The Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court which have the exclusive right to call men and women, who have completed the necessary academic qualifications, to the Bar of England and Wales. This entitles them, after a period of pupillage (vocational training) to practise as Barristers. As well as calling men and women to the bar, Middle Temple is a members’ organisation for barristers and provides them with various services and amenities. Middle Temple also owns and manages a substantial heritage estate including an Elizabethan Great Hall, the historic Temple Church (owned jointly with the Inner Temple) and various surrounding buildings housing barristers’ chambers from which the Inn derives the majority of its income.