Advocate - #1712999

Department: CSG - Strategic (Advocacy / Costs / Safety, Health and Environment / Criminal / Abuse / Travel)

Location: Remote - England and Wales

Description

8 DAC Beachcroft Buildings or 8DB, is advocacy team of the DAC Beachcroft group which was founded and developed by the industry leading barristers for the in-house advocacy model. The aim of 8DB is simple: to bring the services of the Bar to our clients. Our team of barristers and advocates, centrally clerked, work with both internal and external clients to deliver the advisory, drafting and advocacy they might otherwise instruct chambers for. Our barristers have different expertise, but collectively their practices cover:

• Personal Injury
• Clinical negligence
• Occupational health / disease
• Inquests & Regulatory
• Commercial litigation & International
• ADR
• Costs
• Employment
  
  

What you will do?

We know that interesting, engaging and challenging drafting / court work is not easy to come by prior to pupillage. Few employed opportunities exist where you are afforded supervision and training from barristers, proximity to clients and crucially – daily exposure to courtroom advocacy. This role is all of that and more.

• Initially your role will involve, dependent on your experience, a tailored training programme to ensure familiarity with procedure, law and tactics of the county court work you can expect to undertake. This will be followed by a shadowing period, where you will learn from more experienced tea members, shadow drafting/ preparing and attendance as well as reporting back of cases.
• Once signed off, you can expect to undertake a range of drafting, advisory and court work. Still under supervision, you will have a support network to guide you as you gain confidence in handling an array of instructions.
• Around six months in, we would be expecting to see your engagement in a range of our work; and familiarity with the day-to-day of the job. Subject to the rights of audience available to you, there is then scope to begin developing the complexity and range of your work.
• In our experience, driven and properly trained advocates (many of whom go on to pupillage, including having been trained by barristers within the team) can also participate in employment tribunals and international arbitration.
  
  
  

Who you are

We are looking for somebody who is pursuing a career at the Bar; somebody who sees their future in the cut and thrust of advocacy. That being said:

• You must have completed both an LLB (or equivalent) and the BPTC (or equivalent).

Beyond that, although not required, we welcome people with:

• Previous advocacy experience (e.g. self-employed agency roles); and/or
• Previous paralegal/litigation experience (e.g. in one of our areas of practice).
  
  
  

What's in it for you?

• High levels of flexibility and a great work life balance - https://jobs.dacbeachcroft.com/whats-in-it-for-you/
• A well-rounded remuneration package (which includes private medical insurance, income protection insurance and discounted gym membership, amongst many other benefits)
• Opportunities for growth and progression including professional funding
• In person and remote social events
• Opportunity to get involved in a range of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, which aligns closely to our cultural principles (Determined, Clear, Creative and Supportive). If you are excited about this role and being part of our culture, but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!