Pupillage Vacancy Information
About Authorised Education and Training Organisation and Structure of Pupillage
15NBS is a leading set of Chambers on the South Eastern Circuit specialising in Crime and providing representation at every level. Chambers will be offering two criminal pupillages starting April 2025. We offer a first class pupillage which provides pupils with the breadth and depth of experience needed for a successful career at the Criminal Bar. We pride ourselves on ensuring that pupils are well supervised and supported throughout their pupillage.
Pupillage at 15NBS Chambers is divided into 3 periods of four months, each of which are spent with a different supervisor. Pupils will be expected to produce work for other Members of Chambers throughout the year and will receive in-house advocacy training, starting in the first sixth.
We are looking for the brightest graduates from any university to fill our pupillage places, but we do not exclude anyone purely on the basis of their class of degree. We look for personality, all-round ability and commitment as well as considering your academic record. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Financial and Other Support Available
The Pupillage award for 2025 is £30,000 per annum. This is by way of a grant of £15,000 for the first ‘non-practising’ six months and guaranteed earnings of £15,000 during the second ‘practising’ six months.
In addition, Chambers pays for the continuing education courses for which pupils are required to undertake during pupillage and for travel costs outside of London.
All applicants must have passed their BPTC.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
15NBS is a Chambers that holds diversity and inclusion as a key principle of its business. We are committed to ensuring that we go beyond the legal minimum requirements and those issued by the Bar Council and the Bar Standards Board. As a Chambers, we aim to uphold the core basics of fairness and respect for difference, equality of opportunity and treatment across gender, religion, marital/civil status, disability, BANE and LGBTQ+ rights and social class. We will not discriminate on grounds of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion or disability. We aim to uphold this in our employment practice as well as in the way we recruit and retain our staff, tenants and pupils. It is important that this is reflected in our interactions with others outside Chambers as well. It is our policy that everyone who works or comes into contact with us is treated the same way. We promote and inclusive environment and want to ensure that our staff, pupils and tenants are selected without discriminatory considerations and that there is a fair distribution of and access to work. 15NBS are committed to working with and promoting relationships with students from less advantaged backgrounds so that we can help shape a Bar that is inclusive and open to all ages, races and backgrounds and is a positive reflection of our society.
How to Apply
These 12-month pupillages are offered by way of a non-gateway application form, which can be downloaded using the link found on our website under the ‘Applying for Pupillage’ section.
Applications should be submitted from 12th October 2024 to pupillage.applications@15nbs.com.
The closing date for the April 2025 pupillage applications is 1st November 2024
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