Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.
Pupillage Vacancy Information
About Authorised Education and Training Organisation
We are a leading set of barristers based in the heart of Birmingham. We provide advice and advocacy in a wide range of areas, although crime is very much our core area of practice.
As a specialist crime set, we have a large and experienced criminal team. We act in matters dealt with in the magistrates’ courts to the most serious, complex and high-profile cases.
Whilst we cover a wide range of work, we recognize that from the perspective of the client every case is the most important one. We consequently view nothing as routine or minor.
We generally recruit two pupils every year for a specialized crime pupillage. Chambers as a whole is very much invested in the process in which we are selecting future tenants as much a pupils.
Equality and Diversity
Details of pupillage structure remuneration and equality and diversity polices can be found on our website
How to Apply
Aspiring barristers are invited to apply to chambers between 3 January 2024 and 7 February 2024 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. Justify the decision of Justice Secretary Alex Chalk to block the automatic release from prison of Robert Brown (500 words max)
2. It is proposed that defendants convicted of a crime are to be forced to attend their sentencing hearings. To what extent is this proposal reasonable, necessary or practical and how may any practical difficulties identified be overcome
Applicants should consider their written responses as written advocacy. Consideration will be given for clarity, brevity and the persuasive nature of any arguments or proposals put forwards (500 words max)
