Pupillage Vacancy Information
The total annual award is £75,000, comprising a £65,000 award (of which £5,000 is paid immediately upon acceptance of the offer and a further £15,000 can be drawn down during the BPTC year) and guaranteed earnings in the second 6 months of £10,000. Pupils are allowed to keep any earnings from their second 6 months, including anything earned in excess of the £10,000 guarantee. New tenants have a guaranteed income of £250,000 over the first three years of practice.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
We believe that great barristers, great clerks and great staff members can come from all walks of life. We also believe that people perform at their best when they get the support they need.
We seek to implement those values in our working lives in chambers. We respect one another. We strive, wherever we can, to make chambers a positive, inclusive and friendly place. We aim to provide mutual support to help each other whatever our backgrounds, age, gender, race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, physical abilities or gender identity.
We know that the Commercial Bar has a great deal of ground to cover in relation to equality and diversity. We seek to make up that ground wherever we can. We do so by recognising that as different individuals in chambers we need different types of support. Our goal is always to adapt and to find new ways to provide that support; and to take responsibility for promoting diversity and inclusion.
If you have any queries regarding accessibility, please contact Erika Dotson on 020 7822 2000 or email e.dotson@4newsquare .com.
How to Apply
Aspiring barristers are invited to apply to chambers between Wednesday 4 January 2023 and Wednesday 8 February 2023 using the Pupillage Gateway application system to search for the relevant Pupillage Vacancy and selecting ‘Apply for this pupillage’.
Chambers questions
- Why do you want a pupillage at 4 New Square Chambers? (Character limit 1200)
- Why do you want a career at the self-employed Bar? (Character limit 1200)
When are the interviews?
First Round Interviews: week of the 6th March 2023
Second Round Interviews: week of the 20th March 2023
Third Round Interviews: week of the 17th April 2023
Pupillage contact details
If you have any queries please contact the Pupillage Co-Ordinator on 020 7822 2000 or email pupillage@4newsquare.com.
About AETO and Structure of Pupillage
Starting your pupillage
At the outset, you will be introduced to the members of Chambers and staff. There is a one day pleading and advices course, run by junior members of Chambers, where key topics are considered and pupils have the chance, in a non-assessed environment, to raise any questions they may have.
Pupil supervisors
You will be allocated a pupil supervisor in October. Pupils share their supervisor's room and accompany them in all aspects of their practice. You will move to a new pupil supervisor in January and again in April. You may sometimes also work with other members of Chambers if there is a case of special interest that will provide educational benefit.
The first six months
You will attend court and conferences with your pupil supervisor. You will assist your pupil supervisor with their work, for instance by carrying out detailed legal research. You will also draft statements of case and write opinions.
The second six months
During your second six months, you will take on an increasing amount of your own court work. We place a strong emphasis on advocacy and support our pupils in gaining valuable practical experience. You can expect to be in court on your own about once a week up to the tenancy decision and more thereafter.
Advocacy
You will take part in two assessed moots during your pupillage. The pupil supervisors provide feedback to the pupils following the moots, which are normally judged by members of the judiciary. Prior to the practising period of pupillage, there is also a further training session on the types of applications and hearings which you are likely to undertake during your second six months.
Panel Work
Pupils carry out a limited number (normally 4) of assessed pieces of written work for other members of chambers.
Environment
We aim to provide a friendly and supportive environment. Pupils are included in Chambers social events throughout the year.
Any Other Relevant Information
Tenancy offers
Our pupillage process is managed in as supportive a way as possible. We cannot guarantee that any pupil will be offered a tenancy, but we recruit by objective standards, and any pupil reaching those standards will be taken on, regardless of issues such as accommodation or work available. Any issues of this kind are taken into account when making pupillage offers. We give every assistance to pupils who have not been offered a tenancy when seeking places in other Chambers. We also find that our former pupils are sought-after by good firms of solicitors.
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