Practice Manager - Leading Barristers' Chambers

About this Job

This important role manages the day-to-day running of barristers’ practices and has responsibility, with other staff team members, for the development of members’ highly specialist practices.
It includes business development and marketing activities for defined practice areas and Chambers as a whole, including the development of client relationships.
The role is integral to the efficient and effective functioning of the team.

About this Employer

Our client, Serjeant's Inn Chambers, is a leading civil law Barristers’ Chambers specialising in high-profile medical, police, professional discipline, regulatory, business & specialist crime and public law cases, often involving important legal, ethical and social issues.

Person Specification

Suitable candidates will have a significant track record working in a similarly reputable Barristers’ Chambers (5+ years), together with a comprehensive understanding of the requirements of managing the practices of barristers in Clinical Negligence and associated areas of law. You will also have knowledge of the compliance and regulatory aspects relevant to working in a Barristers’ Chambers. This client-facing role also requires an understanding and previous experience in marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the clerking function provides an effective and efficient service to members of Chambers, solicitors and other professional clients at all times
• Overseeing all aspects of diary management eg fixing hearings, conferences, recording of deadlines and advising solicitors of counsel’s availability
• Ensuring compliance with all BSB requirements and other relevant professional fiscal and regulatory requirements relevant to the management of Chambers