Join our free online panel event to help you navigate the pupillage application process. Get advice and tips, and have the opportunity to ask your question to a panel of barristers.
About the event
We know the process of applying for pupillage can be complicated. Come to our free webinar to help guide you through it.
Our panel of experts can answer your questions – whether you need to know how to present your grades as an international student, or how to explain why you want to be a barrister – we’re here to help.
By the end of the event you will:
- Feel more confident about your pupillage application
- Gain practical tips to make the most of your pupillage application
- Get insight from practising barristers about their experience of applying and recruiting for pupillage
With the pupillage application deadline just three weeks after the event, it’s a good time to attend and maximise your chances of success.
Chair and speakers
Chair: Kian Goodsell, policy analyst: education and corporate social responsibility at the Bar Council
Kian has worked at the Bar Council for two years. Within the role, he works alongside the education and training committee to address emerging issues affecting this area and promote access to the profession. This includes organising Bar Placement Week, the law fairs programme, supporting the coordination of The Bar Council's Pupillage Fair and co-creating the Pupillage gateway report.
Kian holds a BA (Hons) Ancient History with Politics with a semester in China and a semester in industry from the University of Liverpool, and an MSc Human Rights and Politics from the London School of Economics.
Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey, Four Brick Court
Yaa Dankwa Ampadu-Sackey is a family law barrister with Four Brick Court in Middle Temple. Her practice focuses on children law matters, with an emphasis on modern families overseeing surrogacy agreements and representing families seeking a parental order.
She appears in both public law cases, where the local authority interferes with family life, and private law cases, which involve family law disputes between individuals.
She represents all parties, including guardians.
Yaa Dankwa is dual qualified and often provides opinions on cross-jurisdictional issues relating to Ghanaian law.
Yaa Dankwa is a Bar Council Social Mobility Advocate and a Reverse Mentor for the BSB and the Judicial Office. She is passionate about all issues around Diversity and Inclusion and is committed to sharing her knowledge and experiences to improve perceptions of the best way to treat others equally.
Alice Hands, Temple Garden Chambers
Alice was called to the Bar in 2015 and is a barrister at Temple Garden Chambers. She has a practice in public inquiries and investigations and is currently instructed as Junior Counsel on the Covid-19 Inquiry and previously on the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Alice undertook a common law pupillage. Prior to becoming a barrister, Alice worked as a Legal Advisor to Grenfell Tower survivors and contributed to public policy in social security and housing law. Alice spent four-months in Texas, representing people facing the death penalty.
Linda Turnbull, Goldsmith Chambers
Linda was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 1998. She was elected a Bencher in 2019. Linda is Lincoln’s Inn’s representative on the Bar Council and she is a member of the Bar Council’s Education & Training Committee. Linda is passionate about encouraging aspiring barristers to pursue their dreams.
Following completion of a common law pupillage, Linda practiced in crime, immigration and family law. Linda is a member of Goldsmith Chambers and her practice is now predominately in family law, which includes public children, private children and matrimonial finance.