Pupillage Vacancy Information
About Authorised Education and Training Organisation:
Keoghs LLP is a leading provider of legal services to the UK insurance industry and a part of the Davies Group.
Keoghs Advocacy is an in-house team of barristers and solicitor advocates, formed in 2014 to provide specialist drafting, advocacy, and advisory services to Keoghs' litigation and claims service lines.
Structure of Pupillage:
The successful candidate will be supervised by a barrister of 27 years' call and partner at Keoghs.
The pupillage will be based in the Liverpool office and include hybrid working, with an expectation of travel between court centres and Keoghs’ offices. The successful candidate will experience work across all core practice areas, centring around the defence of litigated insurance claims. The pupil will also have the opportunity to work in close collaboration with litigation teams and to develop an understanding of the commercial aspects of in-house practice.
Financial and Other Support Available:
The pupillage consists of a 12-month fixed term contract, with a fixed salary paid monthly. Professional membership fees, compulsory education courses and expenses (in line with the relevant Keoghs policy) will be covered by the business.
Equality Diversity and Inclusion:
The Davies Group Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy is applied by Keoghs Advocacy (copy attached)
How to Apply:
Aspiring barristers are invited to apply to Chambers between 2 January 2025 and 6 February 2025 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. List and expand upon three qualities that you believe are central to your suitability for a career as a barrister. [Max 350 words]
2. Tell us why you are applying for an "in-house" pupillage, as opposed to (or as well as) pupillage at the independent bar. [Max 350 words]
3. Describe an obstacle that you have encountered in terms of your professional ambitions and how you have surmounted it. [Max 350 words]
4. What has led you to apply for pupillage on circuit, as opposed to (or as well as) a London based pupillage? [Max 350 words]
5. How would your best friend describe you to a stranger? [Max 350 words]
2. Tell us why you are applying for an "in-house" pupillage, as opposed to (or as well as) pupillage at the independent bar. [Max 350 words]
3. Describe an obstacle that you have encountered in terms of your professional ambitions and how you have surmounted it. [Max 350 words]
4. What has led you to apply for pupillage on circuit, as opposed to (or as well as) a London based pupillage? [Max 350 words]
5. How would your best friend describe you to a stranger? [Max 350 words]
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