Freshfields partner who joined the firm in 1984 reveals he’s quitting to pursue pupillage dream
Competition litigation expert Jon Lawrence is Brick Court bound
Pupillage
Over 60% of BPTC grads don’t have pupillage, new stats show
As enrolments on the vocational course drop by 7%
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What I wish I’d known when I was applying for pupillage
Self-knowledge is all
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Securing pupillage — It’s a jungle out there!!
Katya Hosking, of Devereux Chambers, guides you through
Chambers boost pay as pupillage applications open
Hardwicke, 2 Temple Gardens, Littleton and Doughty Street all up their awards
Littleton boosts pupillage award by 23% as plethora of chambers up pay
London sets fall over themselves to throw extra cash at wannabe barristers
Aspiring barristers anger as Pupillage Gateway glitch means applications are missing GDL and BPTC grades
Exclusive: Gateway’s copy-and-paste feature reproduces everything BUT vital grades on pupillage applications
How to get through pupillage interviews if you are prone to anxiety
Beating a mental health condition to become a barrister is possible
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Five things we wish we’d known before pupillage
Words of wisdom from two Hardwicke pupil barristers ahead of application deadline day
Legal charity launches new family law focused social welfare pupillage scheme
Special two-year fellowship that will see successful candidates split their time between Bar Pro Bono Unit and chambers
Top EU law chambers ups pupillage award to £65,000 as Brexit vote looms
Monckton Chambers chucks an extra £5,000 at its junior legal talent
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Pupillage interviews uncovered: law students filmed being grilled by top barristers
We spoke to a BPTC graduate who featured in a new interview project
Blackstone boosts pupillage award from £60k to £65k to keep pace with elite sets
Big-money commercial and public law set throws an extra £5,000 at its baby barristers
Pupillage Gateway will be moved to January from 2017
After previous false start the Bar Council finally gives date change the go-ahead
Top criminal chambers boosts pupillage award from £16k to £40k
London set bucks downward pay trend
Pupil barrister hit with £1,000 fine after plagiarising skeleton argument in moot competition
Bar Standards Board refuses to reveal the chambers at which Samuel Campbell practises
The BPTC is a ‘rip-off’ says former head of Bar Standards Board
Ridiculously low pupillage success rate highlighted by Baroness Deech
‘X-Factorish bollocks’: Bar Council slammed for endorsing junior barrister’s ‘Never give up!’ blog
UCL legal academic and top QC lead criticism of regulator for sharing touching story
REVEALED: The BPTC providers with the highest chance of pupillage
Northumbria is the worst; BPP London is the best — but overall rate is poor
New official ‘online hub’ tells young barristers to lose weight and stop 5-day benders
Young Barristers’ Committee venture does, however, contain some useful snippets of advice
Pupil barrister spotted sweeping chambers’ front step with dustpan and brush
They don’t teach you this on the BPTC
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How to survive the pupillage Hunger Games
Hardwicke’s two new tenants reveal how they made it to fully-fledged barrister status
Bar Council snubs legal aid chambers over pupillage fair rates
Organisers claim event will widen pool of applicants, but class divisions between haves and have-nots will be clearly on display
Pupillage Gateway might not move to January after all
Bar Council in possible U-turn over centralised application switch
Bar Council must delay plans to move Pupillage Gateway deadline
Clarity is urgently needed instead of tumbleweed blowing across the website’s alerts page
Pupillage Gateway moved to January so students know if they have chambers place before committing to BPTC
Exclusive: Finally, a move to protect wannabe barristers
City law firm breaks silence over mysterious pupillage award process
International niche litigation player Kobre & Kim denies it attempted to breach the spirit of bar’s recruitment rules
Spotlight on London niche litigation law firm over alleged possible pupillage rule breach
International boutique practice Kobre & Kim refuses to comment on fate of wannabe barrister applications
1 Gray’s Inn Square silent after barrister fined for inappropriate sexual conduct towards pupil
David Giles’ profile mysteriously disappears from set’s website following bar disciplinary panel finding
Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach
Red faces at London criminal and housing set, as Garden Court cocks up email and widely discloses names of wannabe barristers set for interviews
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11 things you need to do in a pupillage interview
Recently-qualified barrister Caoimhe McKearney advises
Pupillage Gateway applications fall by 9%
Hard evidence that law students are turning their backs on the bar
Pupillage places slip below the 400 mark for the first time
Training contracts tumbled yesterday, now it’s the turn of wannabe barristers to face bad news …
How should chambers and law firms reject applicants?
Recently we received this email from a disgruntled pupillage-seeker… How… Read more »
‘We don’t even want to know your grades’: Is this the future of hiring pupil barristers?
Exclusive: Outer Temple Chambers has launched a new approach to… Read more »
Unfunded pupillages are back
For ten years now, it has been compulsory for chambers… Read more »
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