Quadrant Chambers – 12 Month Pupillage – October 2026 (Pupillage)

Pupillage applications open on Thursday 2nd January 2025 until Thursday 6th February 2024.

About Authorised Education and Training Organisation

Our aim is to offer all our pupils tenancy at the end of their pupillage. The pupillage year is therefore designed to teach our pupils how to develop the skills, knowledge and sound judgment they will need to become successful commercial barristers.

Structure of Pupillage

At the start of pupillage, each pupil is assigned a pupil supervisor or pair of supervisors who will be responsible for training and supervising his/her work for the first three months. During the first few weeks, we offer pupils a series of introductory lectures on important areas of law and practice. Pupils change supervisors after three, six and nine months. We endeavour to assign pupils to pupil supervisors with differing practices, so that they can experience the widest possible range of work.

Pupils spend much of their time drafting opinions, pleadings, skeleton arguments and other documents for their pupil supervisors. In addition, they accompany their pupil supervisors to hearings and conferences and assist them with legal research or other tasks. As part of their training, pupils are required to perform a series of assessed advocacy exercises and several assessed written exercises. Pupils receive formal feedback at the end of their time with each pupil supervisor. Pupil supervisors also offer regular, ongoing feedback on individual pieces of work and on the pupil’s general progress, thereby allowing pupils to understand quickly what they are doing well and where they need to improve. Pupils are encouraged to comment on the feedback that they receive and on all other aspects of their training. Where a pupil needs to improve in a particular area, his/ her pupil supervisor will give him/ her additional practice and organise specific training exercises in that area.

• Pupils are assigned supervisors for the first three months.
• Initial weeks include introductory lectures on law and practice.
• Supervisors change every three, six, and nine months to give pupils a diverse experience.
• Pupils undertake tasks such as drafting legal documents, attending hearings, and legal research.
• Formal feedback is provided at the end of each supervisor rotation, with ongoing feedback throughout.
• Pupils complete assessed advocacy and written exercises.
• Supervisors support areas where improvement is needed with extra training and practice.

A pupillage at Quadrant Chambers will help you develop the skills, knowledge and sound judgement you need to succeed as a commercial barrister. We offer up to three fully funded, 12-month pupillages every year. Each pupillage carries an award of £75,000.

Financial and Other Support Available

• Award of £75,000, with up to £25,000 advanceable during the BPTC year at the discretion of the pupillage committee.
• Compulsory course fees covered by Chambers.
• Opportunity to earn fees during the final six months of pupillage, with recent averages of £10,000 to £22,450.
• Scholarships available from the Inns of Court for GDL and BPTC funding.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion

• Quadrant Chambers is committed to non-discrimination and merit-based selection.
• The recruitment process is monitored to prevent discrimination.
• Supporter of PRIME for improved access to the legal profession.

How to Apply

Aspiring barristers are invited to apply to chambers between 2 January 2025 and 6 February 2025 using the Pupillage Gateway application system to search for the relevant Pupillage Vacancy and selecting ‘Apply for this pupillage’.

Candidates will be asked to respond to the following questions from Chambers:

1. Why do you think you will be a successful commercial barrister? (200 words max)
2. What are your strengths and weaknesses as an advocate or communicator? (200 words max)
3. Tell us about a time when you failed to meet your own, or someone else’s, expectations. How did you respond? What do you do differently now as a result? (250 words max)
4. Briefly describe a recent case and explain why you consider the decision in it to be interesting or important (350 words max)
5. Why should we choose you? (40 words max)