When selecting our pupils we have regard to the following criteria:
Intellectual Ability: A very good academic record. The ability rapidly to master and retain complex and extensive information, to identify and memorise essentials, to produce pragmatic and practical solutions and to respond quickly to intellectual challenge.
Motivation: A high level of drive and determination. A desire to practise commercial law.
Relationships: The ability to have sustained collaborative relationships with a wide range of colleagues, members of professional teams and clients.
Temperament: The ability to sustain attention while working with complex material for long hours against deadlines; to remain calm and to retain priorities whilst meeting unexpected challenges; to be confident and objective in challenging circumstances.
Impact: Articulate, confident, perceptive and sensitive to situations.
Equal Opportunities
"Keating Chambers considers applications for pupillage on merit alone." We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and all sectors of the community with the ability and determination to succeed as a barrister. We are fully committed to equality and diversity in both recruitment and the provision of services. The pupillage selection procedure is operated without discrimination, that is to say without regard to irrelevant considerations such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, or age.
If you are disabled and require any adjustments at any stage of the pupillage process, please inform us and we will try to accommodate your needs."