In June 2018, the Bar Standard Board released the changes, which have been agreed following their consultation. 

In addition to changes to pupillage pay, tuition fees etc.,  the BSB have decided to allow BPTC students 'unlimited' resit attempts at centralised exams within 5 years of commencing the BPTC. This rule is to be implemented in 2019. The 2019 cohort will be able to resit their exams in April, August AND December (currently the only available period for resits are April and August).

The current BPTC cohort of 2018 feel as though these changes are prejudicial to current students, and past students who have paid £16-20k, to only be able to take each exam three times, within two years.

We appreciate that many will assume that three sits within two years is enough. However, it evidently is not as the BSB have decided to change this.

This petition proposes that the BSB allows the same rule to be implemented for the 2017-2018 cohort, as well as 2018-2019 cohort. We understand that many cohorts will want the same principle, and they can do so by way of this petition. 

We strongly believe that these changes are amazing for the 2029 cohort, and we are hopeful that the BSB will decide to apply them to previous cohorts too; in order to ensure that no prejudice and unfairness occurs between BPTC students.