Mini-pupillage

Mini pupillage applications at Exchange Chambers are accepted on a rolling basis. Please see this year’s timetable below:

• 1st January 2025 to 31st July 2025 – Accepting applications
• August 2025 onwards – Break

Applications for mini pupillage (2025/2026) are currently still closed, this is due to the large number of applications we have received during the first half of the year.

Please keep coming back to this page for updates.

“My mini-pupillage at Exchange Chambers was an invaluable experience. Shadowing barristers in commercial cases gave me firsthand insight into the practical realities of litigation, and the intricacies of case preparation. The clerks and barristers were very friendly, making it an enriching and motivating experience.”
~ Recent mini-pupil ~

What do we offer?

We see mini-pupillages as an important part of our pupillage selection process, giving participants the opportunity to experience life in Chambers, and to observe and undertake the kind of work they would expect during a pupillage with us.

Just as we split our pupillages into common law, criminal, family or business and property practice, so too will mini-pupils focus on one area or the other, spending time (two days) 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 practice. Mini pupils will also have the opportunity to meet and speak to the other members of Chambers.

*Mini-pupillages are for those in Sixth Form and above*

Please get in touch with Chantal Core if you have any queries.