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The Pupillage Hunt

@Nicholas: heh at the idea of a funded GDL for a would-be barrister. Most sets don't pay anything before you start with them and the few that do allow you to draw some propotion of your pupillage award down during the BPTC year -- maybe £20K. That may sound like a lot, but with BPTC fees averaging £15K, there's no way to live on that without going into some kind of debt or working part-time. As for funding the GDL, good luck (though your Inn might give you a scholarship that will just about cover the fees if you're lucky). To the original poster, if you've wanted to be a barrister all your life, why did you go to a former poly like Nottingham Trent? If you worked hard at school, why didn't you have the A Level results to go to a better university? Like it or not, that is going to be a significant barrier to your pupillage hunt.

29-Jun-2012

2:08 pm