Mini-Pupillage

Tooks Chambers has an active-mini pupillage programme and we encourage applications from as wide a background as possible.

Mini-pupillages are a week spent with Chambers for those interested in becoming a barrister. During that week you will be able to go to court with barristers and meet clients and solicitors. You will be able to talk about the cases that you see and about a career at the bar. You should also be able to talk to other people who work in chambers, like the clerks.

We try to ensure that mini-pupils see a variety of work that they are interested in by going to court with both senior and junior barristers. However, because it can be difficult to predict what cases will be heard in any particular week, or even in a particular day, we cannot predict what work you may see.

More experienced mini-pupils may be asked to help with preparing a case, for example by carrying out legal research or preparing a written document. Mini-pupillages are not assessed as they are intended to give you the chance to find out more about becoming a barrister.

We offer 2 mini-pupillages a week. Mini-pupillages are suitable for graduates, students and school pupils of 16 years of age or over. Please note

THE MINI PUPILLAGE DIARY FOR 2012 IS FULL

Applications for Mini-Pupillages in 2013 will be accepted between

1st September 2012 and 30th September 2012

and will be offered on a first come first served basis

Applicants should complete the Mini-Pupillage Application Form, and the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form below:

Please return the completed forms to

Yvonne Esson, Tooks Chambers, 81 Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4BL

Tooks Chambers is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to diversity amongst its staff and members.
We therefore encourage and welcome applications from women, people of minority ethnic origin and people with disabilities, as well as candidates from other groups which are underrepresented in the legal sector. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled candidates to demonstrate their suitability for the position.

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Tooks Chambers

Tooks Chambers is a large, modern and efficient set of barristers united in their commitment to access to justice and representation without fear or favour. Founded on 1st May 1984 at the height of the Miners' Strike, much of Tooks' early work was defending miners wrongly accused of riot and affray. Members' expertise now extends across criminal and civil specialist areas of law but with an emphasis on protecting the individual against the interests of the state.

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