Regulation
Beginning in January, 2006, standards for admission to the bar and disciplinary proceedings are administered by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), a regulatory board of the General Council of the Bar. The BSB is not legally separate from the General Council of the Bar, but is set up so as to be independent of it. Previously, barristers were governed by the General Council of the Bar and the individual Inns of Court. There are four Inns, all situated in the area of London close to the Law Courts in the Strand. Gray's Inn is off High Holborn, Lincoln's Inn off Chancery Lane, the Middle and Inner Temples, situated between Fleet Street and the Embankment.
The Inns provide a social and professional hub where barristers and jurists can meet. They comprise a grand hall where barristers dine and attend social functions, and an extensive library. There are also several rooms where conferences can be held, and where trainee barristers engage in advocacy practice. Two of the Inns have chapels, and Middle Temple and Inner Temple share Temple church. All four Inns are set in well tended gardens, and are surrounded by chambers often organised in courtyards and squares.
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