No5 Barristers' Chambers Pupillage Application Form 2025
Applications should be submitted by 11.59pm on Thursday 6th February 2025
Please note the Specific Questions are limited to 300 words Print off your form – what you get is what we get.
We cannot interview all applicants A short list of candidates for first-round interviews will be drawn up based solely on the information contained within this application form. We will not consider CVs or any other documents attached to this form Chambers keeps copies of all previous applications and, at any stage of the procedure, a candidate may be rejected on the grounds that they have provided inaccurate or misleading information or, in the view of the Pupillage Committee, has behaved in a manner which renders them unsuitable to be a member of No5 Barristers' Chambers Chambers takes such matters very seriously and may report any concerns to the appropriate Inn of Court
Any instance of plagiarism will be notified to the relevant Inn Pupillage data will be kept for a period of no more than five years after the selection process has taken place After that period, it will be securely destroyed Our Privacy Policy can be found at https://www no5 com/legal/privacy-policy/
Personal Information
Application ID Number (please leave this box blank):
Have you made any previous applications for pupillage at No5 Barristers' Chambers? * Yes No If yes, please provide further details Do you have any previous or pending criminal convictions? *
Yes No
If yes, please provide further details
Have you made any previous applications for Mini-pupillage at No5 Barristers' Chambers? *
Yes No
If yes, please provide other details
Have you ever been bankrupt? *
Yes No
If yes, please provide further details
Have any findings of professional misconduct ever been made against you? *
Yes No
If yes, please provide further details
Are there currently any pending legal proceedings against you? *
Yes No
If yes, please provide further details
Do you have any working restrictions? * Yes No
If yes, please provide further detials
Preferences
Desired pupillage location *
Birmingham (all recruiting Practice Groups)
London (all recruiting Practice Groups apart from Crime)
No preference
Desired practicing location *
Birmingham (all recruiting Practice Groups)
London (all recruiting Practice Groups apart from Crime)
No preference
Desired Practice Group(s) *
Crime
Business and Property
Immigration
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Public Law
Education & Qualifications
Please list the institution which you attended, the subjects you studied and the (overall) results you achieved:
Please include A-Level (or equivalent): *
Please include Undergraduate and Postgraduate(if appropriate): *
Please include Postgraduate Diploma in Law (GDL) (or equivalent) (if applicable):
If you do not have any A-Levels (e.g. you have an International Baccalaureate), please state what you believe the A-Level equivalent of your Further Education qualifications are: *
Please give details of your BPTC (or equivalent) including: date commenced, date completed, result achieved (including interim results if no final mark has been achieved) and optional subjects chosen (as appropriate). In respect of your final results, please list both your average percentage mark and your overall grade classification: *
Other qualifications and memberships of professional bodies etc: *
Have you achieved at least an AAB at A-Level (or equivalent)? *
Yes No
Do you have at least a 2:1 achieved or predicted at undergraduate level? *
Yes No
If you have completed the Bar course or are on the Bar course, do you have at least a VC (or equivalent) achieved or predicted? *
Yes No
If the answer to any of the above questions is ‘no’, you may not be eligible to apply for pupillage at No5 unless you can demonstrate extenuating circumstances. If you believe that you do have extenuating circumstances, please state and explain them here:
Employment and Career History
Public Speaking, Advocacy and Other Interests
(300 words maximum)
Please give details of your public speaking and advocacy experience (e.g. mooting and debating): *
0/300
Please give details of your non-academic interests, activities or hobbies:
0/300
Specific Questions
(300 words maximum)
What is it about your preferred area of practice that interests you most? *
0/300
What do you think is the most significant change or decision to have occurred in your preferred area of practice within the past 10 years? *
0/300
Please give an example of a time when you have worked hard to influence someone to your way of thinking? *
0/300
What do you hope to gain from pupillage at No5 Barristers' Chambers? *
0/300
In your view, what qualities must a good barrister possess? *
0/300
Other information
Please include any other information you would like us to consider:
Please indicate any special requirements which you may have for an interview:
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MONITORING FORM
No5 Barristers' Chambers is committed to equality of opportunity All applications are considered on an equal basis and in accordance with all applicable equal opportunities legislation In order to monitor the effectiveness of our equality, diversity and inclusivity policies, we request that all applicants provide the information indicated below Completing the form is voluntary, but we strongly encourage all applicants to do so, so that we have as complete and accurate information as possible THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDE WILL BE TREATED IN TOTAL CONFIDENCE AND WILL ONLY BE USED FOR MONITORING AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. IT WILL NOT FORM PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS.
