Pupillage Vacancy Information
About Authorised Education and Training Organisation
12 King's Bench Walk, known as 12KBW, is a long-established premium civil set of chambers with 94 tenants, including 13 silks.
We have for many years been highly ranked in the legal directories across a range of practice areas. We have won numerous awards including Chamber's Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Set of the Year 2018, and Personal Injury Set of the Year 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024 and the Legal 500 Personal Injury Chambers of the Year 2022 and 2024. Our core areas of practice also include industrial disease, international & travel, motor insurance and employment law.
We have for many years been highly ranked in the legal directories across a range of practice areas. We have won numerous awards including Chamber's Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence Set of the Year 2018, and Personal Injury Set of the Year 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024 and the Legal 500 Personal Injury Chambers of the Year 2022 and 2024. Our core areas of practice also include industrial disease, international & travel, motor insurance and employment law.
Pupils can expect to gain a broad experience of work in our varied practice areas as above and also including professional negligence, inquests, costs litigation and insurance. Pupils can expect to spend time with both senior and junior members at court. Our barristers deal with all levels of work up to and including the Supreme Court and Court of Justice of the European Union. Our barristers come from a range of backgrounds and we are proud of our record of recruitment which is based purely on merit.
We offer up to three 12-month pupillages. Historically we always had capacity to take on all pupils as tenants if appropriate. We are confident that this will remain the case and that if all our pupils meet the standard all will be offered tenancy. Chambers pupillage award is £75,000 (£45,000 grant and £30,000 guaranteed earnings. £12,500 of the grant may be drawn down during the Bar Vocation Course/BPTC year).
Second six pupils (and junior tenants) can expect a busy and varied workload with plenty of court work. We aim to offer tenancy to all our pupils. Mini-pupillages are also available. See our website for more details.
We offer up to three 12-month pupillages. Historically we always had capacity to take on all pupils as tenants if appropriate. We are confident that this will remain the case and that if all our pupils meet the standard all will be offered tenancy. Chambers pupillage award is £75,000 (£45,000 grant and £30,000 guaranteed earnings. £12,500 of the grant may be drawn down during the Bar Vocation Course/BPTC year).
Second six pupils (and junior tenants) can expect a busy and varied workload with plenty of court work. We aim to offer tenancy to all our pupils. Mini-pupillages are also available. See our website for more details.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Chambers is committed to the Equality and Diversity Code for the Bar and encourages applications from groups which are under-represented at the Bar. Chambers will make reasonable adjustments for disabled candidates.
How to Apply
Aspiring barristers are invited to apply to chambers between Thursday 2nd January 2025 and Thursday 6th February 2025 using the Pupillage Gateway application system to search for the relevant Pupillage Vacancy and selecting ‘Apply for this pupillage’.
In addition to the standardised Bar Council questionnaire, candidates will be asked to respond to the following questions from Chambers:
1. If you could have appeared as counsel in one case in the past few years, which one would it have been and why? (Maximum characters 1200)
2. What do you see as the challenges facing the Young Bar practicing in personal injury over the immediate to short term future? (Maximum characters 1200)
3. Why do you believe you will make a good barrister? In your answer, please identify any relevant experiences or skills that you believe may help you in your career (Maximum characters 1200)
4. Why do you want to join our chambers? In your answer, please give reasons for your choice of chambers and explain why you are interested in our areas of practice (Maximum characters 1200)
5. What, in your view, has been the most significant legal decision in one of chambers’ core areas of practice in the last 12 months. Why? (Maximum characters 1200)
