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Mini Pupillage

What is a mini-pupillage?

Mini-pupillage is work experience with a barrister. It involves shadowing a barrister and observing their work. If the barrister goes to court, then so will you, if there are papers to do, or a conference to attend, then you will be involved in that too.

It is your opportunity to find out about the profession first hand to enable you to make an informed decision about whether it is what you want to do for a career.

Most, if not all, chambers, when looking at an application for pupillage will expect to find that the applicant has completed at least a couple of mini-pupillages.

What to expect as a Hardwicke mini-pupil

We offer mini-pupillages of up to a week in duration and what you will be doing each day will vary enormously depending on the area of law you are working in and, to some extent, on the barrister you are shadowing.

You may be required to meet a barrister at court, or in chambers and you are likely to spend time with more than one barrister during your time with us to ensure that you experience a good variety of work.
You will almost certainly go to court at some point, definitely see chambers and meet barristers. You may also be able to sit in on a conference or help a barrister with research or advisory work.

Our requirements

To be eligible to apply for mini-pupillage at Hardwicke you must:

• Have started your law degree or GDL; and
• Be able to travel to London to spend time with us.

How to apply

We offer up to eight mini-pupillages each quarter:

• 1 January – 31 March
• 1 April – 30 June
• 1 July – 30 September
• 1 October – 31 December

If you are interested in applying please send a copy of you CV and covering letter, addressed to Emma Cook, specifying clearly which period you are applying for. Please note that applications close one month prior to the first day of the next quarter. For example if you wish to apply for mini-pupillage during 1 July to 30 September please ensure you application is with us by 1 June.

If you have any particular preference about which area of law you wish to experience, please indicate this in your covering letter and we will try to accommodate this as much as is practicable.

We receive an extremely high number of applications for mini-pupillage and our places are limited. Please do not be deterred from applying for pupillage at Hardwicke if you are unsuccessful in obtaining a mini-pupillage with us.

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