"How do you hope to contribute to your future chambers?"
What an utter load of nonsensical, totally pointless, rage inducing twaddle! Other than I hope to work hard, bring in more business through a good reputation, not be a w****r, and not bring chambers into disrepute, what the hell is this question for?
The only possible explanation I can think of is that it is there for people who have relatives that own a business or are partners in a firm of solicitors who can promise to send more work chamber's way, which has nothing to do with the calibre of the applicant.
In other news I think that my scholarship interview went very well, and I have an Inn sponsor who seems to be very nice.
All the best
BoB
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BoB!!
I am so PLEASED to read that your scholarship interview went well, and that your Inn sponsor is nice ( mine is spinningly wonderful and a source of great support during the course of the Silly Season) - I do sincerely hope that both contribute to the acquisition of your Heart's Desire for a Pupillage!
I do agree that this is possibly one of the sillier questions on the application form, one I suspect EVERYONE would love to leave well alone, but DAREN'T in case Chambers thinks they are wimping out! At the moment I am tempted to proffer the following response:
" I plan to contribute to chambers by placing my delicate immaculately pedicured, Yet Incredibly and EXPENSIVELY well heeled ( Manolo Blhanik, if you want the ABSOLUTE Truth) foot on the Pump of Chambers ENORMOUS Ego and inflating it to Bursting Point"
This WINNING Answer naturally GUARANTEES my Application instant, and almost totally EXCLUSIVE access to TWELVE rather sophisticated and incredibly EFFICIENT Paper Shredders........
Glad to hear your interview went well :)
Are they nice? Mine is tomorrow!
Hi! I am a newcomer to blogging although I have been reading your musings for a while!
As a pupillage applicant myself, I have to say I find that question more than a mild pain in my proverbial backside!
This question is fairly vomit-inducing.. I'm tempted to mention my Swedish massage training and willingness to apply it to the ego of any and every member of chambers..
The biggest mystery is the presence of all sorts of superfluous IT skills... how much use could advanced knowledge of C++ programming language possibly be at the Bar??
With the IT questions, I was never quite certain whether to answer them with comparison to a: my friends (most on whom are on science based PhDs and so of whom I am the idiot), the Bar (most of whom think that a mouse could only be something that eats cheese and squeaks and that to tweet is to mimic a bird) or the general public (and who knows what an earth their skills are?!). I ended up just defining it as 'use daily = good, weekly = intermediate, less frequently = basic (or whatever options they gave).
On the contribute to future chambers I basically insinuated that I know how barristers have acted to ensure no one from our office will instruct them again, and promised I'll never do that. On the other hand, seeing as I add 'rejecting me' to the list of deadly sins, I could rapidly run out of chambers to instruct over the next few months!
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