This new and exciting title is the first definitive guide to getting a pupillage at the Bar of England and Wales. The book describes the process of becoming a barrister by walking the reader through each step of the route to pupillage. It will also offer practical advice for each stage from the authors' own personal experiences and from the wisdom of senior members of the Bar. The work seeks to weave together these complementary functions to create a product, which will guide, inform and advise all applicants of the successful route to pupillage. Coverage includes: an overview of the process; a discussion of the academic stage of the training; a focus upon the practical training; and a detailed section dedicated to the pupillage applications themselves.

Table of Contents

Section 1: The Bar as a Career; The Bar; The Reality Check; Diagram showing the path to the Bar; Section 2: Academic; Law degree or law conversion?; The Law Degree; The Graduate Diploma in Law; Section 3: Practical/Vocational; The Inns of Court; Mini-pupillages; BVC; Getting Your CV Up to Scratch; Section 4: Applications and Interviews; Applications and OLPAS; Interviews; Miscellaneous; Timetable; Glossary; Bibliography; Guided tour of the Inns