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Retail businesses employ marketing and PR professionals to promote them and protect their reputations. This hands-on area will suit creative, confident communicators on the lookout for early responsibility and fast progression.

You can gain the skills that marketing employers are looking for through part-time jobs and extracurricular activities.

We asked barristers Paul Skinner, from Henderson Chambers, and Andrew George, from Blackstone Chambers, about what they look for in mini-pupillage applications and interviews. They sit on mini-pupillage committees and are in the know.

Client relationship management (or customer relationship management) is more commonly known as CRM. Graduates in this area are responsible for finding out how their company’s clients operate, and how to best answer their needs.

Shaen Catherwood, barrister and head of pupillage at Devereux, provides his insights into how to stand out during the pupillage application and interview process.

Don’t be apologetic for your non-legal work experience, advises Rosemary Budden. Most extracurricular activities will provide you with impressive skills relevant to a career at the Bar.

Amy Rogers talks about the extracurricular experience she likes to see in an application and how aspiring barristers can shine in the case study exercise at pupillage interviews.

The hospitality industry is awash with opportunities that will develop your knowledge and understanding of the sector.

How much should you expect to be paid as a budding events management professional?

Rachel Young, barrister and pupillage panel member at Ropewalk Chambers, gives her insider advice on how to tackle pupillage interviews and the experience you'll need to impress on an application.