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The Induction Course provides an introduction in seminar form to the basic elements of landlord and tenant law, and is held in chambers over five days, immediately prior to you starting pupillage. There is a certain amount of pre-reading required for the course, but you will be given full details in good time prior to its commencement.

If pupils accompany their pupil supervisor to court or conferences out of London, then the expenses will be reimbursed. In addition to this, the cost of all compulsory external courses undertaken during pupillage will be paid by chambers.

Whilst this would be an advantage, the induction course and your first six months of pupillage will give you the grounding that you will require in landlord and tenant and property law in general.

Apart from the compulsory advocacy courses that pupils are required to undertake with their Inns, chambers also provides structured advocacy training. There will normally be three advocacy training sessions during pupillage. The first takes the form of a seminar discussing the law, procedure and practicalities of residential possession hearings. The second and third take the form of a mock application to a master or district judge and are assessed. Pupils will be given constructive feedback to assist them in fully developing their advocacy skills, so that they are fully ready to attend court on their own account during their second six. A further advocacy exercise may sometimes be held towards the end of pupillage.

Normally pupils will be involved in small County Court claims, such as possession hearings, case management conferences, directions hearings, small claims trials and taking judgments. These hearings will normally be fairly short, lasting not more than half a day. Pupils will be given ample opportunity to accompany junior members of chambers to court to observe these types of hearing before undertaking their own work. There will also normally be paperwork in form of opinions or pleadings. Additionally pupils may be asked to assist members of chambers on a devilling basis, with the prior authorisation of their supervisor.