Aspiring Barristers

Guru Nanak Social Mobility Scholarships 2024 Celebrating the 555th birthday of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. This year’s competition is now open to all aspiring barristers from working class backgrounds, regardless of faith or non-faith. There is no essay this year – instead applicants must send a 5-10 min video presentation on: "Why I should be awarded a Guru Nanak Social Mobility Bar Scholarship" Up to five prized of £555 will be awarded and up to 12 months of mentoring. Some work experience may be offered and all genuine applicants will be offered assistance with pupillage forms for the 2025 pupillage application process. The deadline is 2 August 2024. There is no harm in sending your applications to me sooner. Full details here: https://lnkd.in/g22-MzG The criteria remains the same so be persuasive! We are delighted that a number of previous winners attained pupillage, including Harrison Burroughs, Rehab Jaffer, Anu Lal, Abiodun Michael Olatokun FRSA and Gemma Grant. Please circulate to all of your student, university and law school contacts. For more details, please email me on m.singh@doughtystreet.co.uk Good luck! Mukhtiar Singh and Sikh Education Council #law #socialmobility #sikh #pupillage #university Aspiring Barristers Bridging The Bar Sikhs in Law The Bar Council of England and Wales Doughty Street Chambers The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple Gray's Inn #iamthebar Sikh Lawyers Association

I am very excited to announce that I shall be hosting an Aspiring Barristers information session on Thursday, 4th April 2024, at 5pm on Microsoft Teams!! If any of you would like to join, you can scan the QR code with your smartphone or join using the link (see below). If any of you know any Aspiring Barristers, I would be very grateful if you could share this event with them. Aspiring Barristers is an amazing organisation, that any Aspiring Barrister should become a member of. Hope to see you on Thursday!! LINK-    https://lnkd.in/gaJjWPDy 

If you would like to apply to become an Aspiring Barristers University Ambassador at your university, please express your interest alongside a copy of your CV to aspiringbarristers.team@gmail.com.✨

There is now less than 24 hours to go until Aspiring Barristers' next networking event as part of its Networking and Social Events series; Networking for Final Year Undergraduates and Bar Course students! There is still time to register to join if you have not done so already.👇 To attend this event, please email aspiringbarristers.events@gmail.com to register your place. We very much look forward to warmly welcoming you to this event soon!

💥ASPIRING BARRISTERS EVENT ALERT💥 Join Aspiring Barristers for its next networking event as part of the Networking and Social Events series; Networking for Final Year Undergraduates and Bar Course Students! Taking place on Tuesday 5th March at 6:30-7:30PM, join us to hear from our panellists, each of whom have successfully completed the Bar course (BTC/BVS/BPTC) and have subsequently secured pupillage. Our panellists will be on hand to answer all of your questions; ranging from advice on how to perform well on the Bar course, tips on approaching the pupillage application process, and any other burning questions you may have! This event is open to all final year undergraduate students and current or prospective Bar course students. This event will be taking place remotely via Zoom and will be hosted by Aspiring Barristers' Networking and Social Events Coordinator, Zamima Hussain. To attend this event, please email aspiringbarristers.events@gmail.com to register your place. Aspiring Barristers looks forward to warmly welcoming all attendees to this event soon!

Huge thanks to Aspiring Barristers' University Ambassador Shayda Darwish who recently spoke about the work of Aspiring Barristers and the various initiatives that we provide to aspiring student barristers during her recent guest appearance at the Ladies of Law ⚖️ event!✨

PUPILLAGE APPLICATIONS RESOURCES As pupillage application season is underway I thought I would highlight some useful events and resources to help aspiring barristers! Dates for your diary: Tuesday 16th January: AllBar ‘Pupillage Event - Q&A focussed on applying with a physical or mental health condition’ In-person (Bristol) 5:30pm-7:30pm. Wednesday 17th January: The University of Law Bar application session. Online 5pm-7pm. Thursday 18th January: The Bar Council of England and Wales ‘Making the most of your pupillage gateway application’. Online - 5:00pm-6:30pm. Thursday 18th January: Combar - The Commercial Bar Association ‘Pupillage Panel and CV workshop’. Online - 6pm. Thursday 25th January 2024: Bringing [Dis]Ability to the Bar ‘Applying for Pupillage: Q&A’. Online - 7pm-8pm. Thursday 25th January 2024: Sikh Lawyers Association ‘Pupillage and training contract workshop - interviews’. In-person (London) 6pm-8pm. Saturday 27th January 2024: Sikh Lawyers Association ‘Application Drop-in clinic, pupillage and training contracts’. 10am-3pm. Wednesday 31st January 2024: Aspiring Barristers ‘Preparing for the Pupillage Application Process’ seminar. Useful resources: https://lnkd.in/eNYCXQBT - a comprehensive guide for pupillage applications, interviews and offers. www.chambersstudent.co.uk - provides useful Chambers profiles, their rankings, and pupillage structure. The Pupillage podcast (https://lnkd.in/ejA3Gzdc) Raising the Bar podcast episode (https://lnkd.in/egUakhAK) The University of Law podcast episode (https://lnkd.in/e-m3d9jE)

Thank you Aspiring Barristers for today's public speaking session! I had great feedback to take forward and I'm looking forward to upcoming events. It was a pleasure to present my topic of choice: my undying love for my Dyson hoover (yup!)

Only 2 days to go until Aspiring Barristers' final Public Speaking Club session of the year! During this session, students will be presenting a 5-minute presentation on a topic of their choosing, with the opportunity to receive feedback on their advocacy performance from the session's Chair. We are delighted to be joined by Future Pupil Barrister Tinessa Kaur who will be Chairing this session. If you are an aspiring student barrister who would like to participate in the next Public Speaking Club session, please complete the Public Speaking Club registration form which you can find on Aspiring Barristers' website: https://lnkd.in/eh4vbnkf. We look forward to warmly welcoming all Public Speaking Club members to this session soon!