Pupil Barrister

PLEASE APPLY THROUGH THE GATEWAY USING THE LINK PROVIDED https://vacancies.pupillagegateway.com/jobs/job/Keoghs-LLP-12-months-October-2025/1114

Structure of Pupillage:

The successful candidate will be supervised by a barrister of 27 years’ call and partner at Keoghs.

The pupillage will be based in the Liverpool office and include hybrid working, with an expectation of travel between court centres and Keoghs’ offices. The successful candidate will experience work across all core practice areas, centring around the defence of litigated insurance claims. The pupil will also have the opportunity to work in close collaboration with litigation teams and to develop an understanding of the commercial aspects of in-house practice.

Financial and Other Support Available:

The pupillage consists of a 12-month fixed term contract, with a fixed salary paid monthly. Professional membership fees, compulsory education courses and expenses (in line with the relevant Keoghs policy) will be covered by the business.

Equality Diversity and Inclusion:

The Davies Group Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy is applied by Keoghs Advocacy (copy attached)

Aspiring barristers are invited to apply to Chambers between 2 January 2025 and 6 February 2025 using the Pupillage Gateway application system using the following link:

https://vacancies.pupillagegateway.com/jobs/job/Keoghs-LLP-12-months-October-2025/1114

In addition to the standardised Bar Council questionnaire, candidates will be asked to respond to the following questions from Chambers:

1. List and expand upon three qualities that you believe are central to your suitability for a career as a barrister. [Max 350 words]
2. Tell us why you are applying for an "in-house" pupillage, as opposed to (or as well as) pupillage at the independent bar. [Max 350 words]
3. Describe an obstacle that you have encountered in terms of your professional ambitions and how you have surmounted it. [Max 350 words]
4. What has led you to apply for pupillage on circuit, as opposed to (or as well as) a London based pupillage? [Max 350 words]
5. How would your best friend describe you to a stranger? [Max 350 words]

We are a specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.

We help our clients to manage risk, operate their core business processes, transform and grow. We deliver professional services and technology solutions across the risk and insurance value chain, including excellence in claims, underwriting, distribution, regulation & risk, customer experience, human capital, digital transformation & change management.

Our global team of more than 6,500 professionals operate across ten countries, including the UK & the U.S. Over the past ten years Davies has grown its annual revenues more than 20-fold, investing heavily in research & development, innovation & automation, colleague development, and client service. Today the group serves more than 1,500 insurance, financial services, public sector, and other highly regulated clients.