Family Lawyers

Edward Cooke Family Law is looking for two family lawyers to join its growing team, one in the Brighton office and the other in the Chichester office.

A strong commitment to non-court dispute resolution is a must. If candidates are not trained in collaborative practice or mediation, this may be offered.

The successful candidates will work in a nurturing, supportive and flexible working in environment, with a strong emphasis on continuing professional development.

All lawyers in the team also have access to regular psychotherapeutic support as part of the firm's wellbeing programme.

The roles will both include a mixed case load of family work, including financial remedy and private law children, and supporting clients both in the non-court dispute resolution arena but also where appropriate in court proceedings.

The firm has a strong reputation as a leading specialist family law firm, and was named Boutique Family Law Firm of the Year 2024 at the British Family law Awards. The firm has a high profile and a reputation for handling high quality, complex financial remedy and children cases and is one of only a handful of boutique family law firms nationally named in The Times Best Law Firms 2025 guide.

The firm is a leading firm for non-court dispute resolution, with 5 mediators and 7 collaborative lawyers across its 3 offices in West Sussex, East Sussex and Surrey. The firm also has a growing reputation for modern family and surrogacy work, and has appeared in recent reported cases in this field.

The Chichester candidate should have a minimum of 1-4 Years PQE, whilst the Brighton candidate will have 5+Years PQE.

The firm is a family friendly, flexible employer, so the roles could be full time or part time and will involve an element of remote working, the precise details of which is to be discussed.

Apply via the button below, sending a CV to Managing Director, Edward Cooke at