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Whatever stage you’re at in your legal career, if you’re an ambitious, high-calibre barrister, Becket Chambers has a lot to offer you; including consistent earnings, high-quality work and excellent work-life balance. Our barristers work across Kent, Sussex, London and the Southeast on high-quality cases, and demand for our expertise is strong. Our members benefit from our established reputation and excellent relationships with law firms throughout the region, experienced staff, and modern facilities.

Tenancy

At Becket Chambers, we have developed an egalitarian environment, enabling barristers at all career stages to flourish. We are looking for confident and ambitious people, who embrace our collegiate culture of barristers, pupils, and staff working together where everyone is treated with mutual respect.

Becket Chambers has a policy of active expansion and applications are always considered.

Tenants enjoy excellent career development and first-rate support. Our proactive clerking team support all our tenants in developing their practice and shape their own careers.

Becket Chambers has a lot to offer including consistent earnings, excellent career development and first-rate support. To find out more about the life, work and culture of Becket Chambers, or view our Membership Prospectus, please visit our Tenancy page

Pupillage

Becket Chambers offers up to two funded pupillages per year, and our policy is to recruit pupils we consider to be potential future tenants and to support them with expert and practical training to fully prepare them for their role as a qualified barrister. As a pupil at Becket Chambers, you’ll receive a well-supported, challenging and broad pupillage experience with the opportunity to train in a number of practice areas across civil and family law to find out what you most enjoy and excel in.

We also aim to fully involve our pupils in Chambers’ everyday life, giving you the opportunity to experience what you can expect as a Becket Chambers barrister in your day-to-day practice.

Pupillage is funded in accordance with Bar Council funding requirements and advertised on the Bar Council pupillage website.

For more information about life at Becket Chambers, and how to apply for a Pupillage, or download our Pupillage prospectus, please visit our Pupillage page

Mini Pupillage

Chambers also offers a limited number of mini-pupillages each year, usually for one week. Mini-pupillage is work experience with a barrister, offering you an excellent opportunity to make an informed decision about whether a career as a barrister is for you.

You will have the opportunity to attend court or other hearings, to work on legal research in Chambers, to attend conferences and to discuss your prospective route to the Bar. Successful applicants will sign a confidentiality undertaking upon arrival.

Mini pupillages run between April and September, all applications must be received between 1st October and 31st January for the following year. We will inform you by 1st March if your application has been successful. Any applications received after 31st January will be considered for the next available period.

You must be at least 18 years old at the time of commencing the mini-pupillage. There is no formal interview, and mini-pupillages at Becket Chambers are not assessed.

We do not expect you to have completed a mini-pupillage with Chambers if you later apply for pupillage.

To apply, send your CV and covering letter by email for the attention of the Mini Pupillage co-ordinator. Contact us.

Equality and Diversity

We are committed to promoting access to the profession and opportunities for those who have historically been underrepresented at the Bar. We therefore encourage and particularly welcome applications from women, people of minority ethnic origin, people with disabilities, those who are LGBTQI+, and those who were or are state school educated.

Candidate Privacy Notice

In line with Chambers policy all candidates will be asked to read and sign a copy of our Candidate Privacy Notice which can be located here: Candidate Privacy Notice

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