Legal profession facing huge challenges - St Philips Chambers

The legal profession is facing its biggest challenge in a century, according to the director of Birmingham 's St Philips Chambers.

The director - Joe Wilson (pictured) - said barristers ' chambers needed to have a radical rethink about the services they provided, post-Covid.

He said that education, training, the tech revolution and client care were likely to dominate from now on, and this was something St Philips has already taken on board.

He said: “Straight away, we created a programme of webinars on many subjects right across our knowledge base, and we are proud of the way they have helped many try to navigate what has been a difficult terrain, ” he says.

“Fortunately, we are extremely well-connected, as you would expect from a chambers of our standing, and we felt strongly that all our webinars had to be of the highest calibre possible to create value for our clients.

“We feel we have achieved this, with the judiciary citing our guide to creating and using electronic hearing bundles by Rob Mundy and Ali Tabari, as a go-to resource, and our YouTube channel already having over 13,000 views of our uploaded tutorials and webinars.

“After all, we found ourselves being relied on more than ever by many clients who needed our support, especially in those early days that seemed so surreal. We believe this intense focus on education, training and client care is something that all barristers chambers will need to take on board. ”