealander Writer

Jenny Eclair

I think my siblings sometimes have to defend me within their social circles - they are both barristers.

Comedian

Anthony Trollope

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

English Author

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

I wanted to be a barrister for a long time.

English Actress

Barristers often wear special garments like wigs and gowns in court.

Professional Clothing

Barristers primarily work in superior courts, not local or smaller courts.

Higher Courts

A barrister is different from a solicitor, who typically handles out-of-court legal work.

Not a Solicitor

Becoming a barrister requires a special ceremony where one is 'called to the bar'.

Called to the Bar

A barrister's career progresses from junior to senior, possibly becoming a Queen's Counsel.

Advancing Career

The role and term 'barrister' are unique to certain countries and their legal systems.

Country Specific

 would become a barrister I was intrigued by the idea that one person's words could affect another Liberty I applied to Oxford University and they rejected me I decided to take a year off I went to Uganda for six months and spent three

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 Someone who looks like me walks past you in the street. Do you think they're a mother, a refugee or a victim of oppression? Or do you think they're a cardiologist, a barrister