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Pupillage
Exchange Chambers are holding a Mini Pupillage Open Day on Saturday, 6th March in Liverpool Chambers. For further details please contact Chantal Campbell on 0151 236 7747 or by email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Pupillage 2010
Chambers offers two pupillages annually, one focussed on commercial work and the other on common-law work. The commercial pupillage would usually be based in Manchester, although common-law applicants may choose in which city they wish to work. We will provide assistance, financial and logistical, to anyone relocating to the North-West.
Funding for each of the pupillages is £25,000 over the 12-month period. Up to £2,000 of this sum may be paid in advance during the BVC year to those to whom we make pupillage offers. We also guarantee receipts of at least £100,000 in the first two years of tenancy, by way of an interest-free loan. The evidence is that recent tenants have far exceeded this amount.
We at Exchange Chambers take pupillage very seriously, but we try to make it as enjoyable as possible. There is an ‘open-door’ policy in Chambers, meaning that although pupils will have supervisors covering specific practice areas, other members will always be around to answer questions, provide advice and offer support.
We only offer a pupillage if there is a tenancy available at the end of it.
As well as having first-rate IT facilities, pupils can take advantage of a well-stocked and regularly updated law library. Chambers subscribes to all of the main on-line legal research tools. It prides itself on being amongst the best-run in the country, and pupils will have the benefit of excellent administrative and clerking facilities. We find that this takes a lot of the pressure off pupils and allows them to concentrate on their work.
Applications for Pupillage 2011 will commence in 2010 and will follow the Pupillage Portal timetable.
If you have any questions please contact Chantal Campbell on 0151 236 7747 or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
To view the Pupillage document please click here
Mini-Pupillage
There will be an open day in Chambers in early 2010 where applicants will have the chance to meet members of Chambers, hear lectures and get a feel for how Chambers is run. We will be running a series of assessed mini-pupillages in Spring 2010 drawn from those who have attended the open-day.
We see mini-pupillages as a vital part ofour pupillage selection process, giving participants the opportunity to experience life in Chambers and to see and undertake the kind of work they could expect during a pupillage with us. Just as we split our pupillages into common law or commercial practice, so too will mini-pupils focus on one area or the other, spending time with practitioners in that area and undertaking relevant paperwork. For that reason, we ask applicants to state when they apply in which area they would prefer to practise. Mini-pupils will undertake one piece of written work which will be assessed. Feedback will be given during the mini-pupillage, and mini-pupils will be able to meet and speak to other members of Chambers.
Applicants can elect whether they wish to undertake the mini-pupillage in Liverpool or Manchester.
Applicants will need to complete an assessed mini-pupillage application form, which is available for download at the bottom of the page. The completed application should be e-mailed to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). The deadline for applications will be 31st January 2010. Successful applicants will be notified in March 2010.
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