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WHY No5?

No5 has a formidable reputation for forward thinking and being at the cutting edge of
new legal ground. We are leaders in heavyweight and complex litigation. With over 260
barristers, including 35 silks and recognised by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500,

No5 continues to be clients’ first choice across all 20 established disciplines.

No5 firmly believes in supporting the Accordingly, each offer of pupillage

Building on its 100-year history, No5 Pursuing a career at the Bar is Bar at its grassroots and to do so is made with a view to tenancy.
combines excellent standards with challenging. Identifying the right set is to retain and cement the strong Pupils are not, at any stage,
a progressive and modern outlook. for you to undertake a pupillage at is foundations upon which flourishing competing with one another for
Covid 19 has only further cemented all too often a daunting task, requiring careers can be built. Significant tenancy. That, in turn, leads to strong
this well-earned reputation with considerable care and attention. time and commitment is invested in friendships between pupils to support
chambers swiftly adapting to flexible What marks out No5 is the broad pupils with pupillage being carefully and encourage each other through a
and virtual working for both staff spectrum of disciplines offered, the structured to ensure each pupil is challenging year and beyond.
and barristers. There is outstanding strength and breadth of experience, supported, promoted and encouraged Covid 19 has had no impact on
administrative support, including the commitment to ensuring each throughout what is undoubtedly a No5’s approach and commitment to
exceptional clerks and librarians. pupil reaches their potential and challenging year. pupillage. We remain committed to
an enviable record of success recruiting exceptional individuals who
with homegrown pupils becoming will be future stars of the Bar.
established practitioners, recognised
in their individual fields, securing silk
and judicial appointment.