Pupillage Gateway
The Pupillage
Gateway was devised by the Bar for the future Bar, and our aim
has always been to make it as fair, transparent and responsive to
feedback as possible, thus enabling best practice in recruitment.
Pupillage providers must advertise their pupillage vacancies on the
Gateway, and they can do so at any time of year. Chambers may elect
to manage recruitment through the Gateway, in accordance with its
timeline . Approximately half of all pupillage vacancies
are managed via the Gateway, according to the following
2018/19 timeline:
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2018/19
Timetable
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Wednesday 28 November 2018
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Applicants may access the Pupillage Gateway to browse vacancies
(pupillage vacancies that are not managed through the Gateway are
live all year round).
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11:00, Monday 7 January 2019
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The submissions window for Pupillage Gateway applications opens;
applicants may start, edit and submit their applications
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11:00, Thursday 7 February 2019
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The submissions window for Pupillage Gateway applications
closes; no further applications or amendments to applications will
be allowed.
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February - May 2019
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Chambers or organisations will sift paper applications,
shortlist applicants, and conduct interviews or assessments.
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09:00, Tuesday 7 May 2019
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Offers of pupillage are made through the system. For
applications made through the Pupillage Gateway, offers of
pupillage must neither be made nor accepted before 09:00 on 7 May
2019.
The BSB Pupillage Handbook advises that, as a matter of good
practice, pupillage offers should remain open for 14 days.
https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/media/1946940/bsb_pupillage_handbook_2018_10.8.18.pdf
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The benefits include of recruiting through the Pupillage Gateway
include:
1. Efficient and easy to use: Gateway provides
an interactive model for
pupillage applications, taking much of the administrative burden
off
Chambers that struggle to keep up with the sheer numbers of
applicants
involved.
2. Good audit trail: Gateway keeps a log of all
activity including the full text of
any emails sent and changes to application and vacancy statuses,
allowing
chambers to easily review each year's recruitment process.
3. Great equalities monitoring: Gateway provides
a granular breakdown of
each pupillage vacancy's data, allowing Chambers to gain insights
into the
diversity profile of each year's recruitment exercise.
4. High security: Gateway offers excellent,
GDPR-compliant security, which is a concern for individual
barristers and training organisations.
5. Cost effective: Gateway is remarkable value
compared to other recruitment
methods Chambers might use.
6. Anonymised applicant data: Gateway allows
Chambers to choose to have
their candidate data anonymised, so names and other personal
details are
hidden with ID numbers. This is in line with recruitment best
practice for
equality and diversity.
To find out more about the Pupillage Gateway and its
benfits: