Pupillage is the apprentice-like year spent by would-be barristers in a work-based environment, after they have completed the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) and before they enter tenancy.
Providers include sets of chambers in independent practice and bodies offering employed pupillages – for example, the Government Legal Service, the Crown Prosecution Service and commercial firms and companies’ in-house legal departments. All pupillages are advertised on the Bar Council’s website, www.pupillages.com.
