JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026We did a thing. And the thing is now with the printers. Now that is exciting. 010
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Bar signal is lit. Advocacy, Illustrated returns on Monday. 010
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Advocacy, Illustrated Episode 1 Examination-in-chief: non-leading questions. One basic advocacy skill. One illustrated lesson. Every Monday. 111
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Something new. Every Monday I will be posting comic strip me demonstrating an advocacy skill and comic strip me explaining it. All intended for those beginning their advocacy journey. Advocacy, Illustrated 031
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I have been posting some advocacy tips over on LinkedIn. Pop over there and have a look! www.linkedin.com/posts/jaime-... 020
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Please come along tomorrow. Get a pastry and a coffee. Have a talk on advocacy thrown in for free. Just email Chris. www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...linkedin.comFor those who have signed up, we are looking forward to seeing you at Jaime’s seminar tomorrow morning. For those who haven’t signed up already, please contact me at Chris.swann@ninechambers.com… | Christopher SwannFor those who have signed up, we are looking forward to seeing you at Jaime’s seminar tomorrow morning. For those who haven’t signed up already, please contact me at Chris.swann@ninechambers.com.... 010
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Robert Smith and Olivia Gatfield providing great content and insight into mentally disordered offenders in the criminal justice system. Do not miss out on the upcoming breakfast and evening seminars. 000
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Chambers are hosting a series of seminars for criminal practitioners. You can do breakfast with the Silks or evening drinks with the Juniors. Silk breakfasts begin with some bloke wittering on about advocacy, but with pastries. www.linkedin.com/posts/share-...linkedin.com 000
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Now with the cover design added and with an incredibly generous quote from Kirsty Brimelow KC The Skills of Modern Advocacyroutledge.comThe Skills of Modern AdvocacyThe Skills of Modern Advocacy provides a comprehensive practical guide to modern advocacy, explaining its core components and demonstrating how you can develop and apply the necessary skillsets in… 000
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 05/06/2026In October 2022, advocacy fees were raised by 15%. There has been no increase since then. SINCE October 2022 the judiciary have had a cumulative 22% pay rise. Police and NHS consultants a similar amount. They are ahead of inflation. Our increase has already been wiped out. 021
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Boycs does always say never judge what a good score is until you have seen both sides bat…. 000
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Just leaving this link here. No particular reason. It’s just a link that lets people pre order our book about Advocacy on Amazon. (The front cover is way more exciting than it currently appears). www.amazon.co.uk/Skills-Moder...amazon.co.uk 000
Reposted by JHKCLisa Boocock @lisajboocock.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Good opportunity for those starting a career in the law. Be great to get the word out. @barristersecret.bsky.social @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social 0913
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I have posted on LinkedIn about my first day in my feet…when I was given a Crown Court trial! www.linkedin.com/posts/jaime-...linkedin.comI posted earlier about the first day on my feet and thought I may tell the story of that first ever appearance. I had started in London where I did my first six months of pupillage. I secured… | Jaime Hamilton KCI posted earlier about the first day on my feet and thought I may tell the story of that first ever appearance. I had started in London where I did my first six months of pupillage. I secured pupillage... 021
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Over the last 72 hours I have been called fat quite a lot. Usually by Reform voters and often along the lines of “you fat xxxx”. I still think that even without the extra timber, the person parked next to me was optimistic that I would be able to squeeze into my car. 000
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 29/05/2026It is strange how things change. I spent years and years of my working life writing the word “Coram” in pen on the back of a folded over paper brief. I haven’t even come close to doing that in a decade or so. 000
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Am trying to refrain from banging on about this too much but Nigel and I have written a book and I just wanted to remind you all about it. Other reminders will follow. Quite often. www.routledge.com/The-Skills-o... www.amazon.co.uk/Skills-Moder...amazon.co.ukAmazonAmazon 000
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Available for preorder on Amazon! Never thought I would get to say that! www.amazon.co.uk/Skills-Moder...amazon.co.ukAmazon.co.uk 011
Reposted by JHKCJHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Beyond excited to say that this book, co-authored by myself and Nigel Booth, is going to be published this autumn by Routledge. The bits Nigel wrote are really really good. I provide some filler. The Skills of Modern Advocacy www.routledge.com/The-Skills-o...routledge.comThe Skills of Modern AdvocacyThe Skills of Modern Advocacy provides a comprehensive practical guide to modern advocacy, explaining its core components and demonstrating how you can develop and apply the necessary skillsets in… 043
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Beyond excited to say that this book, co-authored by myself and Nigel Booth, is going to be published this autumn by Routledge. The bits Nigel wrote are really really good. I provide some filler. The Skills of Modern Advocacy www.routledge.com/The-Skills-o...routledge.comThe Skills of Modern AdvocacyThe Skills of Modern Advocacy provides a comprehensive practical guide to modern advocacy, explaining its core components and demonstrating how you can develop and apply the necessary skillsets in… 043
Reposted by JHKCNigel Booth @theboothmeister.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Exciting day today at the first Pupillage Fair North. Fun to let students know about my forthcoming book with @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social from Routledge. 011
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Getting ready to welcome everyone at Pupillage Fair North 020
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 19/10/2024A good day today at the Bar Council pupillage fair. The future is bright. 071
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 26/09/2024The Northern and North Eastern Circuit as hosting Pupillage Fair: North on 30th November. Come and learn about a career up North! Sign up here - www.eventbrite.com/e/pupillage-... www.eventbrite.com/e/pupillage-...eventbrite.comPupillage Fair (North)Organised by the North Eastern Circuit and Northern Circuit and supported by the Bar Council. 156
