What do they do?

• In charge of the administration side of a set of chambers

• Must know court procedures and will develop expertise in the areas in which the chambers specializes.

• Have the behind the scenes roles of coordinating workload and meetings, allocating cases, marketing, finance and barristers’ fee management.

• For junior barristers’ clerks, duties include taking papers, books and robes to court, delivering urgent documents and making travel plans for barristers.

 

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Where do they work?

• In chambers, but they travel around to whichever courts the barristers work in to deliver papers etc.

• Is work experience available?

• Not usually

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Other details

• Some clerks also work as practice assistant or manager.