Thursday 31 March 2011

Pupillage Season - Criminal Pupillages

So the pupillage season is upon us (and I am aware I haven't updated this blog in a long time)

I am currently going through the frustrating process of filling in the form. It is irritating to say the least. How much do I say on one particular topic? Is it best to be concise i.e "I worked here for x months, I did X and X" or should we all say "Oh I had a jolly good time with my new BFF HHJ Temperamental?". Concise is the way forward I feel. Short sentences must be used. Explanations of areas of interest must be given. I must re-write the same answer for the pupillage questionnaire at the end 5 times.

I still can't find the appropriate section into which to put my mooting experience.. perhaps the responsibilities and awards section?

I also wonder why I am applying. I am due to be going off to a foreign country to work on death penalty cases for three months and therefore will probably miss all of the interviews anyway :(

In any event I have made a list of all London Chambers offering a pupillage that are either crime only sets, or have it as a specialism.

The list is as follows; I have made note of who the Chambers are, pupillage award and number of pupillages. They are all to begin in Sept 2012.

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  • - 6KBW (£20-£25K or it has been said elsewhere £31,000) NofP: 3
  • - 2 Hare Court - (£20-25k) 2012 - 2
  • - Matrix (£25-£30k) - 2
  • - Argent Chambers (£10-15K) – 2
  • - 5 Paper Buildings (£20-25k) – 2
  • - QEB - (£20-25k) – 4
  • - 3 Raymond Buildings - (£30k) – 3
  • - 18 Red Lion Court - (£15-20k) – 4
  • - 5 St Andrews Hill - (£10 - £15k) – 2
  • - 2 Bedford Row – (£20-25K) – 4
  • - 9 Bedford Row - (£10-£15k) - 0
  • - 25 Beford Row - (£15-20k) 4
  • - Tooks – (£15k – £20k) 2
  • - 9 – 12 Bell Yard - (£25k-£30) – 3
  • - Charter Chambers - (£20k-£25k) – 2
  • - Carmelite Chambers – (£15k-£20k) - 3
  • - 23 essex street – (£20-£25k) 2
  • - 187 fleet street – (£10-15k) – 2
  • - Garden Court - (£15- 20k) – 6
  • - Doughty Street – (£25k – 30k) - 3
  • - 15 new bridge street *£10k- 15k) – 2
Good luck everyone!