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Bar Statistics

Membership statistics as at April 2013.

imageBar Membership
The total number of counsel now in practice at the Victorian Bar is 1947 comprising:
246 Queen's Counsel or Senior Counsel and
1701 Junior Counsel.

Membership Statistics as at Sunday, 26 May 2013 8:00 AM

Division Description

Female

Male

Total

AI

Victorian Practising Counsel

506

1441

1947

- Queen's Counsel or Senior Counsel

25

221

246

- Junior Counsel

481

1220

1701

AII Crown Prosecutors

9

19

28

AIII Interstate and Overseas Counsel

13

118

131

- Queen's Counsel or Senior Counsel

1

56

57

- Junior Counsel

12

62

74

AIV Victorian Practising Counsel With Current Practising Certificate, Temporarily on Leave

15

8

23

- Queen's Counsel or Senior Counsel

1

1

2

- Junior Counsel

14

7

21

BI Governors

0

1

1

BII Judges

60

185

245

BIII Ministers of the Crown & Members of Parliament

1

7

8

BIV Solicitors-General & Directors of Public Prosecutions

1

3

4

BV Masters and Judicial Registrars

0

2

2

BVI Magistrates & Full-time Members of Statutory Tribunals

16

22

38

BVII Crown Counsel & Parliamentary Counsel

1

0

1

BVIII Other Official Appointments

4

4

8

CI Retired Judges and Other Judicial Officers

4

120

124

CII Retired Holders of Public Office other than Judicial Office

3

10

13

CIII Retired Counsel

25

132

157

D Academics

9

12

21

Total Membership

667

2084

2751

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Under the Legal Profession Act 2004, apart from its own practising members, the Bar as a delegate of the Legal Services Board, regulates barristers who are not members of the Bar. There are currently 4 Victorian barristers in this category.