Gabriel Barton-Singer is a barrister at 4 Pump Court Chambers. Read his advice on how to benefit from mini-pupillages, the type of work he gets involved in and how he successfully balances his time in this Meet the Lawyer interview. 

A pupil barrister and a trainee solicitor have launched a scheme that will accredit law students to provide advice at law centres

The pupil barristers’ minimum salary will increase from September 2019, with some pupils set for a 50% pay rise when the regulation comes into effect.

The minimum award for pupil barristers is set to increase from 1 January 2020, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has announced.

Samuel Linehan, a criminal law pupil, has won £4,000 in the Bar Council’s Law Reform essay competition with his submission, “Putting the wheels back on: a better approach to compensation for miscarriages of justice”.

Pupillage is the final stage of training to be a barrister.

The Bar Standards Board has announced that the minimum award for pupils, starting in September 2011, will go up to £12,000 per year.

With the Bar Standards Board having to delay BPTC exams until August, concerns have arisen as to whether students will qualify in time to start pupillage in the autumn.

The Pupillage Gateway deadline has been extended until 11:00am on Monday 11 February, due to severe IT problems causing delays for many applicants trying to use the system.

The Pupillage Gateway has opened for browsing on 4 March.

The Bar Council is moving the timetable of the Pupillage Gateway application system so that it will open in January instead of April from now on, starting in January 2017.