Salary commensurate with experience
Our client is a leading Barristers’ Chambers providing advisory and advocacy services, with a pre-eminent reputation for its clinical negligence and healthcare practice, its expertise in public law and human rights, tax, and its professional disciplinary work.
Chambers is seeking a highly suitable individual for a maternity cover fixed term position at APM level. This important role forms an integral part of the support and management function of Barristers’ practices. It also performs a vital role by assisting more senior colleagues.
The Role
Directly responsible to the Fourth Junior Clerk for duties including –
- Receiving/making telephone calls/emails from/to clients and answering their queries.
- Booking cases into the diary for all junior Members and agreeing fees.
- Entering papers into the computer diary system. Timely management of entering incoming papers on Lex and the secure transfer of papers using Chambers internal system.
- Line management of Junior Clerks.
- Managing the lodging and exchange of skeleton arguments.
- Billing for Junior Members including managing time recordings.
- Fixing cases in both the High Court and County Court.
- Attending Chambers Marketing/Business Development activities, where appropriate
The person
The ideal candidate will have experience of clerking across a range of areas of civil law, and will work closely with more senior colleagues, covering for them when they are away from Chambers.
To apply, please forward your CV, which should clearly set out your suitability for this role, to exclusively retained consultants, GRL Legal LLP.
Closing date for applications is 5pm on Thursday 2nd May 2024. Early applications are encouraged with initial interviews for suitable candidates taking place immediately.
