Pupillage Application 2023-2024

Anyone heard from 5 Pump Court? It seems unlikely that they will contact us on a bank holiday

Does anyone know how much references factor into the decision-making process? I am thinking of asking chambers if I could substitute one of my referees, but am not sure if that’s possible or if that’s worth the trouble. Thank you!

I don’t know about anyone else but I feel really deflated this cycle. No FRIs whatsoever. I got to final rounds last year so i can’t figure out what went wrong, and i have no idea on how to even think about approaching next year 🥲

Yes, this year has been brutal. I also have 1 application left. What area were you applying to? I applied mostly to Commercial and Commercial Chancery so I wondered if that has something to do with it.

Is everyone still yet to hear from Colleton Chambers for the Criminal pupillage???

Broadway house FRI family out!!

Still waiting on Colleton Crime.

I wonder if it seems so brutal this year is down to the gateway website parameters. This year if you had the generic questions such as mini Pupillage’s etc you could not streamline for each set. This is because even if you had submitted an application any changes on subsequent applications also amended any earlier submitted or not yet submitted applications. As a result you were technically unable to streamline all answers to a particular set or demographic. For example for criminal sets I would take out some of the commercial mini’s I had done, similarly I might focus more on relevant experience’s that were aligned to a criminal barrister.
It seems ludicrous that changes occur to already submitted applications, particularly when at the same time the applicant cannot technically edit that same application intentionally by reviewing and resubmitting before the deadline.