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Appointments to the Attorney General's Public International Law A, B and C panels

Apply to the Attorney General's Public International Law A, B and C panel of junior counsel

• From: Government Legal Department
• Published: 18 February 2020
• Last updated: 25 March 2020 — See all updates

The Attorney General is seeking to appoint new members to three of her panels of junior counsel, the Public International Law (PIL) A, B and C panels, to undertake civil and EU work for government departments.

Public International Law A, B and C Panels

Membership of the PIL panels is open to barristers, solicitors, Scottish advocates and legally qualified academics qualified in a jurisdiction in the UK.

Members of the PIL A Panel will deal with the most complex public international law matters and, when appearing as an advocate, will often appear against QCs. Those who are interested in being appointed to this panel will be of similar experience to the London A Panel, in that they will generally have had in excess of 10 years’ practice experience.

Members of the PIL B Panel deal with substantial cases but which are not in general as complex as those handled by the A panel. Members of the B Panel will often provide (but not exclusively) the A Panel members of the future and so will be expected to show the potential to join the A Panel. Those who are applying to join this panel will generally have had between 5 and 10 years’ practice experience.

Prospective members of the PIL C Panel will be expected to have at least two years’ practice experience by 2 April 2020 (starting from end of their second six months’ pupillage for barristers, or the end of their training contract for solicitors). Those appointed to the C panel will often provide (but not exclusively) the PIL A and PIL B Panel members of the future and so will be expected to show the potential to join those panels.

Application

Applicants are advised to read the information for applicants (MS Word Document, 112 KB). All applicants must complete the equal opportunities monitoring form (MS Word Document, 91 KB)

Applicants for the PIL A panel are required to complete the PIL A panel application form (MS Word Document, 118 KB) and to use the PIL A panel reference form (MS Word Document, 54 KB)

Applicants for the PIL B panel are required to complete the PIL B panel application form (MS Word Document, 119 KB) and to use the PIL B panel reference form (MS Word Document, 54 KB)

Applicants for the PIL C panel are required to complete the PIL C panel appliciation form (MS Word Document, 119 KB) and to use the PIL C panel reference form (MS Word Document, 54 KB)

Completed applications must be emailed to PanelCounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk by noon on Thursday 2 April 2020. Please address any enquiries to PanelCounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk

Published 18 February 2020
Last updated 25 March 2020 + show all updates

1. 25 March 2020

   Updated with instructions to email rather than send hard copies, and converted .odt to .doc

2. 18 February 2020

   First published.