For your weekly digest of the top business of law stories, Meg is joined by special guest Elaine Banton, Barrister at 7BR, and Co-Chair of the Bar Council's Equality, Diversity and Social Mobility Committee. We talk about barristers' wellbeing, the barriers to career progression for female lawyers, and recent cases of overt racism in the industry. To mark National Apprenticeship Week, we also ask whether alternative routes will improve access to the profession. Finally, we also speak about the use of AI to cut down the court backlogs.