Events

Are you interested in public and administrative law, environmental law, or the legal process governing what gets built, where and how? Then you may be interested in a career at the public, planning and environmental Bar.

Francis Taylor Building (FTB) is a leading London chambers, specialising in all areas of planning and environmental law. FTB is pleased to invite you to its Pupillage Open Evening, which will provide a great opportunity to learn about life at the planning and environmental Bar, practice at FTB and chambers' recruitment process.

It will take the form of a panel discussion with members of chambers with different specialisms within chambers’ practice areas and at different stages of their career. For those attending in person, there will be an opportunity to chat to members in a more informal setting after the panel discussion.

Students are encouraged to submit questions for the panel in advance to events@ftbchambers.co.uk and by 16 October. These will be answered anonymously by the panel on the evening.

Topics covered will include:

• An insight into the planning and environmental Bar
• Path to the Bar as non-law student
• What is FTB Chambers looking for in candidates?
• Tips for the application process and interviews
• Life as a pupil
• Pupillage to tenancy
• Practice as a junior tenant

Eligibility, registration and other practical information

In person places are limited and are only available to individuals who are currently undertaking or who have already passed the Bar Practice Course*. All other interested individuals are welcome to join online. Places must be booked in advance by emailing events@ftbchambers.co.uk. When booking, please state relevant stage (i.e. whether you are an undergraduate, post graduate, Bar student or have already completed the Bar Practice Course and institution/s. Please also state if you will attend in person or virtually (*relevant only to BPC students or graduates). Places for in person attendance will be offered on a first come, first served basis. If the number of people who wish to attend in-person exceeds the number of places, we will operate a waiting list.

Information regarding practical arrangements will be sent to all registered attendees closer to the date.