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Mrs Justice Lieven outlines the match funding scheme now open for applications for 2025-26 and 2026-27 pupillages
The Council of the Inns of Court (COIC) Pupillage Matched Funding Scheme helps provide additional pupillages in chambers, and other approved training organisations, predominantly engaged in legally aided work. Encouragingly, a growing number of chambers are applying for COIC match-funded grants.
It is a prerequisite of the scheme that chambers understand that match-funded pupillages are in addition to those they would have offered in any event.
COIC matches pupillage funding already provided by chambers with a total grant of £10,900 for 2025-26 London pupillages and £10,000 for 2025-26 out of London pupillages, and £12,000 for 2026-27 London pupillages and £11,000 for 2026-27 out of London pupillages, to fund the first six months of a second pupillage. Chambers are responsible for ensuring that the total pupillage award meets the Bar Standards Board’s minimum award for the year in question.
Applications to match fund 2025-26 and 2026-27 pupillages are invited between 2 September and 18 October 2024.
Decisions will be communicated during the week commencing 4 November 2024.
Online applications can be made here.
To find out more, please email Hayley Dawes at hdawes@coic.org.uk
Maria Savvides, Head of Northampton Chambers:
As Head of Northampton Chambers, I take immense pride in our rich legacy as the oldest chambers in Northampton. Although we are a smaller set, we cherish the close-knit and friendly atmosphere that permeates throughout Chambers, from our experienced barristers to our dedicated clerks and aspiring pupils.
Through this initiative, bolstered by our collective investment, we’ve been able to nurture a vibrant cohort of barristers who embody diversity, talent and dedication. Together, we’re not just shaping careers, we are making a lasting impact on the lives of those who rely on us for justice and support. I am deeply grateful for the opportunities this scheme affords us to continue our mission of delivering exceptional legal services whilst nurturing the next generation of barristers.
Charlotte Newell KC, Head of Pupillage, 5KBW:
The Council of the Inns of Court (COIC) Pupillage Matched Funding Scheme helps provide additional pupillages in chambers, and other approved training organisations, predominantly engaged in legally aided work. Encouragingly, a growing number of chambers are applying for COIC match-funded grants.
It is a prerequisite of the scheme that chambers understand that match-funded pupillages are in addition to those they would have offered in any event.
COIC matches pupillage funding already provided by chambers with a total grant of £10,900 for 2025-26 London pupillages and £10,000 for 2025-26 out of London pupillages, and £12,000 for 2026-27 London pupillages and £11,000 for 2026-27 out of London pupillages, to fund the first six months of a second pupillage. Chambers are responsible for ensuring that the total pupillage award meets the Bar Standards Board’s minimum award for the year in question.
Applications to match fund 2025-26 and 2026-27 pupillages are invited between 2 September and 18 October 2024.
Decisions will be communicated during the week commencing 4 November 2024.
Online applications can be made here.
To find out more, please email Hayley Dawes at hdawes@coic.org.uk
Maria Savvides, Head of Northampton Chambers:
As Head of Northampton Chambers, I take immense pride in our rich legacy as the oldest chambers in Northampton. Although we are a smaller set, we cherish the close-knit and friendly atmosphere that permeates throughout Chambers, from our experienced barristers to our dedicated clerks and aspiring pupils.
Through this initiative, bolstered by our collective investment, we’ve been able to nurture a vibrant cohort of barristers who embody diversity, talent and dedication. Together, we’re not just shaping careers, we are making a lasting impact on the lives of those who rely on us for justice and support. I am deeply grateful for the opportunities this scheme affords us to continue our mission of delivering exceptional legal services whilst nurturing the next generation of barristers.
Charlotte Newell KC, Head of Pupillage, 5KBW:
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