Pupillage Vacancy Information
About AETO and Structure of Pupillage
Cobden House Chambers is delighted to announce that it is now recruiting for a fully funded 12 month pupillage in our Family Department.
Cobden House Chambers is a leading multi-disciplinary set located in the heart of Manchester.
The Family Department works across all areas of family law, including principally children law work and financial remedy, but also domestic violence applications, forced marriage and female genital mutilation protection applications. The team is instructed by Solicitors, Local Authorities, Children’s Guardians and Police Forces in relation to this work.
Public law care cases are a particular strength of the Department, but we aim to give the successful candidate a broad grounding in all areas, and they will of course be given every opportunity and support to develop their practice in their preferred field of work. In public law care cases we are instructed to represent a broad and balanced mix of parents, Local Authorities and Guardians.
In private law children’s matters we accept both publicly funded and private cases, representing parents and children.
We have a significant practice in financial remedy cases, and also TOLATA and Schedule 1 cases.
The family team has grown in recent years, reflecting a burgeoning reputation amongst solicitors, and we seek a pupil who can assist with the caseload we now have.
The department strives to offer the highest standards of professionalism to solicitors whilst maintaining a friendly and approachable manner. Cobden House Chambers prides itself on its collective and constant support for each other, which fits with the friendly reputation Chambers enjoys amongst both the Bar and Solicitors.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
We welcome applications from ANY suitably qualified candidate irrespective of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation or social background. All applications are anonymised prior to assessment and our recruitment process is conducted in accordance with the Bar Council guidelines.
Our Accessibility Officers are Stefanie Cochrane and Nick Flanagan who are available to answer any queries. In the first instance please direct your enquiry to Martin Leech ( Martin.Leech@cobden.co.uk ), our Director of Clerking, who will arrange for one of our Accessibility Officers to contact you directly.
How to Apply
Application is by Chambers’ own Application Form. This can be downloaded from Chambers’ website at www.cobden.co.uk. Submission details can be found on the website. If replying by post, please note that you must mark your envelope ‘Pupillage Application’.
Any Other Relevant Information
Chambers will consider a flexible starting date to accommodate the successful candidate according to their personal circumstances.
