Atkinson Bevan Chambers is a member of the Bar Council's centralised pupillage application scheme (OLPAS). Chambers takes the recruitment of its pupils very seriously and strives to ensure that our working pupils meet the high standards expected by Chambers and by our clients. We aim to recruit and train pupils in accordance with the requirements of the Quality Mark for the Bar standards and our Equal Opportunities policy. As part of our responsibility towards their training, we actively monitor pupils' progress and seek feedback from instructing solicitors.

We offer two twelve month pupillages, split into six month periods under different pupil supervisors. Effort is taken to ensure that the pupil has contact with, and the opportunity to work for, tenants at all levels of seniority within Chambers.

During the second six months, pupils conduct a substantial amount of their own work, including Western Circuit work, for which travel expenses are paid. During this period, pupils are expected to keep records of work done so that we can fully and fairly assess an application for tenancy. Junior tenants are almost always selected from amongst Chambers' pupils.

Discretionary funding of up to £15,000 is available to a successful applicant in the first six months, and guaranteed earnings of £6,000 in the second six months, amounting to a possible award of £21,000 during a twelve month pupillage. A proportion of this may be payable during Bar School year subject to appropriate circumstances.

For specific enquiries relating to pupillage, please contact Ian Darling or Vicky Beasley.

Click on the links below to access the Pupillage Policy Document and the Pupillage Application Form. Please note that the Pupillage Application Form should only be used for advertised vacancies; we do not accept ad hoc applications for 12-month pupillages

• Pupillage Policy Document (PDF)
• Pupillage Application Form (PDF)

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