Blackstone Chambers |

Chambers occupies modern premises and offers a friendly and supportive environment in which to complete a pupillage. Principal practice areas cover:

Commercial: Financial/business law, international trade, banking, regulatory, insurance, conflicts, media and entertainment, sport, intellectual property and professional negligence, EU and competition.

Employment: all aspects (including discrimination) are covered by the extensive employment law practices of members of Chambers.

Public law: incorporates judicial review, acting both for and against central and local government agencies and other regulatory authorities, human rights, other aspects of administrative law and commercial judicial review.

After a short induction pupils will join their supervisors and, during their training year, see the varied practices of members of Chambers including commercial, employment, European and public law/ human rights through their pupillages.

Blackstone Chambers usually offers up to four 12-month pupillages. Successful candidates will have demonstrated high intellectual ability and will usually have at least 2.1 honours degrees, although not necessarily in law. Individual awards of £90,000 are available, with £30,000 of the pupillage award advanced during the BPC year.

A new tenant can expect a busy and wide-ranging practice with opportunities to specialise later.

All applications for pupillage commencing in September 2028 will be made through the Pupillage Gateway, which will open for applications in early January 2027.  Competency-based questions on our Pupillage Gateway application form will provide candidates with the opportunity to demonstrate their aptitude for a pupillage with us.  Those who meet our minimum academic requirements will be invited to complete a timed written assessment approximately 1 week after the Pupillage Gateway application submission deadline.

We will invite the top rated applicants - around 80 of them - to an initial interview, then shortlist approximately 40 to do an assessed mini­ pupillage between mid March and mid April 2027.

After all mini-pupillages have been completed the Pupillage Committee will select a small group of around 10 candidates to be invited to a final pupillage interview.  Final interviews will take place in early May 2026.  We will usually offer pupillages to 4 candidates, and one reserve candidate.

Since we require an assessed mini-pupillage as part of the overall pupillage applications procedure*, we offer financial assistance either in respect of out-of-pocket travelling or out-of­pocket accommodation expenses incurred in attending the mini-pupillage. This is up to a maximum of £250 per mini-pupil.

*Please note we do not offer mini pupillages outside of our annual pupillage recruitment process.