Pupil master 4013660 190900110 2008-02-12T14:21:25Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Moving category Professions to Occupations per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 February 6]]. A '''pupil master''' (or '''pupilmaster''' or '''pupil-master''') is an experienced [[barrister]] who takes charge of the training of a newly [[Call to the bar|called]] barrister. Barristers are called to the [[Bar association|Bar]] at an early stage in their career, after completing the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) and undertaking a required number of "dinners" in their chosen [[Inn of Court]]. In most cases, the newly called barrister is then required to undertake training for a period of at least a year before the barrister can start their own [[private practice]]. This training period is known as [[pupillage]], usually split into two periods of six months known as "sixes". The first "six" is a non-practising six, during which the pupil will shadow their pupil master; the second is usually a practising "six", when the pupil, with their pupil master's permission, can undertake the supply legal services and exercise [[rights of audience]] in court. Occasionally, a pupil barrister may undertake a third "six", entending the training period a further six months. At the end of pupillage, to continue practising the law, a barrister may attempt to become a [[tenant]] in a set of barristers' chambers, or find a position as an [[employed barrister]]. In recent years, attempts to modernise the Bar have led to some chambers referring to pupil masters as supervisers. ==External links== *[http://www.lawsoc.org.sg/ble/c2_pupillage.htm Pupillage] from the Singapore Board of Legal Education {{UK-law-stub}} [[Category:Occupations]]