Name of chambers:  Two Harcourt Buildings

Chambers address:

1st Floor Left, 2 Harcourt Buildings, Middle Temple Lane, EC4Y 9DB

Number of vacancies: 2

Area(s) of practice the role holder will focus on: Crime

Level of guaranteed earnings (in pounds): N/A

Role start date: N/A

Length of tenancy: 6 months

Closing date for applications: N/A

How to apply:             

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to [email protected]

About the chambers:           

wo Harcourt Buildings is a leading specialist criminal chambers located within Inner Temple. With thirty-six barristers, including five King’s Counsel, we have a strong tradition of producing advocates of the highest quality and members of the judiciary.

Chambers prosecutes and defends in the most serious, complex and demanding criminal cases, including murder and homicide; terrorism; fraud; corruption; police operations against organised crime and drug trafficking; rape; child abuse and ‘shaken baby syndrome’. We are very well represented at all levels on specialist prosecution panels. Many members also undertake regulatory and privately funded work.

Two Harcourt Buildings is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and candidates are welcome regardless of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality, citizenship, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, religion or political persuasion.

We offer a friendly and relaxed environment in which to complete pupillage and probationary tenancies.

For more information please visit our website at www.2hb.co.uk.

About the candidate:           

We invite applications from pupils who are:

  • Completing, or have already completed, pupillage at other leading criminal sets
  • From other fields who can show an interest in pursuing a career in criminal law


We aim to recruit articulate and confident candidates, regardless of their background, who can demonstrate drive and determination and who are committed to a future at the Criminal Bar. We look for applicants who can balance intellectual excellence with common sense and pragmatism.

Recruitment is taken very seriously and every pupil and probationary tenant is selected on the basis that they are a potential tenant - if you achieve that potential, you will be taken on as a member of chambers at the end of your six months (or 12 months if an extension is regarded as being mutually beneficial).

If you are recruited as a probationary tenant you can expect to quickly develop a busy and interesting practice in both the Crown and magistrates' courts. You will be assigned a supportive mentor from our pool of experienced pupil supervisors.