Scroobius pip,
Assuming firstly that this is a serious question rather than understandable sarcasm (one cannot easily gauge tone and I don’t wish to offend!).
My own story is quite long, but in a nutshell I have a crime pupillage based largely on:
1. Law degree at “decent” university, that is a combination of factors: placing in league table, employer approval rating and subject specific grading. At Uni I led the Debating Society and got involved with mooting.
2. Hands on experience of High Street solicitors’ work, so that I could be authoritative when I said I didn’t like it!
3. Bar Course - this is obvious, but the courses were (maybe still are) easy. This gives you time for mini-pupillages, mooting, debating and basically any formal advocacy practice you can get your hands on, e.g. the Inns run advocacy competitions etc. Useful for those without Scholarships, like me for CV boosting.
4. Relevant legal work post-BVC. I worked with a Lord Justice of Appeal as his Clerk for a year, then in the Magistrates’ Court as a Legal Adviser (which incidentally is a Training Contract for any LPC grads out there!).
5. Finally, I received great support from my Inn, helping me radically improve my OLPAS (Pupillage Portal) form which secured me 3 or 4 interviews I would not have had otherwise.
Your mileage may vary - there are many ways to skin this particular cat, but determination and an ability to provide evidence of that is probably a constant.
Best of luck!
