Pupillage Vacancy Information
Chambers is happy to consider requests for pupils to draw down part of their award for the BPTC year
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Enterprise welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or physical ability and we encourage applications from candidates from backgrounds that are underrepresented at the bar.
Chamber is a keen supporter of Women at the Bar and will also be taking part in the 10,000 Black intern scheme run by the Bar Council .
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:
1. Why do you wish to become a barrister (1250 characters max)
2. Why do you believe you will make a good barrister? In your answer, please identify any relevant experiences or skills that you believe may help you in your career (1250 characters max)
3. Why do you want to join our chambers? In your answer, please give reasons for your choice of chambers and explain why you are interested in our areas of practice (1250 characters max)
4. What areas of practice are you interested in and why? (1250 characters max)
5. Please provide a breakdown of your degree results here (1250 characters max)
6. Please identify any experience or skills that you have gained which will help you to cope with the demands of life at the bar? Please give specific examples. (1250 characters max)
7. What is the greatest challenge you have faced so far? (1250 characters max)
About AETO and Structure of Pupillage
Enterprise Chambers is ranked amongst the leading sets at the Chancery Commercial Bar in fields spanning from insolvency and company law to real property litigation and general commercial-chancery practice. Chambers has a strong bias towards litigation, and its barristers (from the most junior to the most senior) tend to have a firmly court-centred practice. New tenants have the opportunity to become experts in those fields of litigation, without overly narrowing the breadth of their practice or being forced to choose just one limited field from the outset. Chambers values the ability of its members to approach problems in a manner which is both intellectually rigorous and practically grounded, and prides itself on its unstuffy and client-friendly reputation.
We aim to recruit our junior tenants from our pupils. We therefore look to offer pupillage to those candidates who have the potential to succeed as life-long tenants in Chambers. Applications are invited from candidates with a minimum 2.1 degree or equivalent.