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 19/09/2024Starting pupillage soon? Check out my tips for pupilllage www.9sjs.com/news/pupilla...9sjs.comPupillage Tips - Jaime Hamilton KCIn the month of September of 2022, I posted a series of Tweets on each day of the month that contained tips for pupillage. Like most advice in this world, only adopt it if it makes... 167
Reposted by JHKCThe Bar Council @thebarcouncil.bsky.social · 07/09/2024Good morning from the Bar Council meeting and AGM in London. We'll be sharing live updates here using #BarCouncil The meeting will start at 10am and the AGM - chaired by the Attorney General - will start at 11am. 022
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 07/09/2024Oh the glamour of being Circuit Leader. Off to London for the morning. This is way too early for a Saturday. 180
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 06/09/2024Finally you also get a refresh. Seeing the pupil’s enthusiasm and appetite for the job is a tonic. Make the most of it. 4/4 010
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 06/09/2024In addition you pick up other skills. We do not work together as barristers quite a lot of them time. Suddenly you are a unit. And you have to garner the skills involved in that. 3/4 110
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 06/09/2024You learn so much by supervising a pupil if you do it properly. Firstly it is a good method of “reflective” practice. You look at what you do, how you do it and why you do it. It improves you as a barrister. 2/4 110
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 06/09/2024Tip 14 - enjoy it. Yeah, okay, I have banged on quite a bit about it being hard work but having my three pupils has been the highlight of my career. And although you should put a lot into it, you get a lot out of it. 1/4 110
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 06/09/2024If someone complains that your pupil was not at their desk at 7am, you can say “that’s because I have told them to be there for 9.” And always be prepared to defend your pupil. 3/3 120
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 06/09/2024If there is a way you want something doing, be clear and precise. By setting the ground rules you are only being fair to the pupil. Also be prepared to defend the pupil on the basis of the clear understanding between the two of you. 2/3 120
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 06/09/2024Tip 13 - set the rules. If you have expectations of your pupil, make sure they know them. For example, if you expect your pupil to be in chambers to and from certain times - tell them. If you want a piece of work done by a certain day, tell them expressly. 1/3 131
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Also find out about the policies in chambers. Things like how expenses are reimbursed, grievance are dealt with etc. I told you it involved a fair bit of work…. 3/3 010
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024(and don’t start thinking about it the week before the end of second six…) Also make yourself aware of the regulations that apply to pupillage. You will need to know how what the rules are for absences, holidays, absences etc. 2/3 120
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Tip 12 - read the rules. Make yourself fully aware of all the regulatory requirements for you both. You need to know what courses are compulsory. You need to know how ethics are assessed. Make yourself familiar with the regs for the issue of the practising certificate 1/3 120
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024If you are not prepared to put this work in, do not accept the privilege of having a pupil. And hopefully your pupil will turn to you throughout their career for advice. 6/6 010
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024This bit is hard work. Sometimes you end up reading their papers from start to finish. You may take a phone call before court. In the middle of court. But these hard yards are the most important. You are supervising a trainee. Your experience is the safeguard. 5/6 120
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024I am afraid that means you need to be speaking to them about what they have in their diary. You need to be helping them prepare. Checking their work. You also need to act as a bit of a filter to make sure that they are not being asked to do things beyond their ability. 4/6 110
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024You should still set them exercises. You should still train. But it is now so much more than that… You need to know about the work they are doing for real. You are supervising that work (and if good practice doesn’t make you, then don’t forget they are on your insurance). 3/6 110
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024All the sort of things you would have done in the first six, apply to the second six months. You are still teaching and training, not just keeping an eye on them. The days they are not in court should be engaged in being trained in the same way as the first six. 2/6 110
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 04/09/2024Tip 11 - a pupil is not just for Christmas (or even just the first six). If you have a pupil for the entire 12 months, the second six is not the time for you to sit back and relax. If you take a pupil only for the second six, you do not have the easy half. 1/6 110
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 02/09/2024It really is tricky. Be kind. Be compassionate. Be understanding. Be accommodating. Be nice. Be helpful. Be welcoming. Be inspiring. Be polite. But friendship can wait. Keep in mind that teacher/pupil relationship. They are, after all, your pupil. 3/3 010
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 02/09/2024…the pupil/pupil supervisor relationship is an odd one. You are not their boss, but you are. You are their teacher but also someone with another job. You are not their friend but the closest person to them in these circumstances. You are assessing their work. 2/3 110
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 02/09/2024Tip 10 - don’t be that nice. All three of my former pupils are great great friends now. The important word there is “now”. I am incredibly fond of my pupil master (as he was then) and enjoy a pint with him in his retirement. But…. 110
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 01/09/2024Give them constructive feedback. When looking at a piece of written work, give them positive feedback. Tell them the bits that they did well. Tell them where they are going wrong and WHY. 3/3 020
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 01/09/2024Teach by example. Teach by explanation. Teach by discussion. Teach by doing. Teach by feedback. Set your pupil advocacy exercises which you make them get up on their feet and do for you. As they grow in confidence, involve other members of chambers. 2/3 120
JHKC @viewfromthenorth.bsky.social · 01/09/2024Tip 9 - teach the skills. Slightly repeating myself here but repetition has a pedagogical use (I learnt a new word). Do not just think that watching you do the job is enough, it isn’t. Teaching also involves more than just red pen on that advice. 1/3 140
