The Path to Pupillage - SWEET & MAXWELL

The Path to Pupilage: A Guide for the Aspiring Barrister is the essential guide for anyone considering a career at the Bar, from the sixth former to those at the final stage of the Bar Vocational Course. The work:

Takes the reader through each step of the route to pupillage from legal education through to the application process itself
Draws on the authors' own personal experiences â between them they have attended over forty pupillage interviews
Brings together advice and inside knowledge from over 50 contributors â from recently qualified barristers through to senior barristers and judges
Contains advice on a wide-range of subject from how to impress at an interview, to how to make the most of the BVC
Goes through the academic stage of training, looking at the pros and cons of the various variables such as a law degree verses a law conversion
Details the extra-curricular activities that students should undertake in order to enhance their prospects
Discusses the vocational â BVC â part of training, looking in depth at the four Inns

Contents

The Bar as a career

The Bar
The reality check
Diagram showing the path to the Bar

Academic

Law degree or law conversion?
The law degree
The Graduate Diploma in Law

Practical/vocational

The Inns of Court
Mini-pupillages
BVC
Getting your CV up to scratch

Applications and interviews

Applications and OLPAS
Interviews

Miscellaneous

Timetable
Glossary
Bibliography
Guided tour of the Inns