5.Know your worth and believe in yourself. Rejection is part and parcel of the pupillage application process. Don’t let rejection persuade you that you aren’t cut out for this job. Keep pushing. (5/5)

4. Go to pupillage events and the open nights hosted by the sets you are interested in. Write down key words that resonate with you use them in your apps and interviews. (4/5)

3. Know what’s going on in the legal world. Make an excel + track the big things - changes in law, problematic legislation and decisions. Sign up to the Witness newsletter, sign up to @innertemplelibrary.bsky.social’s daily newsletter, have Google alerts, watch the news. (3/5)

2. Ask for help and accept help. Get a mentor from you Inn and use your Bar provider’s career services. Without my mentor I would not have gotten pupillage. You need help and you need insight from people at the Bar to give you an edge. (2/5)

1. Start early. Give yourself time to draft, redraft and redraft again. Think carefully about what the question is asking, structure your answers and evidence every assertion you make (1/5)