Mini-Pupillage

Landmark runs a comprehensive mini-pupillage programme from Chambers’ offices in London, taking up to 60 mini-pupils per annum for a period of two days’ duration.

Structure of Mini-Pupillage

During your mini-pupillage, you will be supervised by a junior member of Chambers who will be responsible for ensuring that you participate in a broad cross-section of work.

We will endeavour to place you with a practitioner who specialises in at least one area of expertise in which you are interested and, in doing so, give you the opportunity to explore what life is like at the junior Bar.

Our mini-pupillages are designed to provide mini-pupils with valuable insight into the realities of life at the Bar and improve your understanding of how our areas of expertise operate in practice. We do not therefore assess our mini-pupils in any way and our placements do not form any part of our selection process.

Making an Application

We run three mini-pupillage intakes per annum and offer between 15 and 20 placements during each. The first intake takes place in February and March, the second in May and June, and the third in October and November.

Before making any application, please consult the table below, as applications for each intake will only be accepted within the relevant application window and any applications from ineligible candidates will not be included in the shortlisting process.

Intake	Application Window	Eligibility
February and March	1 August to 30 November	First and second year LLB students. Students who are undertaking a non-legal undergraduate course. Existing professionals with a non-legal background who are considering undertaking a LLB or GDL.
May and June	1 December to 28 February	Third year LLB students. Any applicant who is undertaking, or has obtained, a legal postgraduate (including a GDL). Applicants who are on or have completed a Bar training course. Existing professionals with a legal background.
October and November	1 March to 31 July	Third year LLB students. Any applicant who is undertaking, or has obtained, a legal postgraduate (including a GDL). Applicants who are on or have completed a Bar training course. Existing professionals with a legal background.

To make an application, please check our website for where to send the following;

• CV of no more than two pages. Where you have not completed your undergraduate or postgraduate degree, please include a predicted grade supported by a breakdown of any exam or module results achieved to date.
• Covering letter of one to two pages including:
  • why you are interested in a career as a barrister;
  • why you would like to undertake a mini-pupillage at Landmark Chambers specifically and why you are interested in the areas of law we practice;
  • examples of your legal and/or non-legal experience which demonstrate you have the potential to be a good barrister, with a detailed explanation of what the experience involved and what you learnt from it;
  • examples of any awards, prizes or achievements you have received, with an explanation of the context in which these were awarded and their significance/ relevance to your application;
  • details of any challenging personal circumstances or disadvantages you have faced that are relevant to your application and which you would like us to take into account.
• Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Corporate Social Responsibility

Landmark Chambers believes that it’s important to ensure that students from all backgrounds are able to undertake their mini-pupillage at minimal expense to themselves and, in doing so, improve social mobility at, and access to, the Bar.

Chambers therefore offers all mini-pupils a maximum reimbursement of £100 for reasonable travel and lunch expenses. Additionally, Landmark operates a discretionary accommodation funding scheme for students visiting from outside of London.

Successful applicants will be advised as to how they can make use of this funding scheme upon acceptance of their placement.

Equality and Diversity

Chambers is committed to the furtherance of equality and diversity at the Bar. We are an equal opportunities employer and run a number of initiatives designed to promote equality, diversity and wellbeing. To find out more and read about why Landmark has recently been awarded a Wellbeing at the Bar Certificate of Recognition from the Bar Council, please visit our Equality, Diversity and Wellbeing page.

Privacy Policy

Landmark respects your privacy and seeks to protect your personal data. Our Employee, Mini Pupil and Candidate Data Protection Policy describes how we gather and use your data when you make an application to Chambers. Landmark’s general Privacy Policy can be found on our website.