Chambers’ recruits via the Pupillage Gateway.
We generally offer two twelve-month Pupillages a year. The Pupillage Award is £40,000, with additional guaranteed earnings of £10,000 in the second six months. We invest in our Pupils, looking on them as potential future Tenants
For more information visit the Pupillage Gateway.
Chambers is always happy to receive applications for Third Six Pupillage from applicants who have completed a 12 month pupillage with an emphasis on family work.
Applicants should be able to show a clear commitment and motivation to pursuing a career as a specialist family advocate.
Please apply by sending a CV with a covering letter to the Chair of the Pupillage Committee by email to lharrington@newcourtchambers.com copying in clerks@newcourtchambers.com.
There is usually one round of interviews, although the high calibre of those we interview has sometimes required a second round. The interview includes an advocacy exercise.
We generally expect prospective Pupils to have attained at least a 2:1 in their degree and a “Very Competent” grade at Bar School but will consider applicants if there are exceptional mitigating circumstances explaining why they have not achieved these levels of qualification. All successful applicants will have already demonstrated their commitment to family law by having related work experience.
Just prior to commencing pupillage, we invite our first six-month Pupils to spend a week-long mini-pupillage with us to allow them an informal and hopefully gentle start to pupillage. Each Pupil will have their own Pupil Supervisor and will have a different Supervisor in the first and second six month periods.
We hold reviews half way through each six-month period to give our Pupils feedback about their progress to date. We also hold at least two unassessed advocacy exercises in the course of Pupillage: the first near the end of the first six months, just before the Pupils go onto their feet as a confidence-building exercise, and the second half-way through the second six month period.
In the first six months our Pupils spend most of their time with their Pupil Supervisor and so will see a variety of high-quality complex cases at all levels of tribunal, predominantly in the public law arena. Nearer the end of the first six months, Pupils are encouraged to shadow members of the junior end of chambers to have some exposure to the kind of public and private law work they will be facing when they are on their feet. They will also have experience of ancillary relief and other family law matters.
Our Pupils are generally very busy in their second six months, with work ranging from minor to more substantial matters in which they can develop their advocacy skills.
All Pupils will be provided with our Pupillage Handbook, Pupillage Policy Statement, Grievance Procedure and Discrimination and Harassment Complaints Procedure. (These documents are also available to any applicant on request).
New Court Chambers has forged its reputation on a commitment to provide consistently high standards of advice, representation and clerking services.
An excellent set with talented practitioners.
A set with substantial strength in public and private children law matters, and the further capability to handle financial proceedings.
Well versed in highly sensitive matters involving non-accidental injury, child death, sexual abuse, FGM, fictitious illness and child trafficking.
The barristers at New Court Chambers distinguish themselves from others due to their hands-on handling of cases.
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