Chambers offers non-assessed mini-pupillages to those who would like to gain experience of life in a Chancery set.
Mini-pupillages generally take place over 2 days and we usually offer 9 a year. As a mini-pupil you will sit with a member of Chambers and look at the work undertaken by them. You may also end up attending court or a conference with a member of Chambers.
Candidates must have either completed at least the first year of a law degree or applied for or obtained a place on the GDL (or equivalent) by the time of applying for mini-pupillage.
Further information about mini-pupillage can be found in our Pupillage and Junior Recruitment Policy which can be downloaded from the Pupillage page of this website. We ask that prospective applicants read the mini-pupillage section of the Policy before applying.
Applications should be made using the attached application form.
Please note that we are unable to consider CVs and covering letters. Please send applications to minipupillage@tenoldsquare.com and title your email ‘mini-pupillage application’.
We invite mini-pupils to attend in three specific time periods in the year. Applications should be made by the following deadlines:
Applications cannot be considered for the relevant mini-pupillage period after the deadline has passed but will be considered for the next mini-pupillage period.
We are committed to widening access to the Bar to those from under-represented social backgrounds. As part of that commitment, we offer:
We strongly encourage any candidate who fulfils our access criteria to apply for one of these reserved mini-pupillage places. Candidates who apply for a reserved place are still eligible for an unreserved place (on an equal footing with other candidates). To apply for a reserved place, simply fill out the access scheme section of our mini-pupillage application form.
As noted above, if you have been offered and have accepted or completed an access mini-pupillage with us, you will be guaranteed a first-round pupillage interview with us on the first occasion that you apply for pupillage thereafter. To take advantage of this, candidates must apply to Chambers through the Gateway and provide the Pupillage Secretary with their Pupillage Gateway candidate number for that season, prior to the date on which the Gateway gives Chambers access to the applications (which usually happens a few days after the application period closes). This information should be emailed to pupillage@tenoldsquare.com.
Chambers offers to reimburse or make a contribution to reasonable travel expenses within the UK for mini-pupils who live some distance away from Chambers and who cannot comfortably afford their travel expenses: for further details, please see our Pupillage and Junior Recruitment Policy.
Some applicants may also be eligible for support from the Lincoln’s Inn Mini-Pupillage Grant Scheme: for further details, please see here.
In addition to our own mini-pupillage programme, Chambers also takes part in mini-pupillage programmes run by external organisations, including Bridging the Bar and the Pegasus Access and Support Scheme, which are intended to widen access to the Bar. Further details of those programmes may be found on the relevant providers’ websites.
Ten Old Square is committed to equality of opportunity and to diversity. We operate an equal opportunity policy in selecting our pupils, tenants and mini-pupils, in accordance with applicable legislation, regulations and codes of practice. We welcome applications from all interested candidates, whatever their status or background.
