Clerks & Business Support

“It is rare to come across a set where the quality of the barristers is matched by the quality of the clerks, but that is absolutely the case at Fountain Court.”


The Legal 500

Clerking Team


The clerking team is led by Alex Taylor who is widely recognised as one of the best in the industry, with Katie Szewczyk and Sian Huckett as Deputy Senior Clerks.

Our clerks and junior clerks work closely with our business development and marketing team, and are highly regarded by clients for various reasons – their commercial approach, their responsiveness, their approachability and their excellent service being some examples. Read more about the recognition of our clerks here.

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Business Development & Marketing Team


Our experienced and award nominated business development and marketing team is led by Helen Griffiths, and is responsible for all client development, business development and marketing activities.

Working closely with our clerking team, they plan and oversee the execution of various initiatives including in relation to our sophisticated client programmes and practice area focused business planning, as well as in relation to our social media presence and events management.

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Business Support Team


The roles performed within our highly respected administration or ‘business support’ team, led by Julie Parker, include finance; insurance; IT services; HR, equality, diversity and inclusion; recruitment; maintenance of our historic buildings; reception; catering; security and procurement.

Our experienced team provides a smooth and efficient service meaning that clients and barristers can enjoy access to first class facilities. As a leading set we believe in providing the best possible quality of service all round.

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Work Experience


As part of our ongoing efforts to encourage those from non-traditional backgrounds to consider a career in Chambers, we offer work experience opportunities to year 10 to year 13 students.

Students will have the opportunity to try out a range of roles within administration, business development, clerking, finance, IT and marketing. Candidates do not need to know anything about the law or barristers’ chambers and will be given the opportunity to learn about the inner workings of a barristers’ chambers.

All placements for 2024 are now full. We will re-open the scheme 2nd January 2025.

Vacancies


Junior Clerk – (Now closed)

Due to promotions, we are recruiting for a Junior Clerk. We are looking for team members who have a passion for providing a first-class service, with excellent communication skills and a strong academic record (A level or equivalent minimum; please note we will accept predicted grades).

Find out more here.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates from the full range of backgrounds, particularly those which are underrepresented within commercial sets of chambers.

Read about our approach to Equality & Diversity

For recruitment enquiries please contact recruitment@fountaincourt.co.uk

For work experience enquiries please contact workexperience@fountaincourt.co.uk

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