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"ou ill see that the closing #at e for application s is 1 -uly 201& . .he ass e s s m e n t proc e s s ill ta!e place #uring -une an# -uly. /e inten # to hol# first roun # intervie s on 0atur # a y 5 -uly 201& an# possibly #uring ee!# a y eve nin g s of the follo ing ee!. 0econ # intervie s for the final shortlist e # can#i# a t e s ill ta!e plac e one eve nin g ther e a f t e r. 1o ev er( no final #ecision to offer a pupillag e is ma # e until all application s hav e bee n consi# er e # . Any offer of pupillag e ill be ma # e on or shortly after 2 August 201& to fit in ith the com m o n 2upillag e *ate a y time t a bl e %althou g h e #o not acce p t application s via the 2upillag e *ate a y'. 0t Ives Cha m b e r s curre n tly has 34 ten a n t s ( an# 3 #oor ten a n t s ( inclu#ing 5 ho are 6ue e n7s Couns el( practising in all are a s of com m o n la ith me m b e r s specialising in particular are a s . /e hav e 8 specialist group s hich me e t on a regular basis( na m el y$ family9 crime9 civil9 housing an# prop er t y9 matri mo ni al financ e9 regula t or y9 hum a n rights an# public la 9 an# Court of 2rotec tion. 0t Ives Cha m b e r s mov e # to ne pre mis e s in -uly 1::: an# e are com mit t e # to the futur e of the mo# e r n ;ar. /e are able to offer our clients( an# me m b e r s ( a fully refurbis h e # buil#ing hich has bee n #esign e # to me e t our nee # s . All ten a n t s7 roo ms are net or! e # to Cha m b e r s7 comp u t e r syst e m ith acce s s to <a tel an# other online res e a r c h facilities. /e hav e & confer e n c e rooms ( inclu#ing a large se min a r roo m ith vi#eo confer e n cin g facilities( a spaciou s rece p tio n are a an# a sep a r a t e are a for the cler!ing tea m. /e hav e a fully e=uipp e # library an# a profes sio n al libraria n ho att e n # s on a part, time basis. /e hav e full facilities for the #isabl e # an# som e par!ing is available for clients an# solicitors. In line ith our policy of gra# u al e>p a n sio n e aim to ta!e up to t o 12 mont h pupils in Octob e r 201&. All pupillag e s are fun# e #$ ?10(0 0 0 a ar# in the first 3 mont h s 9 ?15(0 0 0 guar a n t e e # earnin g s in the seco n # 3 mon t h s . @ecen t ten a n t s hav e earn e # ?30(0 0 0 , ?55(0 0 0 in their first year of ten a n c y. 2leas e rea# the )otes for *ui#a nc e hich acco m p a n y the application form an# retur n your application( toge t h e r ith the monitoring form an# a sta m p e # a##r e s s e # env elo p e ( mar! e # A2B2I<<A*CD to$
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