OLPAS application rules

(1) In this recruitment year, Pupillage Providers may recruit pupils through OLPAS for pupillages commencing between Autumn 2007 and Easter 2009 ('relevant pupillages').

(2) In each recruitment year, there shall be two recruitment seasons:

All applications must be submitted to Pupillage Providers by midnight at the end of the application closing day.

(3) OLPAS Pupillage Providers shall be under no obligation to consider applications submitted after the applicable application closing date.

(4) No offer of a relevant pupillage may be made before the applicable offer date. (At any time after the applicable application closing date, OLPAS Pupillage Providers may submit offers to OLPAS for communication to applicants. Offers so submitted prior to the offer date shall be stored by OLPAS and transmitted to applicants on the offer date.)

(5) Each Pupillage Provider must specify when first registering to recruit through OLPAS and thereafter by 31 January in each recruitment year whether it opts to recruit in the Summer or in the Autumn recruitment season in that recruitment year. Each Pupillage Provider opting to recruit in the Summer recruitment season of any recruitment year may opt to recruit also in the Autumn season by notifying OLPAS of its desire to do so by 9 September of that year.

(6) Every offer of pupillage through OLPAS shall specify a number of days (always at least 14) following the making of the offer within which the offer will be open for acceptance.

(7) No OLPAS Pupillage Provider may make any offer of pupillage except through OLPAS and in accordance with the above Rules (1) to (6), save for offers made otherwise than through OLPAS between 1 January and 2 May in any recruitment year for pupillages commencing not later than Easter of the following year.

(8) No applicant may apply to more than 12 Pupillage Providers in any OLPAS season.