In this episode Kerollos Brais interviews Brick Court’s Emma Mockford. Their conversation, which had to be recorded remotely, focuses on the pupillage year and Emma’s experience starting out at the Bar, having previously worked as a solicitor.

Amongst other things, they discuss:

- The value of work experience and vacation schemes

- Being a solicitor vs being a barrister

- What Chambers look for in pupillage applicants

- Life as a pupil and the assessment process

Emma Mockford studied jurisprudence at Oxford and obtained an MA in competition law from King’s College London. After undertaking a training contract and practising as an associate solicitor for three years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Emma was called to the Bar in 2016 and became a member of Chambers after completion of pupillage. Emma is described by Legal 500 as “a rising star and destined for great things”.

Kerollos Brais is an IntoUniversity Student Associate in his final year of a law degree at the University of Sussex, and is in the first generation of his family to attend university.