“I have just completed my 17th week of pupillage and the final day of my first seat.
It is rather amazing how quickly time has passed. However, it is equally nerve-wracking as in 2 months’ time I will be back on my feet.
In the past two months, I have continued to develop my written advocacy skills. This has included various opinions and advices, skeleton arguments, and more specific written pieces. My favourite piece of drafting was a witness statement in support of an application for specific disclosure following the disclosure of around 600 pages of documents from the opposing side. This was a large task which included a lot of fine detail. However, I found it satisfying when identifying the gaps and omissions amongst this mass of bank statements, correspondence and invoices.
Owing to the diversity of my supervisor’s civil practice, I have also attended a variety of courts these past months. This has included the Administrative Court, ICC, TCC, and the County Court. These visits comprised matters such as trespass, possession, libel, expedition, and oral applications for permission to appeal. This diversity also led me to assist on an action brought in Guernsey, as well as conducting research for instructing solicitors into class actions brought by displaced people.
Alongside the challenging legal work, I have also refined my authorities bundle making skills, despite technology’s best efforts to spite me…
In respect of social activities, I attended Chambers’ annual Christmas party in December. This was a great opportunity to catch up with members I knew and those I had not yet properly met. I also attended the COMBAR Pupil Reception where I was able to meet lots of other commercial pupils.
In December, I had the pleasure of joining John Ditchburn, the Head of Pupillage, on Chambers’ podcast, Listen with Lamb. We discussed pupillage applications and life at Lamb at some length and included some tips and tricks for both the paper application and interviews. I hope the episode was informative and helpful to all those who applied to Chambers in the recent pupillage cycle, and good luck! If you are looking for more insight into how to obtain pupillage, I will also be speaking on Middle Temple’s ‘Straight from the Pupil’s Mouth’ panel on 11th February, alongside other pupils and future pupils.
For now, I am signing off and having a weekend away to celebrate my recent birthday. I look forward to returning on Monday morning and starting my second seat with James Culverwell!”
–Georgia Ezzard
03.02.2026
