This is where you'll find out about the pupillage opportunities at 3PB, how to apply, what life is like at 3PB for pupils, the options for progressing your career as a barrister with us, and how to apply for a mini pupillage.
Applications will only be accepted through the Gateway - which usually opens in November. Please check back here for a link to start your application as soon as it becomes available.
Read about our pupillages here: Tips for Pupillage Applications , Your journey through pupillage, and the application progress and benefits you can expect to enjoy.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Stay up to date with all the latest news about pupillage at 3PB and hear about the lives and work of our 3PB pupils here.
We aim to recruit four pupils annually across chambers. 3PB recruits all pupils for the compulsory pupillage leading to a final practicing certificate through the Gateway, whether that be for the full twelve months or with waivers/reduced requirements. Applications may only be accepted through the Gateway. Unless you have exceptional additional evidence, you are unlikely to be selected for interview unless you have obtained your first degree.
Vacancies may be based in any of our seven locations: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Manchester, Oxford or Winchester. Pupils are asked for their location preference(s), if any but cannot be guaranteed that any offer will be at their preferred location. Chambers will be as flexible as possible.
Watch our fabulous pupillage leadership team and our impressive cohort of past and present pupils as they describe life as a pupil and share their insights about how to build a successful career at the bar - from pupillage to tenancy and beyond.
Barrister Joshua Dubin talks to prospective candidates about why 3PB should be on your shortlist of chambers to apply to.
With so many applicants for each pupillage place, what can you do to make yourself stand out? Joshua Dubin gives some tips.
Barrister Matthew Cannings shares his recommendations on preparing to apply for pupillage.
Family barrister Elizabeth Porteous shares her top tips on making a successful application for pupillage.
3PB Barrister Ellena James shares her tips on writing a successful application and preparing for an interview for pupillage.
Barrister Ellena James shares her thoughts on why prospective pupils should apply to 3PB Barristers.
What better way to find out more about being a pupil at 3PB than to experience a few days inside chambers? Apply to 3PB for a mini pupillage and get a taste of what you'll be expected to do as a fully-fledged barrister. Our carefully-planned mini pupillages are designed to represent a good spread of work and introduce you to various barristers and staff throughout chambers. We hope you'll like what you see and hear! Find out more here.
If you are interested in a third six pupillage, please download and fill in our application form, clearly stating the main practice group in which you are interested and in which of our centres you would prefer to be located. All third six pupils will be fully supervised and assessed. We aim to recruit third six pupils of a calibre to be considered for tenancy at the end of their pupillage, although we do not guarantee a tenancy.
