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Mini-pupillage

We offer two mini-pupillage courses each year. We take up to 12 candidates at a time for a week of court visits, seminars and case research to provide an insight into life at the Bar. Courses are held in June/July and in December each year.

Feedback from previous mini pupils

“Thank you for organising such a thoroughly varied, interesting and exhausting mini-pupillage week!”

“I would like to add that I would thoroughly recommend your mini-pupillage programme to many if not all aspiring barristers as I think the experience I had at Outer Temple Chambers will be hard to beat in terms of the range of skills I have been exposed to and the friendly & co-operative ethos of Chambers.”

“Although this was only my second mini, I was aware of how different the Outer Temple mini-pupillage was from the norm and how much thought and work had gone into organising the week. In addition to the usual bundle reading and court visits, it was great to be offered so many seminars.” 

“I specifically selected OTC for a range of factors, your focus on equality amongst these”.

“… of all the chambers … contacted to ask if they were wheelchair accessible, OTC were one of the very few to even contact him back.  Not only that but you went out of your way to really welcome and encourage him, as you did with all of us, by providing really practical assistance.  Although OTC is at the top of its game in so many areas, this particular aspect really helped form the lasting impression I have of OTC.”

Selection criteria

Candidates must have completed at least one year of university education. In selecting candidates for mini-pupillage we will take account the following.

• Academic achievement
• Skills relevant to a career at the Bar
• Evidence of motivation to become a barrister and/or to practise in a particular area of work

Outer Temple Chambers has an equal opportunities and diversity policy and is committed to supporting social mobility.

Where appropriate, we will offer mini-pupillage to candidates who might not otherwise be given the opportunity to undertake a mini-pupillage in a chambers doing similar kinds of work.

In circumstances where we cannot use our criteria to differentiate between candidates and there are still unfilled places on a course, we will select applications at random to fill the remaining places.

The criteria for mini-pupillage are not the same as for pupillage and none of our mini-pupillages will count towards any pupillage application.

Structure

Our mini-pupillages last for one week, during which you will have the chance to meet staff and barristers, attend court and conferences, get involved in discussions about casework, hear from pupils about starting out on a career at the Bar and find out about different areas of legal work.

Instead of visiting court you will have the option of undertaking some research on casework or working with a barrister on a particular case or project.

Days will normally start at around 9.30am at court or in chambers. You will come back to Outer Temple at the end of the afternoon to attend seminars by practitioners. You should expect to be in chambers until 7.30pm most evenings.

Applications

The next mini pupillage week will commence 18th June 2012, applications must be received by 2nd April to be considered. To apply for a mini-pupillage, please download the following documents:

Application form
This can be completed and returned on line or printed out and completed in black ink.

Equal Opportunities Statement
This is for your information. We expect all successful mini-pupils to support our equality and diversity policy and we invite all candidates to complete the monitoring form, which allows us to check that our courses are representative.

Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
This document should be returned with your application form.

Not able to attend mini-pupillage yet?

If you have not yet completed your first year of university education and you want to see barristers in action, the best way is probably to watch some trials. Most trials, whether criminal (go to a Crown Court or the Old Bailey) or civil (go to a County Court or the Royal Courts of Justice) are open to the public.

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• The Outer Temple, 222 Strand, London WC2R 1BA, T: +44 20 7353 6381, F: +44 20 7583 1786, DX: LDE 351
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