Pupillage BC1 questions

By far the biggest issue with this answer is the number of spelling and grammatical errors. I genuinely don't know whether the issue is that you just haven't proof read this at all, or whether your standard of English just isn't good enough (possibly because it is not your first language), but the standard of English alone is a serious issue here. I don't want to be harsh in saying that, but there would be no point at all in me pretending that that is anywhere near the standard that you need to reach in a written answer on a pupillage application, because it isn't.

I could give more feedback but I don't really want to just pile on. And more to the point, this issue of spelling and grammatical errors very seriously needs to be fixed. To be a barrister you need to have the very highest standards of English. If you can't write a 200 word answer for an application that is even error free, let alone let alone persuasive and to a high linguistic standard, you stand next to no chance of securing an interview.

Be as harsh as you can please, I truly appreciate it. English is my second language indeed and it is something I am working on. I am planning to have someone proof read my final draft. I just need to know if the points i am making are good enough and if I am answering the question.

Thank you

I know you have PMed me but I'm going to respond on here. The point about the campaign is fine in theory, but you don't relate the skills you say you've learned to skills that would be useful as a barrister. It needs more. The debating point is unremarkable at best in that many applicants could use debating, but once again you don't relate what you say about debating to being a barrister.

But the general grammar and quality of English point is really important here. A good applicant could turn those two examples into at least a half decent answer by being clear about the skills they learned and relating them to practising a barrister. The problem is not only that you don't seem to know how to do that, but that your standard of English is not good enough. Getting someone to proof read your answer is not going to help, because even with no grammatical errors this doesn't read like natural English. I read this answer and immediately highlighted that English may not be your first language. That is a real issue, because not only does your answer need to be good enough so that I cannot tell that, but I need to think that your English language ability is exceptional. Being blunt, it very clearly isn't, and honestly unless your general standard of written English is much better than this, I don't see how you can realistically get your English language ability up to the level that you need to to even stand a fighting chance of securing an interview. I know it's a small sample size, but unless this answer is not representative of your general ability level, I would seriously be considering alternative career paths, because right now your chances of securing a pupillage interview are negligible at best.

I must say posting the question (with your accompanying "answer") like this is such poor taste.

It's one thing to ask for advice; and another to expect people to 'correct' you answer.

I must say posting the question (with your accompanying "answer") like this is such poor taste.

It's one thing to ask for advice; and another to expect people to 'correct' you answer.