Counsel Magazine

Derek Wood QC – Chair of the BSB’s Pupillage Review Working Group; Dr John Carrier – Chair of the BSB’s Education and Training Committee; Valerie Shrimplin – Head of Education Standards at the BSB and Andrea Clerk – BSB Pupillage Officer, were panellists at the Learning in Law Annual Conference (LILAC) on Saturday 24 January. The theme for their session was, ‘From pupil to professional: is pupillage fit for purpose?’ The theme of the session was selected to fit in with the work being carried out by the BSB concerning the review of pupillage. LILAC 2009 was the third Learning in Law Annual Conference, organised by the UK Centre for Legal Education.