It is not simply a matter of getting your name on the door. Overnight you acquire a different status. It is now the real responsibility begins. Obtaining a tenancy As mentioned on the previous pages, although pupillage is the principal means by which chambers take on junior tenants, even a glowingly successful pupillage is no guarantee of a tenancy.
Competition is intense.
If you really are determind to make it as a barrister in private practice you may have to consider a third six. The important thing is not to lose heart. Nowadays the Bar is open to anyone with ability, regardless of their educational background, sex, sexual orientation, race or disability. The Bar Council has a rigorous Equality Code for the Bar and has equal opportunities officers to enforce it. In most of the above, there is a wide variety of work.