Application for Traineeship at Matrix

APPLICATION FOR TRAINEESHIP AT MATRIX

TRAINEESHIP2017SEASON FOR OCTOBER 2018 ENTRY

Please complete and return this form to Lindsay Clarke at

Timetable

Applicationsmay be received from9th January 2017.
Deadline for receiving applications is 7th February 2017 at 11am.
Offers to be made to candidates from 9am on24th April 2017.
Interview dates will be advertised on Matrix website and these interview dates are fixed.
Please ensure this form is completed and returned in Microsoft Word.

General Notes:

Please read the Matrix traineeship brochure carefully, and consider it when writing your responses – our criteria are clearly set out in the brochure, as are details about what Matrix does and our core values.
Please think about all the different kinds of work and non-work experiences you have had, and if you feel you learned something valuable from them, tell us. If you don’t include it, we can’t consider it.
There is no “right answer” to the essay question: what we are interested in is how you argue your point/s and express yourself.
Please do keep to word limits.
Feel free to use bullet points or lists where appropriate.
There is up to one mark for presentation: please take care over your spelling and grammar.
Matrix is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and is committed to diversity amongst its staff and its members. We encourage and welcome applications from women, people of minority ethnic origin and people with disabilities, as well as candidates from other groups which are underrepresented in the legal sector. We are happy,willing and able to make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled candidates to demonstrate their suitability for traineeship. Please see the Traineeship Brochure for details of our guaranteed interview scheme for disabled persons who have a 2.1 degree or above.

Tick if
Applicable
Please place a tick in this box if you are a disabled person, you have a 2.1 degree or above and you wish to take advantage of the guaranteed interview scheme.
Please place an “X” in the box to confirm you have an existing right to work in the UK.
If you do not have an existing right to work in the UK and/or require sponsorship to continue working here, you should think carefully before applying. Matrix cannot sponsor you unless there is no other suitably qualified settled worker available to fill the role, or your current immigration status means that the resident labour market test will not apply in your case.
If you do not have an existing right to work in the UK, please confirm your plans to resolve this, below.

1. PERSONAL DETAILS

Candidate Name
Preferred Name
Email Address
Home Phone
Mobile Phone
Work Phone

2. CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS

House Name/
Number
Street
Town
County
Post Code
Country

3. HOME ADDRESS

House Name/ Number
Street
Town
County
Post Code
Country

4. SCHOOL-LEVEL EDUCATION

Place of Education
Course Name / Year / Type / Grade
Place of Education
Course Name / Year / Type / Grade

5. UNIVERSITY-LEVEL EDUCATION

Place of Education:
Date Attended from/to:
Course Name / Type / Grade / Date Obtained
Place of Education:
Date Attended from/to:
Course Name / Type / Grade / Date Obtained
Place of Education:
Date Attended from/to:
Course Name / Type / Grade / Date Obtained

6. CONVERSION COURSE (If applicable)

Institution
Subject
Start Date
Graduation Date
Grade
Status(Obtained/Expected)

7. BPTC (If applicable)

Institution
Start Date
Graduation Date
Grade
Status(Obtained/Expected)

8. LEGAL QUALIFICATION DETAILS

Jurisdiction Type
Date of Call
Inn of Court

9. WORK EXPERIENCE/PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

This includes voluntary work. Please only include the experience you consider to be relevant to this application. If you need additional space for relevant experience/employment, please add this information to Question 18.

Employer
Date From
Date To
Position
Address
Responsibilities/Activities (max 150 words)
Employer
Date From
Date To
Position
Address
Responsibilities/Activities
Employer
Date From
Date To
Position
Address
Responsibilities/Activities
Employer
Date From
Date To
Position
Address
Responsibilities/Activities
Employer
Date From
Date To
Position
Address
Responsibilities/Activities

10. SKILLS

Languages

Language / Fluency

Information Technology

Skill / Proficiency

Any other relevant skills

Skill

11. LIFE EXPERIENCE

Please tell us about any life experiencesoutside of study or employment from which you consider you have acquired skills or insights relevant to a barrister’s work (150 words).

12. INTELLECTUAL APTITUDE AND POTENTIAL FOR ORAL AND WRITTEN ADVOCACY

Please provide details of any scholarships, awards or prizes from GCSE (or equivalent) level onwards, and of any other achievements which you consider demonstrate your intellectual aptitude. Please also tell us about any experience you have, of any kind, which you consider demonstrates your potential for oral and written advocacy (250 words).

13. INTERESTS AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Please use this space to tell us a bit about your interests and activities outside of work (150 words).

14. EXCEPTIONAL FACTORS

Please tell us if you feel there are any exceptional factors we should consider. For example, if you have suffered exceptional hardship, illness or difficulties which may have had a bearing on your achievements and which you would like Matrix to consider.

