Pupillage interview techniques: Q&A 2026

Anjola Alabi, St Ives Chambers

Anjola is a common law pupil at St Ives Chambers. He joins chambers as a tenant in October 2025.

Prior to pupillage, Anjola worked as a paralegal at Bhatt Murphy, predominantly on the UK Covid Public Inquiry. He also liaised with individuals wishing to instruct the firm, forming preliminary opinions on the viability of claims in police law, prison law, immigration detention and migrant rights.

Anjola spent 8 months as the legal secretary and as a researcher at the nonprofit, WhistleblowersUK. Here, he assisted litigants in person in drafting court documents including specific disclosure applications and supported the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Whistleblowing on law reform.

Abroad, he interned at the Lagos Public Interest Law Partnership, teaching inmates court procedure in Lagos’ second largest prison. He also interned at the NGO, ‘Enough is Enough’ where his infographic, challenging the legality of the Nigerian Twitter ban, was published in two national newspapers.

Rose Glanville, 30 Park Place Chambers

Rose Glanville is a junior practising at 30 Park Place Chambers in Cardiff. Rose holds a first-class BSc in politics and sociology from the University of Bristol, a GDL from BPP University, and received a major scholarship from Gray’s Inn to pass the Bar. Before tenancy, Rose gained commercial experience working for a technology startup in Paris. In civil and public law, Rose is a Junior Junior on the Attorney General’s Civil Panel and regularly instructed in judicial reviews and inquests; she also advises across procurement, finance and business disputes. In her criminal practice, Rose prosecutes and defends in cases involving the spectrum of drugs, violence and proceeds of crime.

Rose sits on her chambers’ Pupillage and Mini-Pupillage committees, as well as being a member of her Inn of Court, Circuit, and the Bar Council's Young Barristers' Committee. Rose has also received scholarships to participate in international exchange programmes in the Netherlands and France.

Cheryl Jones, 3PB Barristers

Cheryl Jones is a well regarded senior member of the Commercial, Costs and Property & Trusts teams at 3PB Barristers. Cheryl is an insolvency specialist, dealing with both personal and corporate insolvencies and related issues. In her costs practice, she has extensive experience of contested security for costs applications, costs budgeting, non-contentious advisory work and drafting points of dispute/replies, particularly in solicitor/client costs and issues arising from conditional fee agreements.

Her probate practice is extensive and she is known for her expertise in dealing with cases which have unusual or cross-border elements, as well as disputes over funeral/burial arrangements.

She is a qualified mediator and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She is also a member of the the Bar Pro Bono Unit (Advocate).

Cheryl sits as a Recorder in both civil and criminal and is also Deputy Insolvency and Companies Judge, sitting in the High Court.