Careers

At St John’s Chambers, our most important resource is our people; our barristers, clerks and support staff.

What makes us special is top tier legal expertise and service and for this we depend not only on our highly skilled barristers but also on our dedicated clerking teams and administrative staff. Every single individual has an important part to play.

To this end, we make sure that everyone at St John’s has the opportunity to develop their full potential, so whether you are a barrister, a pupil, a clerk or an administrator, you will find we provide a supportive and inclusive environment and that we encourage you to progress and achieve.

Our Chambers are fully accessible to those with disabilities. Please just ask if you would like us to consider any requests for reasonable adjustments to support your application or any interview.

We excel at developing our ‘home grown’ talent but we are also keen to recruit those who can demonstrate either the requisite track record or the credentials and the will to succeed.

Why join St John’s?

We are one of the largest and most prestigious barristers’ sets in the South West, with 7 silks and over 80 juniors attracting high-quality work on a regional and national basis. Chambers UK consistently rank us in Band 1 for our main practice areas, including commercial, real estate, personal injury, clinical negligence, family & divorce, wills & trusts, public & admin law and employment. The other leading legal directory, Legal 500, describes us as a ‘Western Circuit Powerhouse’.

We are fast becoming the go-to chambers for legal advice outside of London, and receive high level complex instructions from law firms across the UK to multi-national businesses, high net-worth individuals and people from all walks of life.

St John’s Chambers is based in modern offices in the heart of central Bristol with Temple Meads station and the city centre a stone’s throw away and the local courts all within easy reach.

What we can offer you

• Open and collegiate culture
• Inclusive and supportive work environment for barristers, clerks and staff to fulfil their potential
• First class business development
• Great range of high quality work
• Structured clerking team to ensure that individual practices thrive
• Broad range of areas of work from commercial and chancery to personal injury and clinical negligence, family, employment, tax and public and administrative law.
• Up to 12 months’ rent-free parental leave/ shared parental leave for all members

If you are a barrister or solicitor interested in joining St John’s Chambers please contact Simon Rhodes, our CEO, for an informal discussion on 0117 923 4711 or email [email protected].

For anyone else interested in joining St John’s Chambers please contact Isabelle Mills, Manager, Business Support Services on 0117 923 4717 or email [email protected].