Chambers’ success depends not only on the ability to attract the best workforce but to foster an environment of excellence, personal development and growth.  We set the bar high whilst working with you to achieve your personal best.

The management team operate an open door policy encouraging transparency and fairness.

Current staff vacancies are advertised on our website and can be found on this page. Where appropriate, vacancies may also be advertised with other legal job boards or agencies.

Our aim is to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome all applications, regardless of race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, age or religion or belief. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

We encourage candidates to give us a full picture of any mitigating circumstances, including neurodiversity and late diagnosis neurodivergence if applicable.

The attributes that connect the staff team here at Chambers are that we:  

  • Are always objective and honest
  • Communicate with others well
  • Are approachable
  • Are curious, and who want to learn
  • Have a positive attitude
  • Are always professional
  • Take the wheel when needed
  • Have a sense of fairness
  • Keep things in perspective

If this resonates with you, why not think about joining us? All current vacancies are posted below.

Vacancies 

Crime Junior Clerk 

Job Title: Crime Junior Clerk 
Department: Criminal Clerking Team
Location: Chambers London Head Office Address
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours (Monday to Friday)
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Salary: £28,860 per annum
Annual Leave: 29 days (plus 8 bank holidays)
Reporting to: Practice Manager

PURPOSE OF JOB

Doughty Street Chambers is a set of internationally renowned barristers with a reputation for excellence. We specialise in many areas of law across multiple jurisdictions, often in cases which have a strong emphasis on human rights and civil liberties and offer our clients a commitment to hard work and an innovative, multi-disciplinary approach.

The main priority of this role is to assist and provide administrative support to the existing Criminal Clerking Team. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Gather listings for next day’s diary
  • Notify counsel and solicitors of listings and provide access to papers or DCS access
  • Prepare and provide dates to avoid and CVP links if required
  • Chase missing representation orders and court references
  • Assist Practice Managers with listing requests
  • Assist with printing and court run requests
  • Chase up missing results and attendance notes
  • Assist with telephone calls and email enquiries

CAREER PROGRESSION:

We are keen to promote career progression, and this role offers the opportunity for internal growth into other clerking roles.

This is a non-contractual document that can be varied from time to time as circumstances dictate. This job description is intended to summarise the main duties and responsibilities of the post; this is not intended to be a full and exhaustive list of tasks. All staff are expected to demonstrate flexibility and willingness to perform appropriate tasks when the need arises.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Knowledge Skills Experience

  • Have a minimum of 5 GCSEs at Grade A-C, including Maths and English, or equivalent.
  • Have excellent communication skills, verbal (including a good telephone manner) and in writing.
  • Evidence of the ability to multi-task under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
  • Be familiar with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
  • Be flexible in the nature and range of tasks required for the daily operation of Chambers.
  • Be well organised and efficient.
  • Ability to provide suitable solutions based on the information available and see tasks through to completion.
  • High levels of personal integrity.
  • Awareness of and commitment to principles of Equality and Diversity.
  • Be highly motivated and trustworthy.

Personal Attributes

  • Friendly, approachable, communicative and able to build relationships quickly.
  • Strong personal moral values and has an awareness of organisational values and behaviours.
  • Able to successfully build and sustain well-developed relationships with staff and members.
  • A team player willing to contribute and support colleagues.
  • Calm under pressure with an ability to work in a busy clerking environment, dealing with urgent tasks and prioritising as appropriate.
  • Highly organised with excellent planning skills and an ability to meet tight deadlines.
  • Awareness of risk, security, data protection and health and safety at work.

TO APPLY:

Please send your CV with a covering letter of no more than 1 side of A4 size detailing why you would like to apply for this role and how you meet the requirements of this role – please note you do not need experience in Chambers in order to apply for this entry level role. 

Please email your application to: recruitment@doughtystreet.co.uk no later than 4pm 31st July 2026.

 

Assistant to a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers

Working for: Media and human rights barrister at Doughty Street Chambers
Location: London
Contract: Immediate ad hoc shifts with regular part-time/full-time work available going forward.
Renumeration: Introductory rate: £15 p/h. Regular rate significantly more, depending on training and experience. Self-employed.

