Your future career Our dedicated Employability Team provide practical sessions, advice and assistance, including advice on pupillage applications and CVs, mock interviews, and details of the legal employment opportunities that are available. A number of presentations are given throughout the year, encompassing both practice at the Bar, and alternative careers. You can approach any lecturer for careers advice. All our teaching staff come from practice, and some retain door tenancies in chambers. We are able to offer first-hand advice and guidance to students, wherever they wish to practise. The Bar and Judiciary have been enthusiastic in their support for the course, and for our students. Our graduates are represented amongst those whom chambers have recruited as pupils with a view to tenancy. To become a practising barrister, you have to undertake pupillage and obtain a tenancy in chambers. There is enormous competition for pupillages, and mini-pupillages should be considered as early as possible. They give a valuable insight into the life of a barrister, as well as demonstrating a real commitment to the profession.
Who will teach me? Ian Fox Principal Lecturer and Course Leader LLM Bar Professional Training Course (LLM BPTC) Ian is a member of Middle Temple, and was called to the Bar in 1990. A civil practitioner, his specialisations included family law (in particular ancillary relief and the law relating to children), and the law of landlord and tenant. Ian remains a door tenant at Field Court Chambers, Gray’s Inn. • Ropewalk Chambers Mooting Competition – Ropewalk Chambers, a leading specialist civil set in Nottingham, sponsors a mooting competition for our students. Links with the profession In addition to the programme of guest lectures and practitioner workshops that run during the year, we’ll give you further opportunities to experience life at the Bar, and to meet practitioners. Examples of these opportunities include: • Welcome reception – at the beginning of the course, we arrange an informal social event attended by the Bar and Judiciary. • Annual dinner – the Nottingham BPTC / Nottingham Bar Mess Annual Dinner is a popular event that has been extremely well attended by practitioners, judges, and representatives from the four Inns of Court. Many former students - now tenants and pupils themselves – attend. This event counts as one of your qualifying sessions. • 1 High Pavement Plea in Mitigation Competition – 1 High Pavement is a leading criminal set which sponsors our annual Plea in Mitigation Competition. The competition is judged by Members of Chambers.
For full details of course delivery and assessment, fees and funding and how to apply, visit www.ntu.ac.uk/bptc to find out more.
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