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Name of chambers: Serjeants' Inn
Chambers address: SERJCO, 85 Fleet Street
Number of vacancies:1
Area(s) of practice the role holder will focus on: Police law in all its forms, including civil and human rights claims, inquests, inquiries, judicial review, misconduct, operational policing matters and civil preventative orders.
Level of guaranteed earnings (in £ pounds): N/A
Role start date: Autumn 2025
Length of tenancy: 6 months
Closing date for applications (your listing will be removed from the website on this date): 29.08.2025
How to apply:
Applications should be sent to [email protected]. All applications will be treated in strict confidence.
Your application should include:
- A covering letter explaining your interest in practising police law at Serjeants’ Inn
- Your CV
- Three anonymised examples of written work (ideally one pleading, one advice, and one skeleton argument)
- Contact details for three referees, including at least one former or current Pupil Supervisor or Head of Pupillage
- A completed copy of our Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form, available here: https://www.serjeantsinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/equality-diversity-monitoring-form-31.07.25.pdf
If you have any questions about a probationary tenancy with us, please contact us on the above email address.
About your chambers:
Described by The Legal 500 as a “stand-out set with a first-class team”, we have 81 barristers and 26 members of staff. We handle some of the most interesting litigation in England and Wales today, often involving important legal, ethical and social issues.
Further details are available on our dedicated recruitment website: https://serjeantsinncareers.com/ as well as our general site: https://www.serjeantsinn.com/
About the candidate:
Chambers invites applications for a six-month probationary tenancy focusing on police law in all its forms, including civil and human rights claims, inquests, inquiries, judicial review, misconduct, operational policing matters and civil preventative orders. For more details about our police law work, please see: https://www.serjeantsinn.com/our-specialisms/police/
We are looking for a candidate who is completing or has completed pupillage at another first-rate set of Chambers. While prior experience in police law is not essential, applicants should have a grounding in civil law. Knowledge of public law would be an advantage but is not required.
The successful candidate will be invited to apply for full tenancy on completion of their probationary tenancy. Although an offer of full tenancy is not guaranteed, we will only recruit someone we believe has the potential to enjoy a successful, happy and rewarding career at Serjeants’ Inn.
Selection will be based on the applicant’s potential to develop a cutting-edge police law practice and their ability in written work, advocacy and trial tactics, judged according to our standard pupillage recruitment criteria:
• analytical thinking
• commitment to a career at Chambers
• effective communication
• integrity
• intellectual ability
• interpersonal skills
• motivation and resilience
Further details about this vacancy are available at: https://www.serjeantsinn.com/probationary-tenancy/