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This programme comprises a series of interviews with legal figures who offer an insight into the life of the Inns of Court.
This programme comprises a series of interviews with legal figures who offer an insight into the life of the Inns of Court.
| Module code and title: | E202, Schooling and society |
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| Item code: | E202; 04 |
| First transmission date: | 27-04-1977 |
| Published: | 1977 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:28 |
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| Producer: | Ken Little |
| Contributors: | Leslie George Scarman; C. Batchelor; Hywel Jenkins; John Hall; Leo Pilkington; Maggie Rae; Michael Zander; Patrick Medd |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Footage description: | The programme opens with Lord Justice Scarman explaining in interview how the collegiate system of the Inns of Court benefit the legal system. Also in interview, Michael Zander, Reader in law at L.S.E., compares the Inns to a closed shop. Shots of a procession into the dining hall of Middle Temple Hall. Zander maintains that the club atmosphere of the Inns of Court enforces conformity amongst barristers. Scarman argues that the profession is open to all. Barrister Maggie Rae argues in interview that the Bar is a male dominated club. Shots of an Inn dining hall, over which Scarman stresses the benefits of the collegiate system. Music over shots of the Inns of Court area. Interview with Patrick Medd, Head of Chambers, who describes his job. Mr. Batchelor, former Chairman of the Barristers' Clerks Association, describes the role of the Clerk. Barrister Leo Pilkington describes how he became a member of Chambers. John Hall, Head of Chambers describes how a pupil can get into Chambers. Rae explains the obstacles to getting into Chambers, particularly for women. Hall stresses the ability to 'fit in'. Rae continues to describe the prejudice against women, Hall stresses that Chambers are open to all classes Barrister Hywel Jenkins describes the competition amongst pupils to get into Chambers, Shots of the 'MOOT' at Middle Temple Hall, over which Hall explains the importance of tradition, Medd emphasises the importance of barristers fitting in over more film of the MOOT. Jenkins briefly explains what the close-knit nature of the Inns means to him. Over film of a school of law lecture, Scarman defends the Inns against criticism from outsiders, and comments on the possibility of an all-graduate profession In interview Zander argues that English Lawyers have a fundamentally wrong attitude towards the law and legal education. Credits, over shots of the Royal Courts of Justice and Inns of Court. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72447 |
| Production number: | 00525_6149 |
| Videofinder number: | 563 |
| Available to public: | no |
