Late getting a master for devilling

dermot_sheehan

Anyone any idea how hard it is to get a master with 12 months notice?

I only found out recently I can do the Inn's this year so am completly leaving it till the last minute to get a master for deviliing (yes apparently 12 months is last minute, many people have masters sorted out years in advance).

I heard there has been a fairly big increase in numbers in recent years and it's getting harder to find a master.

A master is a junior barrister (not senior counsel) that a student after finishing studies at the Kings Inns must "devil" (apprentice) with for a year to be a quallified barrister.

focusing

It's fine. Many of the most sought after masters will be gone, but there will still be plenty of very good ones left.

Try to get it sorted by the end of July though, since the Courts are on vacation in August and September.

What areas of law are you interested in working in?

dermot_sheehan

focusing wrote:

It's fine. Many of the most sought after masters will be gone, but there will still be plenty of very good ones left.

Try to get it sorted by the end of July though, since the Courts are on vacation in August and September.

What areas of law are you interested in working in?

Was planning on initially specialising in Administrative Law but I heard that's really specialised, so I suppose I'd like a good mix of Commercial and Administrative.

I heard some people have people booked years in advance, but that can work against them. I heard of one case of someone who had an excellent BL lined up who was appointed a circuit court judge, so then had to find someone at the last minute

focusing

I know one barrister who's booked for the next 5 years!