Mini-pupillage
2026 Mini-pupillage procedure
2 King’s Bench Walk Chambers offered 15 mini-pupillage places during 2026 to successful applicants aged 18 or over who may be considering a career at the Bar. Mini-pupillage offers experience of working life at the bar and the opportunity for applicants to make connections and get to know different sets of Chambers.
The submissions window for 2026 opened on 1st November 2025 and closed on 31st December 2025. During the window, applications were accepted by covering letter to hannah@2kbw.com with a CV attached. Eligible applications received within the window were considered in January 2026 and applicants were notified of the outcome by the end of January/beginning of February. There were no interviews. Applicants had to be available to take up a week’s mini-pupillage in person during 2026.
Please note the 2026 competition is now closed.
Applicants will usually be expected to meet one of the following criteria:
- Undertaking a degree in law
- Undertaking a conversion course, GDL
- Undertaking your BPTC
- Waiting to commence the GDL or BPTC
Applicants who do not fall within one of the above categories will want to provide evidence with their application to demonstrate an active interest in pursuing a career at the Bar.
Those who have been successful in securing a pupillage are not eligible for a mini-pupillage.
All applications are welcome regardless of race, colour, citizenship, nationality or origins, ethnicity, religion or belief, age, gender, sexuality, marriage and civil partnerships status, health, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or family / other circumstances. Chambers operates within the Equality and Diversity Code in relation to recruitment of both mini-pupils and pupils. See the Bar Council’s Fair Recruitment Guide.
2 KBW Chambers aspires to be a Chambers of Choice and aims to encourage and facilitate working practices and services that support the health and well-being of all staff, pupils and barristers. You will find a supportive team of clerks and barristers to make you feel welcome in Chambers, and to enable you to fully access the opportunities that mini pupillage offers.
Chambers is committed to the Bar None mini-pupillage pledge in aiming for at least 50% of mini-pupillages to be awarded to those from State school and/or persons from ethnic minority backgrounds.
A week-long mini-pupillage will consist of attendance at various court centres observing court hearings and client conferences with different members of chambers. Our mini-pupillages primarily take place on the Western, South Eastern and Midland Circuits; it is therefore crucial that anyone applying for mini-pupillage with us is able to comfortably travel to different court locations throughout the week and arrive at court centres by 9.00am each day.
Mini-pupils are expected to enter into a confidentiality agreement in relation to their time undertaking a mini-pupillage. Offers will be withdrawn if our confidentiality agreement is not properly completed and returned within 14 days of being requested.
Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications that we usually receive, we are unable to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
The process of selection for a mini-pupillage is entirely separate from the pupillage process and acceptance/rejection of an application for mini-pupillage is not an indication of the likely outcome of any application for pupillage.
Please see our separate Pupillage page for further information.
Chambers Manager
hannah@2kbw.com