For new barristers, finding the best place to complete your reading year can be one of the most important steps you will take in your career. After all, life at the bar is a vocation and starting your time at the right chambers can provide the skills and support you need to develop a successful practice.
Greenway Chambers has more than 50 barristers at different levels of seniority. Each year it offers the opportunity for up to two new readers to join us for their reading year: one after May’s Bar Course and one after September’s Bar Course.
As a reader, you’ll have access to your own accommodation and the floor library, as well as an online subscription. You can also use the chambers’ extensive facilities.
Over the 12 months you spend at Greenway Chambers, you’ll be encouraged to build relationships with members and to seek feedback from a diverse range of barristers.
Our next vacancies for readership are for May and September 2028. To apply for readership for one of these intakes, Greenway Chambers must receive your application before 15 October 2026.
Applications are assessed and awarded after interviews have been conducted by our Readership Committee.
Enquiries
We accept briefs in all areas of commercial practice and in our barristers’ other areas of practice. For further information or advice on our barristers and their availability, fees and areas of practice please contact our Clerk of Chambers.