What is Pupillage?
A pupillage is the final, vocational stage of training for those wishing to become practicing barristers.
How Long Is Pupillage In South Africa
Pupillage at the JSA is a one-year period of full-time professional training that leads to admission to full membership of the JSA.
What are the requirements for pupillage in South Africa?
Pupils are to complete 400 hours of coursework over a period of no more than 6 months, must spend a further 6 months of practical vocational training under
a senior advocate (mentor), and must complete the prescribed number of hours of community service.
Do you get paid while doing pupillage in South Africa?
Advocates who are doing pupillage are not paid at all during the 12 months of this apprenticeship. The Legal Practice Council has widened the number of bar
councils and voluntary lawyers’ associations that can provide recognized training to aspiring advocates. They are Law Society of South Africa.
How hard is Pupillage?
The competitive nature of pupillages means that some of your applications are likely to be rejected. If an application is rejected, ask for feedback.
The feedback will help you identify any gaps in an application.
What are the chances of getting a pupillage?
A new report published by the Bar Council has revealed some useful insights about what boosted aspiring barristers’ chances of success at obtaining pupillage.
The report, which uses data from the Pupillage Gateway, put the chances of first-time applicants getting an offer at just one in ten.