Resources

General Information

The Bar Council

The Ethics Hub

Support for Pupil Barristers

The Bar Standards Board

The BSB Handbook

Middle Temple Website

Mentorship Organisations

Resources on obtaining pupillage

5 Essex Chambers Pupillage Selection Process Report

Pupillage and How to Get It

St Philips Chambers Pupillage Process Review

The Pupillage Podcast from Middle Temple

COUNSEL's Bar Student Guide

Bar Council Events (including Application and Interview Workshops)

The Secret Barrister: "An idiot’s guide to navigating pupillage interviews"

MTYBA have also published a Pupillage Newsletter, where we interviewed five recent pupils and tenants from 42BR, 2 King’s Bench Walk, Outer Temple, 3 Hare Court and Trinity Chambers about their journeys to pupillage and tips for applicants.

Click here to read it.

Legal News Sources

Books

Bewigged and Bewildered?: A Guide to Becoming a Barrister in England and Wales, Adam Kramer and Ian Higgins

The Path to Pupillage: A Guide for the Aspiring Barrister, Georgina Wolfe and Alexander Robson

The Devil’s Advocate, Iain Morley QC

On Your Feet: A Practical Guide to Civil Advocacy, Brooke Lyne, Chloe Bell, Clare Elliott and Emma Horner (a useful resource for the second six)

The Art of the Advocate, Richard Du Cann

Pleadings Without Tears, Roger Eastman and William Rose

Point Taken: How to Write Like the World's Best Judges, Ross Guberman

The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken, The Secret Barrister

In Your Defence: Stories of Life and Law, Sarah Langford

Podcasts

The Advocacy Podcast

Law Pod UK Podcast

Double Jeopardy: Law and Politics Podcast

The University of Law Podcast (there is a fascinating series of interviews with retired judges)

Moral Maze (a variety of debate topics covered)