Chambers News
Team 4KBW will be running in the Reading half marathon on 1st April 2012.
We are running for a charity called Launchpad Reading, which provides supported housing to disadvantaged and vulnerable people in Reading. We appreciate that you may get many requests to dig deep but we’d be delighted if you’d support us and our chosen charity.
January 2012
New Tenant: Chambers is delighted that Patrick McMorrow and Isaac Maka have joined chambers.
December 2011
New Tenants: Chambers is delighted that Farah Amin, Peter Collins and Michaella Jacobs have joined chambers.
October 2011
Building on their work in this specialist area Michael Salter of Ely Place, and Chris Bryden of 4KBW this week gave evidence to a Parliamentary Group Inquiry into potential amendments to the Protection from Harassment Act 1997(Click here for more info.
New Tenant: Chambers is delighted that Lee Harris has joined chambers.
June 2011
New Tenant: Chambers is delighted that Gwynn Price Rowlands has joined chambers.
Pupillage
We offer the following pupillages at our chambers.
For the period beginning October 2011 we are not offering any pupillages. For the period beginning October 2012 we will be offering one 12 months funded pupillage, with applications to be made through the Pupillage Portal.
Full Twelve Month Funded Pupillage:
We aim to offer at least one twelve-month pupillage each year, commencing in October. They are generously funded, with (from October 2012) an award of £7,000 in the first six months and an earnings guarantee of at least £7,000 in the second, although in practice this figure is usually exceeded. During pupillage, you will receive not only thorough practical training in common law advocacy but also experience each of our four specialist areas, spending time with barristers from our criminal, civil, family and immigration teams. We encourage pupils to experience as wide a variety of work as possible, allowing you to decide where your skills and interests lie. We also encourage pupils to participate in the work and social life of chambers at an early stage and are both known to be, and consider ourselves, a particularly friendly and approachable group of people. We recruit tenants based on merit but like, where possible, to select our junior tenants from among our own pupils.
Chambers’ core work is based on general common law. In the first five years of practice, members do principally criminal, family and civil work in the Thames Valley and South Eastern Circuit areas. Thereafter most members specialise in one or more of the following: crime, family, immigration, and/or personal injury.
We generally expect pupils to have excellent academic credentials and at least an upper second-class degree. We look for pupils who are prepared to work hard and have a genuine commitment to the bar. Applications to chambers should be made via the Pupillage Portal system. Chambers is an equal opportunities employer.
Third Six Pupillages
We encourage applications from those who have already completed twelve months of pupillage. With a growing caseload within chambers, we require third six pupils who will predominantly undertake criminal work. However, third six pupils will also be able to experience work within the other areas of chambers practice. If you wish to apply for a 3rd six with us please send a copy of your CV along with a covering letter, marked for the attention of the ‘3rd six pupillage secretary’.
Mini-Pupillages
We offer mini-pupillages on an ad hoc basis. If you wish to undertake a mini-pupillage with us please send a copy of your CV along with a covering letter, marked for the attention of the ‘mini-pupillage secretary’.