Date: *
Day Month Year
Name *
First Name Last Name
Date of Birth *
Day Month Year
Gender (Choose one option that best describes your gender identity) *
Female
Male
Prefer not to say
Other
Disability
Disability is defined by section 1 of the Disability Discrimination Act as a person having a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day to day activities
Do you consider yourself to have a disability? *
Yes
No
Prefer not to say
If yes, what do you consider to be your main disability?
Are you registered disabled? *
Yes
No
Prefer not to say
If yes, please state your main disability
Religion
What is your religion? *
None
Prefer not to say
Buddhism
Hinduism
Other
Sexual Orientation
Sikhism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Which of the following options best describe how you think of yourself? *
Heterosexual
Lesbian
Bisexual
Gay
Prefer not to say
Other
Ethnic Group
What is your ethnic group?
Choose one option that best describes your ethnic group or background.
Asian/Asian British
Bangladeshi Pakistani
Chinese Indian
Other
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
African Caribbean
Other
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
White and Asian
White and Black African
Other
White
White and Chinese
White and Black Caribbean
British/English/Welsh/Northern Irish/Scottish Irish
Gypsy or Irish Traveler
Other ethnic group
Arab
Other
Other
Prefer not to disclose ethnicity
Please note:
These categories were used for the 2011 census by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and are recommended by the Commission for Racial Equality They do not refer to place of birth, citizenship or nationality, but to the ethnic group to which you belong. Equal opportunities data will be kept for a period of no more than five years after the selection process has taken place After that period it will be securely destroyed Our Privacy Policy can be found here
Social Mobility Questions
TYPE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ATTENDED
1. What type of school did you mainly attend between theages of 11 and 16? *
State-run or state-funded school - selective on academic, faith or other grounds
State-runor state-funded school - non-selective
Independentor fee-paying school - bursary
Independentor fee-paying school - no bursary
Attended school outside the UK
Don’t know
Prefer not to say
Other
If other, please specify
PARENTAL QUALIFICATION
2. What is the highest level of qualifications achieved by either of your parent(s) or guardian(s) by the time you were 18? *
At least one has a degree level qualification
No formal qualifications
Not applicable
Other
If other, please specify
PARENTAL OCCUPATION
Qualifications below degree level
Don’t know
Prefer not to say
3a. Thinking back to when you were aged about 14, which best describes the sort of work the main/highest income earner in your household did in their main job? *
Modern professional occupations such as: teacher/lecturer, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, welfare officer, artist, musician, police officer (sergeant or above), software designer
Clerical and intermediate occupations such as: secretary, personal assistant, clerical worker, office clerk, call centre agent, nursing auxiliary, nursery nurse
Senior managers and administrators usually responsible for planning, organising and co-ordinating
work and for finance such as: finance manager, chief executive, director
Technical and craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, fitter, inspector, plumber, printer, tool maker, electrician, gardener, train driver
Semi-routine manual and service occupations such as: postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, receptionist, sales assistant
Routine manual and service occupations such as: HGV driver, van driver, cleaner, porter, packer, sewing machinist, messenger, labourer, waiter / waitress, bar staff
Middle or junior managers such as: office manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager, publican
Traditional professional occupations such as: accountant, solicitor, medical practitioner, scientist, civil/mechanical engineer
Long term unemployed (claimed Jobseeker's Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year)
Retired
Not applicable
Don’t know
Prefer not to say
3b. Thinking back to when you were aged about 14, did the main/highest income earner in your household work as an; *
Employee
Self-employed with employees
Self-employed/freelancer without employees
Not working
Don’t know
Not applicable
Prefer not to say
3c. If the highest income earner in your household was self-employed when you were aged 14 and employed other people, how many people did they employ? *
1-24 25 or more
Don’t know Not applicable
Prefer not to say
3d. If the highest income earner in your household was employed when you were aged 14, did they supervise any other employees? A supervisor is responsible for overseeing the work of other employees on a day-to-day basis.
Yes No
Don’t know
Prefer not to say
Not applicable
4. If you finished school after 1980, were you eligible for Free School Meals at any point during your school years? Free School Meals are a statutory benefit available to school-aged children from families who receive other qualifying benefits and who have been through the relevant registration process. It does not include those who receive meals at school through other means (e.g. boarding school).
Yes No
Not applicable (finished school before 1980 or went to school overseas)
Prefer not to say
Don’t know
SELF-ASSESSMENTOF SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND STATUS
5. Compared to people in general, would you describe yourself as coming from a lower socioeconomic background?
Yes No
Don’t know
Prefer not to say