The pupillage is split into three two month segments. Each part is spent with a different senior member of chambers in a separate field of practice. The aim is to provide the pupil with a reasonable base of practical knowledge in the three key areas of family, crime and general civil, which can be put into practice when the pupil moves on to his second six. During any appropriate times the pupil master may arrange for the pupil to accompany a junior tenant to court in order to observe the type of cases he or she may encounter in the second six, or early days of practice. Particular emphasis is given during the last few weeks of pupillage.
Chambers is happy to encourage potential candidates to apply for a mini- pupillage.
Miss Claire Shrimpton is the co-ordinator. A letter and short C.V. are helpful. Chambers covers a wide catchment area of about a thirty mile radius. Generally past pupils have found it much easier to live fairly close by, and to have the use of a car, The latter is not essential, but some of the courts can be a bit difficult to get to by public transport. As the county town of Surrey, Guildford has excellent shopping and leisure facilities including 3 theatres, a 10 screen cinema, and a comprehensive sports centre.