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October 2025
Finance

Calling all new tenants who have recently entered the Bar, have you made sure you've covered all of your financial goals and future needs. In this article, Westgate Wealth provides snappy, informative guidance on finances in those early stages of practice...

New Tenants: You’re not just a barrister; you’re a business. Are you acting like it?

October 2025
Clerking

Priya Greig, Practice Manager from Cloth Fair Chambers provides key insight into the differences of clerking in the Civil and Criminal world at the Bar. This article provides a fresh perspective as to the acute differences of these two areas and how this impacts Clerks and their approach to managing barristers diaries.

Civil vs Criminal Clerking - Two Worlds, One Job Title

May 2025
Clerking

In our next Clerking series, we take a trip through the decades to see how the role of Clerking has changed with the evolving nature of the Bar. This week we take a trip back to the 2020s with Rosina Thomas from Keating Chambers.

Decade on decade - How the role in Chambers has changed and where will it go - 2020s

May 2025
Clerking

In our next Clerking series, we take a trip through the decades to see how the role of Clerking has changed with the evolving nature of the Bar. This week we take a trip back to the 2010s with Georgina Gills, Senior Practice Manager at 5RB.

Decade on decade - How the role in Chambers has changed and where will it go - 2010s

April 2025
Clerking

In our next Clerking series, we take a trip through the decades to see how the role of Clerking has changed with the evolving nature of the Bar. This week we take a trip back to the 2000s with Katie Szewczyk, Deputy Senior Clerk at Fountain Court Chambers. Join Katie on a trip down memory lane...

Decade on decade - How the role in Chambers has changed and where will it go - 2000s?

March 2025
Career Progression

Cath Brown is a former barrister with a hard-earned understanding of the challenges and demands of the legal profession. After 15 years at Kings Chambers in Manchester, she transitioned into coaching and training, founding Skilful Conversation in 2018. She works with barristers on a range of career-related issues, from confidence and work/life balance to communication skills and applications (KC/judiciary) or even career change. In her latest blog, you can get some advance pointers on a very important topic....

COACH CATH BROWN: Using Coaching to Move from the Accidental to the Strategic

March 2025
Clerking

In our next Clerking series, we take a trip through the decades to see how the role of Clerking has changed with the evolving nature of the Bar. This week we take a trip back to the 1990s with Her Bar's regular collaborator, Nancy Rice, Joint First Junior Clerk at Temple Garden Chambers. Join Nancy on a trip down memory lane...

Decade on decade - How the role in Chambers has changed and where will it go?

December 2024
Clerking

The first step on the ladder traditionally into a Clerking role is that of a Junior Clerk whose daily tasks are vast and plentiful. Here from a current Junior Clerk on their roles and benefits of the role.

How many Women does it take to run a Chambers? Perspective of a Junior Clerk

December 2024
Clerking

In the second instalment of "How many Women does it take to run a Chambers?" we are thrilled to feature Michelle Celik, Knowledge Resources Manager at Twenty Essex. Michelle shares valuable insights into her role and extensive background in law, including her previous work with the Law Society, Magic Circle firms, and US law firms.

How many Women does it take to run a Chambers? Part 2

December 2024
Clerking

The roles within Chambers are now vast and varied and in addition to the clerks there is a large proportion of non-traditional clerking roles that are filled by women. Read here the first installment of our new series "How many Women does it take to run a Chambers?".

How many Women does it take to run a Chambers? Perspective of a Deputy Senior Clerk

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