The Independent Bar
Insights into a Unique Business Model
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Globe Law and Business Ltd
Published:1st Oct '18
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This guide offers insights into managing barristers' chambers, emphasizing modern strategies and the evolving role of clerks in The Independent Bar.
In The Independent Bar, edited by David Barnes, readers are presented with a comprehensive guide to the evolving landscape of barristers’ chambers management. This practical resource delves into essential topics such as business strategy, international development, talent management, and compliance, providing valuable insights for those involved in the legal profession. The book recognizes that the traditional image of chambers has transformed significantly, as they now operate as modern businesses with international outreach.
The role of the barristers’ clerk is highlighted as increasingly vital in this new environment. As the legal profession adapts to contemporary challenges, clerks must embrace a multi-faceted role that extends beyond traditional responsibilities. The management structures within many chambers have evolved to include various professionals, such as CEOs, accountants, and marketing teams, reflecting the need for a more strategic approach to running a legal practice.
Featuring contributions from leading clerks and CEOs in the Bar, The Independent Bar serves as an essential resource for understanding the current dynamics of chambers management. The expertise shared within its pages offers practical advice and strategies that can help both established and aspiring professionals navigate the complexities of this modern legal landscape.
Here’s a book that should be in every chambers’ library, containing as it does, a wealth of informed, authoritative and practical advice in how to run a barristers’ chambers profitably in a fiercely competitive legal environment. So it is not entirely and exclusively about ‘the independent bar’ as such; rather the focus centres on the Bar as a business. -- Phillip Taylor MBE * Richmond Green Chambers *
An excellent handbook for anyone looking to understand the ever expanding role of a clerk or practice manager in modern day barristers’ chambers, whether they are starting out, rising up the ranks and looking to develop their skills, or already in a senior position and wanting to hear how others have met the challenges that every set now faces, and seized the opportunities. A window into how a set of chambers really works – or should work in the 21st century. -- Andrew Walker QC * Chair of the Bar, The Bar Council *
Does this book succeed? It is without doubt an excellent primer about the business of chambers and does so well within its one-volume constraints. -- Robin Jackson * 3 Verulam Buildings *
ISBN: 9781787422520
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 350g
170 pages