About Us

Background & Key People

Pupillage Online was created in 2020 at a major commercial set (Twenty Essex), specifically for pupillage material. It has been in successful use ever since, and now covers all stages of the recruitment process.

Michael Coburn KC was the head of the pupillage committee at Twenty Essex for eight years. Collecting the material needed for tenancy decisions used to be a tedious process. A supervisor suggested that an online system would be far more efficient. It immediately seemed the obvious solution. Michael was then responsible for the development of the Pupillage Online system, ensuring that it responds to the real-life needs of a set of chambers. Michael is himself a keen coder, and his time at the Bar included a sabbatical devoted to web development.

Dr Eric Tomacruz is an experienced IT entrepreneur with a Phd in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He worked in Silicon Valley startups in the early years of the internet. He has developed a variety of online services, including FindShare, an online rewards programme he created and of which he is CEO.