Pupillage at 4 New Square
A pupillage at 4 New Square will give you a real insight into what it is like to practise in a leading commercial set of chambers. Our 70 barristers have a strong reputation for insurance work, professional negligence, construction, product liability and financial services.
Our aim is to recruit two new tenants each year and it is our express intention, wherever possible, to source those tenants from our own 12 month pupils. As it is our hope and ambition that each of our pupils should reach the required objective standard for tenancy, it follows that our general recruitment practice is to select two 12 month pupils each year.
What’s on offer?
We aim to offer two 12 month pupillages each year.
We occasionally offer second six month pupillages and sometimes third six month pupillages to exceptional candidates.
Funding and awards
From October 2010, our pupillages for the pupillage year 2010/2011 will each carry an annual award of £50,000, which comprises an award of £40,000 and guaranteed earnings in the second 6 months of £10,000. No expenses or fees are payable to Chambers in respect of earnings in the second 6 months of pupillage. For the 2010/2011 year £2,500 of the award will be paid to successful candidates on accepting an offer of pupillage with us. Up to a third of the remaining £37,500 award can be drawn down during the BVC year.
The relevant figures for the 2011/2012 pupillage year (applications during the 2010 summer season) are a total annual award of £60,000, comprising a £50,000 award (of which £5,000 is paid immediately upon acceptance of the offer and a further £15,000 can be drawn down during the BVC year) and guaranteed earnings in the second 6 months of £10,000. Pupils are allowed to keep any earnings from their second 6 months, including any earned in excess of the £10,000 guarantee.
The details
Applications
4 New Square is a member of the Pupillage Portal scheme (formerly OLPAS) and applications for pupillage are accepted only through that scheme.
Deadlines
Interviews are conducted in May, June and July, following the Pupillage Portal deadline for submissions. Contact Pupillage Portal for details of deadlines: www.pupillages.com
Tenancy decisions are made around late June of each year.
We do not consider or offer third 6 month pupillages until after the tenancy decision has been taken in relation to our 12 month pupils.
Pupillage policy
A copy of our pupillage policy is available on request/as a download. [click here].
If you want to know more, contact pupillage@4newsquare.com
Page updated 10 March 2010
