Recruitment Overview

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 77 barristers have a strong reputation for insurance work, professional negligence, construction, product liability, financial services, commercial litigation, international arbitration, sports law and public law. 

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. 

Funding and awards

The total annual award is £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.

Applications

We do NOT recruit through The Pupillage Portal.

The deadline for Pupillage 2014 has now passed. The application form for Pupillage 2015 will be made available during December 2013.

Pupillage policy

A copy of our pupillage policy is available to view or download by clicking here: Pupillage Policy. If you want to know more, contact pupillage@4newsquare.com