Pupillage
There is both work and accommodation for new members, and our general policy is to try recruiting a new member of Chambers each year from among our pupils. We are committed to the Equality Code for the Bar. We believe that it is important for all pupils to see as much as possible of the different kinds of work in Chambers. This enables pupils to judge whether our work suits them, and enables different members of Chambers to assess the pupils. Each pupil therefore normally sits with, and does work for, more than one pupil master in any six months. If another member of Chambers has a particularly interesting case in Court, a pupil will be encouraged to work and attend Court with him or her.
Candidates are expected to have first class, or good second class degrees (though not necessarily in law). But mere intellectual ability is only part of it: a successful candidate must have the confidence and ambition to succeed, the common sense to recognise the practical advice a client really needs, and the ability to get on well with clients, solicitors and other members of Chambers - and with the Clerks.
Mini-pupillages of a week are strongly encouraged, although not obligatory. Spending a week in Chambers gives the applicant a much better idea of the kind of work we do and of the atmosphere in Chambers, and it also allows us to assess his or her abilities much more fairly than simply by reading a CV and references, and conducting an interview.
Chambers are not within the OLPAS scheme. Intending applicants for pupillage will find all the necessary information in the Pupillage Pack.
Click here for the Pupillage Pack and click here to download our pupillage application form.