We are a leading commercial-Chancery chambers and our members are instructed on complex business, property and private wealth disputes in and across multiple jurisdictions. Our members have recently been involved in leading cases in this jurisdiction and in Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar and Singapore.
Our success is recognised by the leading legal directories. For example:
What the legal directories say about us:
‘Radcliffe are a very strong chancery set.’ Legal 500, 2026
‘Good strength and depth across its chancery practice.’ Legal 500, 2026
‘The Chambers is a leading Chancery set.’ Legal 500, 2026
We pride ourselves on being a friendly and welcoming set. We have an open-door policy at work, and pupils are regularly invited to Chambers’ social events both before and during their pupillage.
We also offer a comprehensive training programme which will prepare you for life as a junior barrister. Each of our pupils will experience a range of practice areas with their four supervisors with the aim of giving you experience of and confidence across Chambers’ main practice areas. Alongside this, we will help you to begin developing your practice at the Bar by supporting you to take on your own work in your second six and inviting you to Chambers’ marketing events. As a result, we have been nominated by Legal Cheek for ‘Best Chambers for Training’ for three years in a row (2023, 2024 and 2025).
We only offer as many pupillages as we have vacancies for tenancy. We typically offer two or three pupillages each year.
Your pupillage will be split into four seats. It is our aim that each of your four supervisors will have different specialisms. You will also have the opportunity to shadow and work for other members of Chambers. This will maximise your exposure to our diverse practice areas.
During your second six, you will be supported by our clerking team and your supervisor to take on your own cases. You will be instructed to do both written work (e.g. advising and drafting letters and court documents) and court advocacy (e.g. written submissions and oral advocacy).
Our pupillage award is £80,000 plus whatever earnings you receive during your second six for your own cases. To ensure that valuable learning opportunities are not lost during your pupillage, we limit the amount of work which our pupils can take on in their second six. Nevertheless, the average award which our pupils ultimately receive tends to be around £95,000. We are happy to consider any request for part of the pupillage award to be drawn down during the Bar Course year.
If you would like to find out more about our pupillage process, visit our YouTube channel and watch the videos in our pupillage playlist. In these videos, members of Chambers answer common questions about pupillage, discuss specific practice areas, and explain what life is like as a pupil and a junior barrister at Radcliffe Chambers. You can also look us up on Chambers Student and Legal Cheek to see what other people are saying about our pupillage process. Finally, you can read our comprehensive Pupillage Policy
We only recruit pupils who we believe have the potential to become successful members of Chambers. That means demonstrating:
Just as there is no Radcliffe Chambers ‘type’, there is no set way in which you must demonstrate these points. You can draw from your studies, your work (full-time or part-time), your extracurricular activities, and your life experiences. Our detailed recruitment policy, containing the criteria by which we will assess your pupillage application, is set out in our Pupillage Policy (linked above).
We are committed to inclusion and diversity, and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or belief, or disability. You can read our reasonable adjustments policy here.
We accept applications through the Bar Council’s Pupillage Gateway (see here).
We conduct our recruitment process in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Code of Conduct and Equality and the BSB Equality Rules.
