Pupillage

‘There is a need to tone down your blackness’ during interviews, one junior barrister told researchers

Cross-party group call on SRA to include social welfare modules in new SQE

Number of applicants chasing each pupillage spot ‘steadily increasing’ every year

Rises at One Essex Court, Monckton, Matrix, 7KBW, 39 Essex and Outer Temple

757 in 1991 ⤵️ 542 in 2020

Leading chambers and law schools return on 9 October for UK’s biggest bar careers event

Just 10% of BPTC grads started pupillage in 2020-21, new stats show

BTC graduate and aspiring barrister Kieran Alker recounts his ‘frustrating’ experience and suggests a way to improve the process

Follows letter from wannabe barrister first reported by Legal Cheek

Aspiring barrister Noah Gifford describes common practice among chambers as ‘insulting’ in open letter

A trio of barristers from Hardwicke, Henderson Chambers and Radcliffe Chambers share their practical tips ahead of the Gateway deadline on Monday

Tess Edge, barrister turned tutor at The University of Law in Birmingham, shares advice with students ahead of the Gateway deadline next week

Hardwicke barrister Katrina Mather on her path to pupillage and advice to applicants ahead of the Gateway deadline

Henderson Chambers’ Beatrice Graham reflects on her career journey and offers advice to aspiring barristers

‘Each application is a piece of written advocacy’, says Devereux Chambers barrister Charlie Hill, who shares his top tips as the portal reopens today