pupillage

/ ˈpjuːpɪlɪdʒ /

noun

1. the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil
2. (in England) the period spent by a newly called barrister in the chambers of a member of the bar

Example Sentences

Both, you can tell, have studied their respective masters with scrupulous care, and the results of their pupillage are plain to see.

From The New Yorker

He passed his bar exams only to find he was unable to secure a pupillage at a chambers.

From The Guardian

I believe I could conform myself to the Humours of the greatest Caprichio, were I afterwards to be as happy as the young Lady you have mentioned; we must all of us suffer some Way or other in our Pupillage: The Apprentice serves out his Time with Chearfulness, in Expectation of being his own Man at the seven Years End.

From Project Gutenberg

In pupillage to Hayter she learned not only the diverse techniques of gravure, but a philosophy centred on Hayter's overriding principle, "adequate motive", which means that superb skills are not enough.

From The Guardian

Both these princes remained in a state of pupillage till the age of twenty three.

From Project Gutenberg