The beginning of August was ‘judgment day’ for many aspiring barristers – offer day for both Pupillage Portal (the centralised pupillage online application system) and many non-portal pupillages. After a long summer of interviews the big question was whether all that hard work had been worthwhile – did that elusive pupillage offer await worthy candidates?
Needless to say, it was a dreadful waiting game, and only very few offers were made to a select group of candidates. I predict that as few as 450 pupillages were available this year to the nearly 1,500 candidates who successfully passed the Bar exam.
