Bar-at-Law Transfer Course (BTC)

Become a Barrister

Study Online

For the first time in Pakistan, the Bar Transfer Course is here! Become a Barrister while studying online from anywhere in the world. The course allows you to continue your practice while you study for your Bar at Law Transfer Course. You will be only required to go to the UK for one month and pass the Bar Transfer Test. The total duration of the Bar Transfer Course is 9 to 12 months.

Bar Transfer Course students take the same exams as the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) students take for their Bar at Law in the UK. However, Bar Transfer Course students only take four major exams and four short assignment-based modules.

JOIN THE BIG LEAGUE

Stand in Pakistani or common law courts around the world as a qualified Barrister to win cases for your clients with great advocacy skills and prestige.

Steps to Become a BArrister

  1. Eligibility: If you are a licensed lawyer in Pakistan or a common-law jurisdiction, you are eligible for the Bar at Law Transfer Course.

  2. Admission: We will access your application and admit you to the Bar Transfer Course.

  3. Preparation: You will go through advocacy workshops for skill development and practice, understand civil and criminal litigation, become an expert in ethics, and finally go through test sessions for your final exams.

  4. Apply: We will support you throughout your Bar Standard Board application process for the Bar Transfer Test.

  5. Test: Depending on your exemptions, you will be required to go to the UK for an examination of Advocacy, Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation., Professional Ethics, and assignment modules. The number of exams can reduce if you qualify for more exemptions.

  6. Become a Barrister: You will receive your Call to the Bar after you have passed your required exams. This means you can proudly put the title of “Barrister” with your name in all Common Law jurisdictions, including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and the UK.

Syed Sajjad Haider Rizvi, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan

Syed Sajjad Haider Rizvi, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan - Class of 2021

Bar Transfer Course Student

Save Money & Time

As admission into Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) is becoming increasingly difficult, the Bar Transfer Course (BTC) route will allow you to skip the academic stage (7 courses) and train for the Bar while you continue your practice in Pakistan.

Aftab Ayub, Partner and the Head of Litigation at the ANR & Co

Bar Transfer Course Student

Practical Skills & Pupillage

You will be trained, by successful Barristers, in accordance with the curriculum mandated by the regulatory body in the UK during your 9 months of preparation at Blackstone School of Law. We are the only institution in Pakistan that provides complete guidance and support for students looking for pupillage after the Bar in UK.

Barrister Shahroze Ashfaq Cheema - Class of 2020

Barrister Shahroze Ashfaq Cheema - Class of 2019

Bar Transfer Course Graduate

Enhance your Practice in Pakistan

Students are provided networking opportunities with renowned lawyers and Barristers through Barristers Ball which is hosted by Blackstone twice a year. Our Bar Transfer Course students can enrol in our famous Law Clinic to learn about Pakistani procedural law and drafting without any additional cost. The majority of our Bar students find their future partners and form their own law firms after completing the program.

Muhammad Rana Jamshed

Muhammad Rana Jamshed

Bar Transfer Course Student

Complete Support

Blackstone takes complete responsibility from the start of your application till the end of the program. Blackstone is the pioneer and the very first institution to offer the Bar Transfer Course (BTC) in Pakistan. We have a past experience with 100% success in getting exemptions for our students. We offer the most successful Bar program in Pakistan.

Celebrating 120 Bar students.

Most Successful # 1 Bar Program

You will have guaranteed placement at top law firms after successfully completing the program. The program helps you develop top notch litigation skills enabling you to become a truly international lawyer. You can officially place the title of “Barrister” before your name on your “Wakalatnama” and official correspondence with the Honourable Courts in Pakistan.

Barrister’s Ball 2020

Members of Honourable INN`s

Every year around 20 students become members of the Honourable Society of Lincoil’s Inn through our Bar Transfer Program. This program is especially suited for lawyers who are at the start or at the mid of their careers and aspire to become Barristers. Our student body has students from Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi and several other cities in Pakistan.


Bar at LAw Transfer Program

Structure and timeline

Modules taught at Blackstone School of Law

  • Advocacy

  • Civil Litigation

  • Criminal Litigation & Sentencing

  • Professional Ethics

  • Assignment Modules

Exams in the UK [August and February]

Result Announced [October and May ]

Call to the Bar* [ May or November]

*This means graduation. After this, you can call yourself a Barrister!

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