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Key advice for aspiring barristers

Everything you need to know

How to get the most out of your careers service

As coronavirus accelerates the changes sweeping the legal sector, your university’s employability service can help you to understand what employers are looking for, keep up with changes to the market and the competition for opportunities, and develop the post-pandemic skills needed to secure a training contract. Here are five ways to use your careers service to make a real difference to your legal career prospects, with examples from students and the employability team at The University of Law.

Blessing Mukosha Park - Looking after your mental health during pupillage application season

Blessing Mukosha Park

On 28 November 2019 The Pupillage Gateway opened for applicants to browse pupillage vacancies on 27 November 2020. From this time prospective applicants were also given access to a practice application form, enabling them to get an idea of the sort of questions that will be asked by chambers accepting applications via the gateway.

How does the 2021 pupillage application process work?

Has the coronavirus pandemic impacted pupillage applications? And do I have to apply for all pupillage vacancies through the Pupillage Gateway or do some barristers’ chambers have different application processes?

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Becoming a barrister

Bar Training Courses (BTC/BPTC)

The one-year, postgraduate vocational course

Mini-pupillage

Essential work experience in chambers

Pupillage deadlines

The pupillage deadline page is designed to provide a list of which chambers have which deadlines.

Barrister career path

The whole process from studying, to pupillage, to qualifying

Jennifer MacLeod

Brick Court Chambers

Administrative & public law

"If you’re interested in the principles of how a state governs, then you will find public law a fascinating area – you’re working at the edge of politics, law and policy."

Radcliffe Chambers

Banking & finance

"There has been an endless succession of changes to the regulatory regime, which has generated a lot work in this area"

"f you say that you are interested in company law, there is every chance that they'll ask you about cases that interest you and it's much better to be able to talk about a recent case"

Food supply, WhatsApp, Deliveroo, Moonpig, Topshop, Nicki Minaj: your commercial news round-up

The combination of Brexit and the pandemic might make keeping up with the news more hectic than normal. Read on for round-ups of several interesting stories from the past week.

LawCareers.Net launches 'bootcamp' events in collaboration with The University of Law

LawCareers.Net and The University of Law have teamed up to launch a series of virtual events to kickstart student's legal careers.

Inner Temple partners with pioneering technology platform to support aspiring barristers

The Honourable Society of The Inner Temple has partnered with leading peer recruitment firm The Access Platform to adopt a pioneering technology platform to support aspiring barristers.

University students to fill legal aid gap

University students are playing an important role in providing free legal aid as law schools forecast a rise in demand for pro bono support, following unmet need and the ongoing impact of legal aid cuts.

Videos

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MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES Including MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES in law applications

How to become a barrister

We sat down with BPTC student Blessing to find out more about the process of becoming a Barrister. She explained about the BPTC, how to get pupillage, what skills you should develop as an undergraduate, and more.

Becoming a barrister: the Inns of Court

Joining one of the four Inns of Court is an important part of the process of becoming a barrister. As Inner Temple's Outreach Manager Struan Campbell explains, the Inns provide valuable opportunities for networking, scholarships and advocacy training beyond the mandatory qualifying sessions.

How to get the most out of your careers service

As coronavirus accelerates the changes sweeping the legal sector, your university’s employability service can help you to understand what employers are looking for, keep up with changes to the market and the competition for opportunities, and develop the post-pandemic skills needed to secure a training contract. Here are five ways to use your careers service to make a real difference to your legal career prospects, with examples from students and the employability team at The University of Law.

Bethany Barrett

As the true scale of the pandemic came to light in March 2020, we all saw the pictures on the news of builders rushing to repurpose convention centres and other buildings, turning them into makeshift ‘Nightingale’ hospitals. But these are not the only Nightingales.

First steps

Are you a first-year law student?

Visit our first-year hub for specific advice and info about what you should be doing in your first year

Inns Of Court scholarships

The different scholarships, bursaries and grants awarded by Gray's Inn, Inner Temple, Lincoln's Inn and Middle Temple and how to apply for them

How and when to submit applications for the Bar Courses

What will it cost?

The cost of qualifying as a barrister is expensive so investigate potential sources of funding at each stage of the process.

Not studying law?

Tips for non-law students

Check out our non-law hub for key information

Meet the barristers

Gain insights into the day-to-day work of barristers at different chambers

Meet the Lawyer

Crown Advocate Aimee Emby explains the many unique opportunities that come with a career at the Crown Prosecution Service, which offers a flexible range of career paths to those who join its trainee scheme.

Meet the Lawyer

As a junior barrister with a broad commercial and chancery practice, Rowena Page already has plenty of interesting experiences and insights to share. Read on for her informative introduction to life at the commercial Bar.

Meet the Lawyer

I very much enjoy the variation, both in the type of work and the subject matter, and I like being able to work on my own and decide when I work.

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Working as a barrister

Life as a barrister

Everything you need to know from tenancy to continuing professional development.

Types of chambers

There are many different kinds of barristers' chambers, and where you train has a significant influence on your career, as the style, size and clientele of each will vary.

Barristers' practice areas

Each practice area has its own demands relating to knowledge, temperament, working practices and remuneration.