The official Bar Council Pupillage Fair, now in its 5th year, had looked set to be cancelled. However, it has now been given the green light and will go ahead entirely online, on 17 October 2020.
Last year’s
fair attracted more than 800 aspiring barristers, 80 exhibitors and hundreds of
volunteers from across the Bar.
Malcolm Cree,
Bar Council chief executive, said: ‘The Pupillage Fair is part of the Bar
Council’s wider commitment to ensuring fair access to the Bar, regardless of
background, and provides chambers and other organisations an opportunity to
invest in the future of the profession. Now, more than ever, it is essential to
demonstrate to aspiring barristers that the profession is committed to
providing opportunities for pupillage, and that they will be able to build a
career at the Bar in the post-coronavirus era.
‘It’s
essential to embrace technology and modern ways of working in the current
crisis. By going entirely online we can diversify what we can offer to both
students and exhibitors and open the Fair to more students than ever.’
