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Pupillage at the employed Bar: a growing phenomenon

Many senior employed barristers work in large legal departments where there is scope to recruit, train and absorb pupils, and more are starting to offer pupillage. Could this be a high-quality solution to the shortage of training opportunities for would-be barristers? Anthony Inglese CB investigates...

16 September 2022 / Anthony Inglese CB
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COIC Pupillage Matched Funding Scheme 2023-2025

The COIC welcomes applications for matched funding for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 pupillages, writes Mrs Justice Lieven, and Chris Aspinall and Amy Edinborough share their experience of the scheme

16 September 2022 / Mrs Justice Lieven
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Do you know what your clients really think about you?

Keith Hardie on why chambers adopting a robust approach to client listening are likely to steal a march on those who do not

15 August 2022 / Keith Hardie
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Winning trust and making change happen

Chambers are full of people with strong personalities and opinions: Sally Sanderson offers a checklist for perfecting your leadership style and introducing change (including planning for resistance)

15 August 2022 / Sally Sanderson
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Your guide to the information security questionnaire

The questionnaire has landed. Sam Thomas walks barristers through the ten areas covered by the questionnaire; this is your opportunity to assess your cybersecurity and provide reassurance to clients

08 August 2022 / Sam Thomas
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Neurodiversity and pupillage recruitment

Surely diversity of thought at the Bar is a good thing? Why are chambers shoehorning all applicants for pupillage into the same mould? Roxy Lackschewitz-Martin looks at the diagnostic gap and neurodiversity in pupillage applications

05 August 2022 / Roxy Lackschewitz-Martin
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New legal ventures: Dual specialisation

‘Parallel practitioner’ Kemi Ojutiku explains how she balances work as a civil and commercial arbitrator alongside her specialist family law practice

01 July 2022 / Kemi Ojutiku
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New legal ventures: In good company

Tahina Akther on why she diversified; what it takes to set up an ABS (including the tricky parts); and how to make it work on a practical level 

01 July 2022 / Tahina Akther
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New legal ventures: Entities – the Bar’s juiciest secret?

With their intellect, business acumen and reputation, barristers can create a genuine legacy and saleable asset. So what do you need to know before diving into the entity/ABS pool? Chelsea Sparks and Michaela Hardwick explain... 

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Making an impact on social mobility

Fiona Fitzgerald shares Radcliffe Chambers' social mobility strategy, the only chambers to be featured in the Social Mobility Foundation’s Employer Index  

01 July 2022 / Fiona Fitzgerald
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