‘Graduates from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds are half as likely to obtain pupillages as their white peers, research for the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has found.’
Legal Futures, 12th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Henderson Chambers are holding a Pupillage Event to meet future pupillage applicants. We want to get to know you, and we want to give you a chance to get to know us. We hope to introduce you to Chambers and to our Pupillage.
Members of Chambers are currently instructed in the Grenfell Tower Fire, the VW Emissions litigation, Nigerian oil spills, and the Seroxat group action, as well as many other high profile and complex cases.
In 2019-2020, Chambers will offer its pupils a £70,000 award and a Caribbean secondment.
Event Details:
• 25 November 2017 (immediately after the National Pupillage Fair)
• 3.30pm to 6.00pm
• Talks from senior and junior members
• Q&A
• Drinks, food, and a chance to mingle with our members
If you would like to attend, please email pupillages@hendersonchambers.co.uk no later than 4pm on 3 November 2017. You need to include your name and contact details, and answer the following question in no more than 100 words: Why are you interested in Pupillage at Henderson Chambers?’
‘More than 60% of students who completed the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) fail to get pupillage, statistics from the Bar Standards Board have shown as the regulator ponders reforms to training.’
Law Society's Gazette, 20th June 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘As the new pupils settle in, Daniel Sokol offers his views on the challenges of pupillage.’
Counsel, November 2016
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘The Bar Council is to delve deeper into the impact of moving the Pupillage Gateway annual opening from April to January.’
The Bar Council, 12th August 2015
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
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