Choosing the Right Place for Pupillage: Advice for Final Year Law Students

For final year students. Choosing the right place for pupillage.

Do not select a firm solely because of its name, size, glamour, location or size of allowance.

Consider first:

1. the areas of practice of the firm, the potential masters there;
2. whether pupils there receive meaningful exposure and assistance;
3. whether the master and lawyers there are prepared to teach;
4. the firm’s professional culture and values and staff/lawyer turnover;
5. are the pupils there treated as future lawyers or merely admin support staff viz. cheap labour?

This article was first shared by R. Jayabalan on LinkedIn.