pupillage
Britishnoun
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the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil
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(in England) the period spent by a newly called barrister in the chambers of a member of the bar
Example Sentences
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But her focus remains her career, and she will soon start seeking pupillage, essentially a paid apprenticeship for barristers.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
Both, you can tell, have studied their respective masters with scrupulous care, and the results of their pupillage are plain to see.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 28, 2018
He passed his bar exams only to find he was unable to secure a pupillage at a chambers.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2018
Both these princes remained in a state of pupillage till the age of twenty three.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir
This is clearly at direct issue with Ben Jonson, whose introduced phrases, "pleaded nonage," "wardship," "pupillage," &c., seem to smack too much of legal technology to countenance the supposition of poetic license.
From Notes and Queries, Number 204, September 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
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