Atkin Chambers invites applications for Probationary Tenancy

Atkin Chambers is inviting applications for one probationary tenancy starting 14 September 2026.  The probationary tenancy is for 6 months.

Applicants should send their CV, cover letter of no more than two pages in length and a reference to pupillage@atkinchambers.com. Please include why you are applying and why you think you would make a good candidate for a probationary tenancy at Atkin Chambers. Your CV and cover letter should be your sole creation and original work, and you should not use any Generative AI programmes, including Large Language Model (LLM) Programmes like ChatGPT, to write any of their content.

If you have completed (or almost completed) your 12 month pupillage, your reference should be from one or more pupil supervisors.  If your reference is from one supervisor, then you are invited to ask that supervisor to consider including an explanation of the views of all supervisors within the reference.  If your referee requires longer than the deadline to produce the reference, please email pupillage@atkinchambers.com for advice.

Application Assessment Criteria
 
The recruitment of probationary tenants will be on the basis of the Pupillage and Recruitment Committee’s assessment of the following as evidenced by the CV and covering letter and by interview for those candidates invited to progress to that stage:

1. Intellectual excellence
2. Advocacy/communication
3. Motivation and ability to build a successful practice at Atkin Chambers
4. Judgment and potential to: advise in commercial matters; and work well with others and independently.

There is no guarantee of tenancy at the end of the probationary tenancy.  Applicants will be assessed for tenancy as laid out in Chambers’ Pupillage Policy.

The deadline for applications is 16 July 2026.

All probationary tenancies are funded.  The current amount of funding is £42,500 which is paid in equal monthly instalments once the probationary tenancy commences.

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Chambers’ COO at pupillage@atkinchambers.com.