Improving Your Communication Skills Part 2 - the Clerks’ Room - Survive & Thrive and the Talent Retention Working Group

Effective and constructive communication is essential in the workplace. It is the foundation for good teamwork, professional growth and an inclusive culture.

We were delighted to entice Dr Anna Colton back to continue our series of events on how we can create more successful and enduring relationships at all levels by improving communication. This session focussed on communication between clerks and barristers.

The relationship between a clerk and a barrister is a vital element of practice and yet is one that we often do not take enough time to nurture. Our event explored the essential tools required to build a successful working relationship, including how to express working preferences, how to give and receive feedback, be it clerk to barrister, or barrister to clerk, and how to manage these professional relationships in the long term. The event included demonstrations of best practice and was moderated by Lady Justice Whipple.