Fountain Court |

As part of the ‘magic circle’, and with offices in London and Singapore, Fountain Court has 45 silks and 64 juniors specialising in a range of practice areas.

Chambers & Partners describes members at Fountain Court as “regulars in the highest-value and most eye-catching cases of the day”, whilst Legal 500 comments that the set has “done a huge amount in recent years to promote and recruit women [which has made it] one of the most gender-diverse sets at the commercial bar”. At the Chambers Bar Awards 2023, Fountain Court was highly commended as an Outstanding Set for Diversity & Inclusion.

• Exposure to the most stimulating work
  Pupils gain experience and work with members across all levels of seniority. Recent new tenants have even worked on Supreme Court cases with their supervisors.
• Working with the brightest advocates
  Pupillage at Fountain Court is an opportunity to work with some of the brightest and most successful advocates in London.
• Pupils are not in competition with one another
  We evaluate each pupil individually based on their own merit and all pupils who meet the relevant standard will be offered tenancy.
• An inclusive and supportive culture
  We have a friendly, progressive and modern outlook. We want the best people to join us, regardless of background, race, gender, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.
• First rate staffing support
  As a leading set, we believe in providing the best service and our leading clerks and administrative team match the quality of our barristers

Fountain Court Chambers requires you to complete a mini pupillage before applying for a pupillage and you should think about making an application the year before you intend to apply for pupillage. Applications for a mini pupillage should be made using the form available on the Fountain Court website. Applications for pupillage should be made through the Pupillage Gateway, a central clearing house for pupillage applications which opens in early January each year. Full application details can be found on our website.

• Around four pupillage places a year
• 12 months of training from the best at the Bar
• Four seats of three months’ duration
• First two months unassessed to allow time to settle in
• First and last three months are spent with the same supervisor
• All work undertaken is live case work
• Pupils are not in competition with each other

Administrative & Public Law • AI, Crypto & Technology • Art & Cultural Property • Aviation & Travel • Banking & Finance • Civil Fraud • Commercial Crime • Commercial Disputes • Company, Restructuring & Insolvency • Competition • Construction, Energy & Infrastructure • Employment • Financial Services • Insurance • Group Litigation • International Arbitration • Media & Entertainment • Sports • Offshore • Privilege, Confidentiality & Conflicts of Interest • Procurement • Product Liability • Professional Discipline • Professional Negligence • Sanctions • Tax