St John’s Chambers is pleased to announce that at last night’s Bristol Law Society annual awards dinner, we received the award for ‘Chambers of the Year 2022’.
We were recently awarded ‘Set of the year 2022 (outside London)’ by The Legal 500, and we are shortlisted for ‘Regional Set of the Year’ in the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022. This clearly demonstrates the high-level complex instructions we receive from law firms across the UK and our commitment to delivering client care to the very highest standards.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our members and staff for their dedication and hard work.
As well as our stand-out legal expertise, members and staff have been involved in the following initiatives to help contribute to the wider local society including:
- Raised £6,000 for the Ukraine Appeal
- Judged a moot to raise funds for the National Community Law Project
- Raised £5,700 for the AvMA 40th anniversary charity dinner
- Involved with Bar Pro Bono organisation, Advocate, and several of our barristers are case reviewers
- Zoe Saunders did 25 hours pro bono during the 25th anniversary of the Pro Bono Scheme
- Representing the family of a baby boy at the inquest through Pro Bono
- Sponsored and helped gain financial support from the legal community to fund a show at the Bristol old Vic.
- Sarah Phillimore is on the Bar Council Disability Panel
- Sponsored Resolution (Bristol and Somerset) events
- Rachel Segal was a panellist speaker talking to Bristol University students about life at the bar
- Lucy Reed was appointed to Family Court Transparency Implementation Group
We have also been committed to celebrating and advancing equality, diversity and wellbeing.
- First placement from 10,000 Black Interns. They worked with us for a week during which we provided a guaranteed living wage.
- As part of ‘BarNone’ we offered at least 50% of our mini pupillages to candidates from under-represented backgrounds.
- Offered one-on-one mentoring to students in search of pupillage.
- Attended local state schools to promote awareness of the Bar as a viable career choice.
- Many Members have undertaken Fair Recruitment and Selection/Unconscious Bias training