Chambers is currently hosting a rolling programme of seminars. These are directed towards professional clients and to relevant lay clients. Materials and published recordings from recent past webinars are available here.
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Are you interested in public and administrative law, environmental law, or the legal process governing what gets built, where and how? Then you may be interested in a career at the public, planning and environmental Bar.
Francis Taylor Building (FTB) is a leading London chambers, specialising in all areas of planning and environmental law. FTB is pleased to invite you to its Pupillage Open Evening, which will provide a great opportunity to learn about life at the planning and environmental Bar, practice at FTB and chambers' recruitment process.
It will take the form of a panel discussion with members of chambers with different specialisms within chambers’ practice areas and at different stages of their career. For those attending in person, there will be an opportunity to chat to members in a more informal setting after the panel discussion.
Students are encouraged to submit questions for the panel in advance to events@ftbchambers.co.uk and by 21 October. These will be answered anonymously by the panel on the evening.
Topics covered will include:
Eligibility, registration and other practical information
In person places are limited and are only available to individuals who are currently undertaking or who have already passed the Bar Practice Course*. All other interested individuals are welcome to join online. Places must be booked in advance by emailing events@ftbchambers.co.uk. When booking, please state relevant stage (i.e. whether you are an undergraduate, post graduate, Bar student or have already completed the Bar Practice Course and institution/s. Please also state if you will attend in person or virtually (*relevant only to BPC students or graduates). Places for in person attendance will be offered on a first come, first served basis. If the number of people who wish to attend in-person exceeds the number of places, we will operate a waiting list.
Date: 28 October 2024
Venue: In person at Francis Taylor Building and online via Zoom.
Time: Panel discussion from 6-7pm followed by informal drinks with members until 8pm.
Information regarding practical arrangements will be sent to all registered attendees closer to the date.
Chairman: Richard Glover KC.
Speakers: James Pereira KC, Richard Honey KC, Mark Westmoreland Smith KC, Hugh Flanagan, Caroline Daly, Daisy Noble, Jonathan Welch, Mark O'Brien O'Reilly.
Confirmed Topics:
Practical Information
Date and Time: 4 November 2024. Registration will take place from 1.30 - 2.00pm. The seminar will run from 2.00pm - 5.30pm. It will be followed by a drinks reception until 6.30pm.
The seminar will be run as a hybrid event enabling either in-person or virtual attendance. Please select the relevant option when booking.
Venue: IET Savoy Place, 2 Savoy Place, London WC2R 0BL. Virtual attendees can join by Zoom (joining instructions will be sent to attendees a few days before the event).
Cost: The cost for in person and virtual attendance is the same. The standard charge of £160 + VAT per attendee. An Early Bird rate of £140 + VAT per attendee is available until COB on 30 September. By booking three delegates at the same time, you will automatically be entitled to a special rate of three delegates for the price of two on both the Early Bird and standard rates.
Bookings can be made via Eventbrite and payment can be made by credit card at the time of booking or later by BACS but must be received prior to the event. Confirmation/s and invoice/s will be issued by Eventbrite after booking.
There are a limited number of free places for local authorities and government departments. Please contact Deirdre Mahon for further information.