The role

The barrister’s work is centred around media and communications law (with a particular emphasis on defamation and privacy), public law (including asylum and immigration), and human rights. Many of the cases which the assistant will work directly on are of political and social significance. The barrister is also heavily involved in policy and campaigning work on disability rights at the Bar and in the justice system. The barrister is disabled and engages assistants to support them in managing their disabilities as part of their fast paced and complex practice. Work will take place in person between Doughty Street Chambers and the barrister’s home office in Hackney.

The assistant will be involved in complex factual and legal cases where outstanding intellectual ability is beneficial. Previous legal work experience and legal education, especially the Bar Course, is desirable but not essential. Successful candidates will usually have completed a law degree or the GDL, but exceptional candidates will be considered without that. Although the role has been successfully held by people in a range of situations, it is often held by those looking to obtain or waiting to start pupillage/training contracts. Previous occupiers of the role have gone on to secure these roles and other exciting opportunities in law and civil society/public affairs.

The full job description is available here. 

Shifts are immediately available (potentially leading to regular part-time/full-time work).

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, so candidates are encouraged to apply early.

Applications consisting of a CV and covering letter should be emailed to assistant@doughtystreet.co.uk 

Applicants should indicate whether they are interested in ad hoc shifts only or regular part time work and/or full-time work going forward, plus their immediate availability until the end of June.
 

Equal Opportunities statement

Doughty Street Chambers is committed to creating a diverse work space and to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of merit.  We encourage and welcome applications from women, Black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals, Neurodiverse and D/deaf and Disabled people and those who are LGBTQ+, as well as candidates from other underrepresented groups.

Chambers complies with the Bar Standards Board Code of Conduct Equality Rules, the BSB Handbook Equality Rules supporting information, and the Bar Council’s Fair Recruitment Guide and Reasonable Adjustments Guide.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

Under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, Doughty Street Chambers will offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who are Disabled within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010, provided they meet the minimum requirements of the position for which they have applied. This is part of our work as a Disability Confident [Leader].

The right to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme depends solely on being Disabled and meeting the minimum requirements. It does not depend on you requesting reasonable adjustments. To indicate that you wish to be considered under the scheme, please send us a separate email confirming this to the email address below. 

If you are a Disabled applicant and state that you wish to take advantage of this scheme it may be necessary to discuss this with those who review applications, in order to check that you meet the minimum requirements for the role. Unless it is unavoidable because the same persons reviewing the applications have to be on the interview panel, the interview panel will not know that you are being interviewed under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

If you prefer not to disclose that you are Disabled, unfortunately this may mean that you cannot be guaranteed an interview, even if you meet the minimum requirements for the position, because we do not know that you are eligible. Within the equality monitoring form, where the applicant is asked whether they are disabled as part of the application process, there is a box to tick if applicants want to opt OUT of consideration under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they tick that they are disabled. We treat all disclosures and related discussions in a confidential manner.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you are Disabled, you are entitled to reasonable adjustments during the application and recruitment process. Reasonable adjustments might include (but are not limited to) a large print application form, ensuring ease of physical access to interviews, the use of assistive technology during interviews, or extra time provided for interviews.

Should you wish to discuss reasonable adjustments or anything else relating to disability, including a psychosocial disability, or neurodiversity in connection with this recruitment, we welcome and encourage you to do so by contacting the email address below.

The entitlement to reasonable adjustments if you are Disabled applies whether or not you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme

Mitigating Circumstances

We encourage candidates to give us a full picture of any mitigating circumstances such as bereavement, caring responsibilities, or any circumstances arising from disability, neurodiversity, or health conditions which have had a notable effect on your application. You are not obliged to share this information, but if you choose to do so, it will be considered during the selection process.  It will not be shared more widely.

Contacting us regarding your application

Should you wish to discuss reasonable adjustments, the Guaranteed Interview Scheme, anything else relating to a disability, or mitigating circumstances in connection with this recruitment, in confidence and with someone unconnected to the recruitment process, please contact Doughty Street Chambers: recruitment@doughtystreet.co.uk.