15. PERSONAL QUESTIONS

Why do you want to be a barrister? (300 words)

Why do you want to be a trainee at/member of Matrix? (300 words)

What areas of law are you most interested in? (Your top 3 choices)

16. ESSAY QUESTION

Should private members’ clubs be permitted to discriminate between applicants for membership on grounds of sex or race?
(500 words)

17. REFEREES

Academic #1
Name
Address
Town
County
Postcode
Country
Telephone
Email
Personal #1
Name
Address
Town
County
Postcode
Country
Telephone
Email

18. CONTINUATION

To be completed only if you have had more than 5 jobs or have run out of space in any of the other sections. Please ensure you include the numbers of the questions you are referring to.

Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form: Applicants

Youareundernoobligationtoprovidediversitydata and if you do so, you do so voluntarily.

Notification and consent form

Why should you take the time to complete this form?

Although we are obliged to gather Diversity Data, it is also in our interest to examine our processes and ensure that we are operating in a fair fashion. Our Core Values include a commitment to promoting equality of opportunity and collating this diversity data is part of exercising this commitment. By collating and summarising this data, we aim to providetransparencyin respect ofour internalactivities. This will, in the long run, help to contribute to anindependent,strong, diverseand effectivelegal profession.

NotificationandConsentFormforDiversityData

Pleasereadthisnotification and consent form beforeyoudecide whether to submityourdiversity data on the attached questionnaire.

Matrixis requiredbytheBar Standards Boardtogiveyoutheopportunitytosubmit certain diversitydata (that is, data about your gender, race and disability). Asfurther describedbelowandin ourDiversity DataPolicy (available on request),some of thatdatamaybepublishedin anonymised summaryform. This requirementisinordertoprovidetransparencyconcerning recruitmentand employmentactivities and to encourage an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession.Your diversitydatawill be processed bytheDiversityDataOfficer(andby other partiesunderhis/herdirection)inordertofulfilltherequirementssetdownbytheBar Standards Board.

Matrixis also requiredbytheBar Standards Boardto monitor recruitment and selection against race, gender and disability. This process cannot be done anonymously as our processes need to be tracked against the individual characteristics of those applying for roles with Matrix.

As a result, we need your consent to utilise your answers to the below questions for this purpose. These characteristics will be assigned to a specifically designed record on Excel to allow us to monitor recruitment and selection. The information will be put on the system by the Data Diversity Officer and will only be able to be seen by them through the use of a password.

This data will then be collated by the Diversity Data Officer and fed back to the Equality & Diversity Officers. If necessary, these Officers will discuss with relevant individuals any apparent equality issues raised by the monitoring process.

Pleasetickthis boxtoconfirm thatyouexplicitlyconsent toprovidingthedata andtheprocessingof your diversitydataas described above. [] Youareundernoobligationtoprovidethisdata. The questionnaire you complete will be separated from your application form and will not be used at any stage in the selection process.

QUESTIONNAIRE

Post applied for: Traineeship

Gender

What isyourgender?

Tick
Male
Female
Prefer nottosay

Disability

TheEqualityAct2010generallydefinesadisabled personassomeonewhohas amentalorphysical impairmentthat has asubstantialandlong-termadverseeffecton theperson’sabilitytocarryout normalday-to-dayactivities.

(a)Do youconsideryourself tohavea disabilityaccordingto the definitionin theEqualityAct?

Tick
Yes
No
Prefer nottosay

(b)Areyour day-to-dayactivitieslimitedbecauseof ahealth problemor disabilitywhichhas

lasted,or isexpectedtolast,atleast12months?

Tick
Yes, limited a lot
Yes, limited a little
No
Prefer nottosay

Ethnic Group

What isyourethnic group?
(The groups below appear as categorised by the BSB)

Asian/AsianBritish

Tick
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Indian
Pakistani
Anyother Asianbackground (writein)

Black/African/Caribbean/BlackBritish

Tick
African
Caribbean
Anyother Black/Caribbean/BlackBritish (writein)

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups

Tick
White and Asian
White and Black African
White and Black Caribbean
White and Chinese
Any other Mixed/multiple ethnic background (write in)

White

Tick
British /English /Welsh/NorthernIrish/Scottish
Irish
Gypsyor IrishTraveller
AnyotherWhitebackground(writein)

Otherethnic group

Tick
Arab
Anyother ethnic group(writein)

Prefer nottosay

Tick
Prefer nottosay

What do I do now?

Please either email the completed questionnaire to Lindsay Clarke (on ) or post/hand it to Lindsay at Matrix Chambers, Griffin Building, Gray’s Inn, London, WC1R 5LN.

Thank you very much.