Maxine Phillips

As the clerk to chambers at Tenth Floor St James Hall Chambers, the key responsibilities of my role include:

• Clerking duties - Diary/schedule management, fee structures, guidance on choosing the appropriate Barrister, Readership applications and invoicing for the Barristers on the floor.
• Administrative services - This includes monthly accounts, BAS and superannuation and payroll.
• Practice Management -Supporting the growth of the practices of Barristers via organising CPD's, networking events within the Bar Association, managing the website and LinkedIn presence of the floor
• Managing Staff - being in charge of hiring and the staff schedules for a junior clerk and receptionist.
• IT Support - I manage the chambers website (am familiar with WordPress and Squarespace) and any technical issues that arise that are within my capability.

I was the assistant Clerk at one of the largest barristers' chambers in NSW, with over 105 members.

My primary role was to assist the two senior managing clerks. This included:

• Diary Management - I managed the availability of 105 barristers. This requires an in-depth knowledge of each barrister's practice, the type of work they accept, fees and their personal commitments. It also required a high level of trust between barristers and myself, allowing me to negotiate on their behalf and to recommend the most appropriate choice.
• Administration Management - A key role of an assistant clerk includes being responsible for monthly accounts, invoicing and maintaining office stock.
• IT support - I managed the chambers' website (hosted on WordPress), using my skills in Excel, Adobe and Microsoft to assist both Chambers and individual barristers with any technical issues that arise.
• Staffing - I managed the day-to-day staffing of Frederick Jordan Chambers. Coordinating staffing arrangements for chambers' requirements with the junior staff's university schedules.

As a junior, I carried out a varying role from day to day. It mainly consisted of receptionist duties, court deliveries, trollies, legal research and filing and any other duties requested by our members and the clerk.

Key Responsibilities

· Receptionist duties

· Legal research and filing

· Trolley and court deliveries

As an intern at Power Ideas, I carried out tasks set by my mentor. These included using software such as Near Map, Open Solar to design residential solar panel layouts, complete grid applications for all states in Australia and some basic Autocad designs.

Key Responsibilities

· Residential solar panel designs

· Grid applications

· Assisting and shadowing my mentor