Pupillage Vacancy Information
Chambers offers up to three pupillages, each with an award of £75,000 plus earnings retained from Second Six. A drawdown of up to £20,000 from the pupillage award is available in advance.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
We invite applications for pupillage from outstanding law and non-law graduates. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups including women, those from black or other ethnic minority backgrounds, those with disabilities, LGBTQ+, and those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. Applications for pupillage are assessed and determined solely on merit. Application Forms are anonymised and Chambers uses Rare’s Contextual Recruitment System (CRS) to allow us to identify the most disadvantaged candidates and those who have outperformed their schools by the greatest amounts.
Accessibility Officer: Nick Hamilton; Tel: 0207797 8103; hamilton@crownofficechambers.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’.
In addition to the standardised Bar Council questionnaire, candidates will be asked to respond to the following questions from Chambers:
- Why do you wish to become a barrister?
- Please identify any relevant experiences or skills that evidence your ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in written form.
- Please identify any other relevant experiences or skills that you believe may help you in your career at the Bar.
- Please set out your exam results from tertiary education (undergraduate degree level, and above if applicable). This should include the marks you achieved in each paper or module. If you studied outside the UK, please explain the marking system applied to your exam results.
- What areas of legal practice are of most interest to you, and why?
- Why do you wish to practise at Crown Office Chambers?
- Please identify a decided case within one of Crown Office Chambers’ practice areas from the past twelve months that you find interesting and explain why.
About AETO and Structure of Pupillage
Crown Office Chambers is a leading set within many practice areas, principally with a civil and commercial focus. There are one hundred tenants in Chambers including twenty-four KCs. Members of Chambers feature regularly in leading cases across all our specialisms.
Structure of Pupillage
Pupils will sit with three Supervisors over twelve months. The first six will be split into two; three months with two different Supervisors. The second six will be with one Supervisor.
