“Following notification by the Bar Council about problems with the pupillage recruitment system known as the Pupillage Portal, the BSB has carefully considered whether the recruitment timetable for this year needed to be altered to allow all applications to be properly considered.”
Bar Standards Board, 28th July 2011
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
“This has to be the nastiest time of the year for budding barristers. It is hunting season and the prize is one of those coveted pupillages. At the end of April a swarm of hopefuls sent their carefully crafted pupillage applications whizzing off into the unknown. Some may even have knocked out extra applications to sets of chambers not subscribing to the Bar’s version of UCAS, the dreaded Pupillage Portal.
So, I’ve taken it upon myself to suggest five ways those currently plodding through this frankly sadistic system may make it to the other end (whatever the result) in one piece.”
Legal Week, 27th July 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The Legal Services Board has approved the application of the Bar Standards Board to increase the minimum pupillage award from £10,000 to £12,000 for a 12-months pupillage. The new rule comes into effect on 1 September 2011.”
Bar Standards Board, 7th June 2011
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
“As OLPAS application deadline approaches, we’ve assembled a panel of pupils to answer your questions. They will be online on Wednesday 20 April from 6pm to 8pm.”
The Guardian, 18th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“East Anglian Chambers barrister Rupert Myers is responsible for interviewing pupillage applicants. He passes on some tips.”
The Guardian, 21st January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Is the pupillage hunt causing you to get your briefs in a twist? Let our live Q&A experts bring some order, order to your trials. Monday from 1pm.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The BSB has issued guidance to all pupils and pupil supervisors advising them that second six pupils must have a Practising Certificate in order to exercise a right of audience from 1 January 2010.”
Bar Standards Board, 10th December 2009
Source: www.barstandardsboard.org.uk
“But if you can handle the inevitable knock backs, you’ve got a chance, says Field Court Chambers barrister Ayeesha Bhutta.”
Legal Week, 6th July 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has been forced to issue a warning after a student placed an advertisement in specialist Bar magazine Counsel in a bid to obtain a pupillage.”
Legal Week, 5th February 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The number of Bar Vocational Course (BVC) graduates invited to take pupillage has dropped by 20 per cent since the turn of the century, with less than a third of graduates securing pupillages last year.”
The Lawyer, 31st March 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Lord Neuberger wants to see law taught as part of the national curriculum and external funding to be made available for pupillages as part of wide-reaching proposals to reform entry to the bar.”
The Lawyer, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“Today I am talking to Simon Myerson QC, a member of Park Court Chambers in Leeds and author of the very useful blog ‘Pupillage and How to get it’. Simon is well qualified to give advice, which he does generously on his blog, having practised at the Bar for over twenty years and served as Head of Pupillage in his Chambers until 2003. Although he states on his blog that his experience is provincial rather than metropolitan, the advice given on his blog, structured in a logical and progressive way in the contents, will be of value to all who are contemplating a career at the Bar.”
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
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