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Get ahead this pupillage application season with the 2023 Chambers Most List
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Top chambers boost pupillage awards as talent war intensifies
Rises of over 30%
‘I spent years trying to crack the pupillage Rubik’s Cube’
Future pupil barrister Taz Aldeek offers up his top tips for those seeking a career at the bar
Now live! The 2023 Chambers Most List
New edition features over 40 leading chambers — each with a Legal Cheek View, exclusive junior tenant interview, Insider Scorecard, and more!
Bar Council revamps Pupillage Gateway
Changes will improve process for both applicants and chambers, says bar body
And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2022 are…
Industry extravaganza returns in-person to celebrate top trainee-rated firms and chambers 🏆🤩
Now live: The 2022 Chambers Most List
New edition features over 50 sets — each with a Legal Cheek View and Scorecard
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New name, new home: one leading London chambers on its major shake-up
Joint heads of Gatehouse Chambers, Brie Stevens-Hoare QC and PJ Kirby QC, invited Legal Cheek’s Phoebe Mather for an exclusive tour of the set’s new home and to discuss its recent rebranding
‘The bar must do better at giving pupillage applicants feedback’
BTC graduate and aspiring barrister Kieran Alker recounts his ‘frustrating’ experience and suggests a way to improve the process
Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence
Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek
Pupillage seekers jump by 50% during pandemic
Over 3,300 wannabe barristers applied for 246 training spots this year
And the winners of the Legal Cheek Awards 2021 are…
Industry celebrates top trainee-rated firms and chambers in virtual ceremony featuring special guest appearances from shadow Lord Chancellor David Lammy and ex-Justice Secretary David Gauke 🏆
Elle Woods QC and Harvey Specter appear on ‘chambers website’
Spoof set Square Chambers boasts a strong fictional legal line-up
City law firms and chambers come together for #10000BlackInterns initiative
National campaign gets underway next year with aim to provide paid internships for black graduates
Target BAME aspiring barristers with pupillage opportunities, BSB tells chambers in ‘anti-racist statement’
Regulator launches action plan
The 2021 Most Lists are live
Your must-read student career resources rank and analyse 100 law firms, 50 chambers and 30 law schools
Six top commercial chambers unite to mentor ‘under-represented’ aspiring barristers
Magic circle sets look to tackle bar’s ongoing diversity problem
Aspiring barrister targeted in ‘cash for pupillage’ scam
‘Don’t fall into a similar TRAP’, ULaw undergrad warns in LinkedIn post
COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online
Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms
Top chambers postpone mini-pupillage schemes in response to COVID-19
But some sets are offering virtual minis and webinars
Aspiring barrister left devastated after receiving pupillage offer in ‘error’
Holly Hickman had already informed her family and friends