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Now live: The 2022 Chambers Most List

New edition features over 50 sets — each with a Legal Cheek View and Scorecard

Oct 5 2021 10:45am
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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

Sep 24 2021 12:38pm
‘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

Jun 10 2021 9:20am
Super regulator sides with pupillage seekers in row over rejection by silence

Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek

Jun 8 2021 12:00pm
Pupillage seekers jump by 50% during pandemic

Over 3,300 wannabe barristers applied for 246 training spots this year

Apr 28 2021 10:33am
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 🏆

Mar 29 2021 12:02pm

Elle Woods QC and Harvey Specter appear on ‘chambers website’

Spoof set Square Chambers boasts a strong fictional legal line-up

Feb 25 2021 1:09pm
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

Feb 10 2021 10:58am
Target BAME aspiring barristers with pupillage opportunities, BSB tells chambers in ‘anti-racist statement’

Regulator launches action plan

Nov 30 2020 10:42am
The 2021 Most Lists are live

Your must-read student career resources rank and analyse 100 law firms, 50 chambers and 30 law schools

Oct 1 2020 10:33am
Six top commercial chambers unite to mentor ‘under-represented’ aspiring barristers

Magic circle sets look to tackle bar’s ongoing diversity problem

Jul 30 2020 9:12am
Aspiring barrister targeted in ‘cash for pupillage’ scam

‘Don’t fall into a similar TRAP’, ULaw undergrad warns in LinkedIn post

Jun 29 2020 12:19pm

COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online

Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms

Jun 22 2020 10:06am
Top chambers postpone mini-pupillage schemes in response to COVID-19

But some sets are offering virtual minis and webinars

Jun 9 2020 9:04am
Aspiring barrister left devastated after receiving pupillage offer in ‘error’

Holly Hickman had already informed her family and friends

May 7 2020 2:36pm
Barristers lose it over Quiz courtroom blunders

‘Was that a gavel I just heard?’

Apr 20 2020 12:00pm
30% of pupillage places in limbo, COVID-19 survey finds

Barrister hopefuls face anxious wait

Apr 3 2020 10:34am
COVID-19: Financial uncertainty and tech woes force chambers to delay pupillage interviews

But majority to go ahead as planned, says Bar Council

Mar 27 2020 9:15am

Chambers invites pupillage applicants to interview by mistake

Exclusive: Changes to Gateway system ‘contributed to errors’, says Temple Garden

Mar 19 2020 2:56pm
The 2020 Chambers Most List goes live

Barrister-to-be careers resource contains key facts and figures for over 50 sets

Oct 14 2019 10:37am
Bar Council calls out ‘truly shocking’ treatment of pupil barristers

Representative body wants mandatory pupillage contracts to help curb ‘abusive’ behaviour

Aug 5 2019 1:21pm