Government Legal Department: Barristers
Commons · Question 123078 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Attorney General · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Solicitor General, how many pupil barristers who undertook pupillage with the Government Legal Department left upon completion in each of the past five years.
Answer
Answered by Ellie Reeves, 26 Mar 2026
The Government Legal Department’s (GLD) Legal Trainee Scheme lasts for two years in total. Those who join the GLD as pupil barristers qualify as barristers at the end of Year 1 of the Training Scheme (the pupillage period). They then remain on the Trainin...