Thulamela Chamber’s Application Procedure for Aspirant Pupils

1. Aspirant pupils who wish to do pupillage at Thulamela Chambers must apply to the Pupillage Committee of the Johannesburg Society of Advocates (“the JSA”) and directly contact members of Thulamela Chambers who they wish to serve pupillage under.
2. Applications to the Pupillage Committee of the JSA must be made in such manner and by such deadline as is prescribed by that committee. It is a prerequisite, to do pupillage in Thulamela Chambers, that the aspirant pupil be accepted to do pupillage at the Johannesburg Bar by the Pupillage Committee of the JSA.
3. What follows relates to applications to Thulamela’s pupillage sub-committee (“the sub-committee”).
4. Applications must be accompanied by a curriculum vitae, and must be received by the sub-committee, care of (name) by no later than 31 July of the year prior to pupillage.
5. Aspirant pupils may expect acknowledgement of receipt of the application from the sub-committee within two weeks of receipt of the application, falling which the aspirant pupil is requested to enquire whether the application has been received.
6. The selection process and advice to aspirant pupils of the outcome will take place by the end of August (before the interviews held by the Pupillage Committee of the JSA)
7. Aspirant pupils who have been accepted to do pupillage in Thulamela Chambers (subject to acceptance by the Pupillage Committee of the JSA) will be assigned the mentor of his or her choice or another suitable mentor, and may thereafter advise the Pupillage Committee of the JSA that they have been accepted to do pupillage at Thulamela Chambers, and who the potential mentor will be.
8. The allocation of the Group within which and the mentor with whom an aspirant pupil will be placed is ultimately the prerogative of the Pupillage Committee of the JSA and acceptance by Thulamela Chambers is not a guarantee that the aspirant pupil will be allocated to Thulamela Chambers or the mentor of his or her or the Group’s choosing.
9. Acceptance to do pupillage at Thulamela Chambers does not entail, expressly or impliedly, any guarantee of membership of Thulamela Chambers after pupillage.