Vice-Chairs Role Description The Inns'' Conduct Committee The function of the Inns'' Conduct Committee (the ''ICC'') is: To determine any question whether an applicant for admission to one of the four Inns of Court is a fit and proper person to practise as a barrister, and hence whether they are eligible to become a student member of an Inn (membership of an Inn being a prerequisite for studying to become a practising barrister); To determine whether a student member of an Inn is fit and proper to be Called to the Bar and practise as a barrister and, what sanction is appropriate to impose if that individual''s conduct calls into question whether they are a fit and proper person; To hear and determine appeals from determinations by a student''s Inn of minor internal disciplinary matters against that student; and To administer and improve the processes identified above in accordance with its constitutional remit and report annually to the Council of the Inns of Court (''COIC''). Members of the ICC determine these matters (and conduct preliminary Screening Panels) although hearing panels often comprise or include members of the BTAS Disciplinary Pool. The ICC and BTAS Disciplinary Pool comprise a group of individuals selected, trained and regularly appraised to ensure their ability to consider and determine such matters is of the highest standard. Membership The ICC''s membership is as follows: A Chair Two Vice-Chairs (one barrister and one lay representative) Four barrist