![To work in Chambers you have to have a strong personality and diplomatic skills. You might have a very good legal argument but unless you convey it in the right way, it might get lost. To work in Chambers you have to have a strong personality and diplomatic skills. You might have a very good legal argument but unless you convey it in the right way, it might get lost.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-02 (1).jpg)
To work in Chambers you have to have a strong personality and diplomatic skills. You might have a very good legal argument but unless you convey it in the right way, it might get lost.
![As a Legal Officer in Chambers, I work directly with ICC judges and offer legal advice. As a Legal Officer in Chambers, I work directly with ICC judges and offer legal advice.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-04-ps.jpg)
As a Legal Officer in Chambers, I work directly with ICC judges and offer legal advice.
![We can provide, for example, advice on how to best interpret a matter of law, or how to best express the judge’s reasoning in a decision or dissenting opinion. We can provide, for example, advice on how to best interpret a matter of law, or how to best express the judge’s reasoning in a decision or dissenting opinion.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-06.jpg)
We can provide, for example, advice on how to best interpret a matter of law, or how to best express the judge’s reasoning in a decision or dissenting opinion.
![Behind each Chamber, there is a team of officers who track and analyse every detail of a case. Behind each Chamber, there is a team of officers who track and analyse every detail of a case.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-05.jpg)
Behind each Chamber, there is a team of officers who track and analyse every detail of a case.
![Of course, judges have vast knowledge and experience and make their own impartial decisions. Of course, judges have vast knowledge and experience and make their own impartial decisions.](/sites/default/files/39055587554_9b66761c5e_o.jpg)
Of course, judges have vast knowledge and experience and make their own impartial decisions.
![But we are there to help them consider things from every angle. But we are there to help them consider things from every angle.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-08-ps.jpg)
But we are there to help them consider things from every angle.
![There are so many arguments, interpretations and perspectives when considering a point of law that a large part of our job is to help the judges consider all those elements before making their decision. There are so many arguments, interpretations and perspectives when considering a point of law that a large part of our job is to help the judges consider all those elements before making their decision.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-07-ps.jpg)
There are so many arguments, interpretations and perspectives when considering a point of law that a large part of our job is to help the judges consider all those elements before making their decision.
![We offer our full support, and the decision is theirs. We offer our full support, and the decision is theirs.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-09.jpg)
We offer our full support, and the decision is theirs.
![Once the judges have made a decision, we assist the judges with drafting the reasoning of the decision. Once the judges have made a decision, we assist the judges with drafting the reasoning of the decision.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-10-ps.jpg)
Once the judges have made a decision, we assist the judges with drafting the reasoning of the decision.
![We work closely with the judges on this, and it is a crucial part of our job, as the decisions and dissenting opinions become part of case law. We work closely with the judges on this, and it is a crucial part of our job, as the decisions and dissenting opinions become part of case law.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-11.jpg)
We work closely with the judges on this, and it is a crucial part of our job, as the decisions and dissenting opinions become part of case law.
![I am very proud of the contribution we legal officers make. And proud to support the Judges of the ICC. I am very proud of the contribution we legal officers make. And proud to support the Judges of the ICC.](/sites/default/files/20200120-cynthia-chambers-01-ps.jpg)
I am very proud of the contribution we legal officers make. And proud to support the Judges of the ICC.