Pupillage
Pupillage is a vital part of the training and recruitment of new junior tenants at XXIV Old Buildings. We offer up to 2 year-long pupillages every year. We aim to select junior tenants from our pupils and in the past four years have taken on 5 of our 7 pupils.
What pupillage offers
We aim to provide pupils with thorough training in all aspects of our work and are concerned to make each pupil’s involvement both interesting and enjoyable. Pupils are likely to have four pupil masters and will usually spend three months with each of them. They will also have the opportunity to see other members’ practices and meet all members of Chambers. Pupils attend court and conferences with members of chambers and are involved in legal research, writing advices and drafting statements of case.
The emphasis during pupillage is on training and preparing pupils for a career at the Bar. In common with other Commercial Chancery chambers, opportunities for pupils obtaining their own work are limited.
Pupils starting with us in October 2012 will each receive an award of £50,000 and we intend to offer pupils starting in October 2013 up to £60,000.
What we look for in a pupil
We look for candidates with strong academic qualifications (a first or 2:1 degree though not necessarily in law), intellectual ability, sound common sense and judgment, enthusiasm for the type of work in which we specialise and the potential to become good advocates and tenants in our Chambers. We take particular pride in our transparent, fair and friendly application process which we believe our applicants deserve and appreciate. We operate an equal opportunities policy. For full details of our selection process and criteria, we refer you to our Pupillage and Recruitment Policy.
More information
Further details can be found in our Pupillage Brochure and in our Pupillage and Recruitment Policy. Chambers and Partners Student Guide has also prepared its own independent report on pupillage at XXIV Old Buildings.
How to apply
Thank you to those of you who attended Pupillage interviews on Saturday, 11 February 2012. A decision for second round interviews will be made by close of business on Wednesday, 15th February 2012. Second round interviews will be held in the afternoon/early of evening of Wednesday the 22nd of February and Thursday, 23rd February 2012, please ensure you keep those dates available. If you have not heard the result of your first round interview by 5pm on Thursday, 16th February, you may call Gaby Pieterse on Friday, 17th February during normal business hours to enquire further.
Our applications are not processed through the Pupillage Portal. We do not pay interview travel expenses.
Please note that, at present, we have no vacancies for third six pupils or squatters. Applications for such positions will be rejected without acknowledgement.