Mini Pupillage

Outer Temple Chambers offers mini-pupillage programmes each year. We usually take up to eight candidates at a time, twice a year (December and June), for a week of court visits, seminars and case research to provide an insight into life at the Bar.

We are delighted to have partnered with Bridging the Bar for our summer mini pupillages, which normally take place in June/July.  From a practical perspective this means that we will not be accepting applications direct for these particular events.  Bridging the Bar are committed to increasing the equality of access to opportunities in the legal profession across all underrepresented groups.  They help students who, owing to their disability, ethnic background, socio-economic background, education or sexuality, belong to groups which are statistically underrepresented in the profession.  For more information please visit their website.

Dates for our autumn/winter 2023 mini pupillage event will be confirmed soon.  The application window for 2023 is normally 1st September to mid October.  See Applications below for an application form and other supporting documentation.

Mini Pupillage Grant Scheme

Lincoln’s Inn run a scheme to assist students fund mini pupillages. The Mini Pupillage Grant Scheme offers financial assistance to students who have secured a mini pupillage but need additional funds to complete it. The fund is intended to help with the cost of long distance travel, commuting, accommodation and purchasing appropriate professional clothing. The value of each grant is calculated based on the applicant’s anticipated expenses up to a maximum of £500.

Applicants do not need to members of Lincoln’s Inn and must meet certain social mobility based criteria to be eligible for a grant. More details including all of the application criteria and application form can be found on the funding page of their website.  Applications are open all year round.

 

Applications

The application window for our autumn/winter 2023 event will open soon.

Details of future application processes will be posted here prior to any applications opening.

Selection Criteria

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

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

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Outer Temple Chambers participates in various pupillage fairs throughout the year. Please contact your university’s careers service to find out if we are attending your fair or you can meet us at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair and the Legal Cheek Pupillage Fair.

Disability Confident Employer

Chambers is a Disability Confident employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we encourage applicants with a disability to apply to us for advertised vacancies and we aim to interview all disabled applicants who meet the criteria for the vacancy.

The Disability Confident scheme is operated by the Department of Work and Pensions of the UK government.

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Find out more

If you would like to find out more about our mini-pupillage programmes please contact pupillage@outertemple.com.

Testimonials

“I very much enjoyed the various talks and exercises that had been arranged as well as meeting various barristers and staff who were all charming and helpful, particularly with regards to the invaluable advice they imparted.”

“The advocacy exercise was really helpful as it gave us a chance to test our skills and work out how we need to improve in order to succeed at the Bar; The ethics seminar was really useful as it will help me prepare for interviews and it gave me a really good alternative view of life at the Bar beyond law and cases and into how barristers really do face ethical issues and change peoples’ lives.”

“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.”

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