In the 2025 recruitment season, DWF Chambers will be recruiting up to three pupil barristers to commence pupillage in September 2025. Pupillages can be offered in any of our five offices depending on candidate preference and business need. The core practice areas will be personal injury / fraud, commercial / property, employment and regulatory.
This is a fantastic opportunity to undertake pupillage at a global legal business.
DWF Chambers now comprises 16 barristers, two pupils, five clerks and a team of junior advocates, located at offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Manchester. Our team is fully integrated into DWF Group.
DWF Chambers has developed a structured and challenging pupillage programme. Our aim is to ensure that a pupillage with DWF Chambers is a stimulating and exciting experience and that all pupils receive the support necessary to fulfil their potential.
An offer of pupillage at DWF Chambers is an offer of a fixed term contract of employment during the period of pupillage. Whilst there is no guarantee of employment at DWF Chambers post-pupillage, we recruit and train pupils with every intention of offering a permanent position post-pupillage. Since 2020, seven pupils have completed pupillage with DWF Chambers and all seven have been offered employment as a qualified barrister post-pupillage. The salary for a newly qualified barrister at DWF Chambers is a minimum of £55,000.
Our application process will be carried out in line with the Pupillage Gateway. The closing date for applications is 23:59, Thursday 6 February 2025.
The provisional dates for interviews are Thursday 20 and Friday 21 March 2025. Interviews will take place at DWF Manchester, 2 Scott Place, Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3AA. This venue is an accessible building.
Please note that applicants must have completed the professional stage of training before September 2025 to be eligible for these pupillages.
- Read the testimonial from a former pupil who now practises as a qualified barrister
- Click here to view our Pupillage FAQ Page
- Click here to download our application form
- Click here to download a copy of our Pupillage Policy
- Click here to download a copy of DWF Chambers' brochure
- Click here to view an interview with one of our barristers on their experience of working at DWF Chambers
For further information or questions about our pupillage programme please email: pupillage@dwf.law