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Barrister stepping into a leadership role at the Bar
Barristers / Career Development / coaching / leadership

Career Transitions at the Bar: Stepping into Leadership Positions

Every successful barrister reaches a point where the work changes before they realise they have changed. Cases become more complex, expectations increase, and colleagues begin looking to you for answers …

Barrister / Barristers / Barristers' clerk / bereavement

Sandwich Generation: What’s filling yours?

This blog explores solutions to the “Bar juggle” for the Sandwich Generation The sandwich generation squeezed As a working parent, doubtless you’ll recall being in the trenches with a newborn. …

Barrister / Barristers / Barristers' clerk / career break

The Lottery No Barrister Should Ever Have to Enter

2 out of 3 Bar returners left because of caring responsibilities, but there are tangible business risks to treating this only as a “you” problem… …What Chambers’ practice managers and …

Raising the Bar Book Cover for Women in law
Barristers / career break return / Career Break Returner / chambers

Raising the Bar: The Repeatable Retention Framework that works…  

Women in law stay. Leaders emerge. If your law firm is, or Chambers are, losing career break returners, you’re not only losing “a lawyer”; you’re also losing capacity, continuity, credibility, …

Ambition / Barrister / Barristers / career progression

Taking Silk Part 2: Getting Competent in the Competencies

Be more Silk-Like Given that the King’s Counsel Panel “are looking for evidence of strong and consistent excellence across all of the competencies”, it’s surprising how many brilliant senior juniors …

Barrister / Barristers / Burn Out / Life balance

Lincoln’s Inn Online Event: Managing Stress at the Bar

Recording of Lincoln’s Inn Online Event: Managing Stress at the Bar in which I introduced (at 49 mins in) my 7 Steps to Wellness Success in this event about Workplace …

Barrister / Barristers / Career / Career coaching

Wisdom of the Ages: Guest article for BarNav

Check out my latest guest article, this time for BarNav, examining my own legal journey and sharing advice for young people looking at a career at the Bar, Page 5. …

Barrister / Barristers / Barristers' clerk / career progression

Taking Silk Part 1: “Be more Silk-Like” and other KC Success Strategies

Be more Silk-Like Given that the King’s Counsel Panel “are looking for evidence of strong and consistent excellence across all of the competencies”, it’s surprising how many brilliant senior juniors …

Screenshot of Counsel Magazine's article depicting a road central to grass leading to the horizon with a crossroad signposted
Achievement / Action / Action planning / Barrister

Work Out What You Want…to set goals and make progress to achieve them

Perhaps you are feeling stuck, or that you’ve lost your usual “get up and go” enthusiasm for the job? Working out what you want – what you really, really want …

Barrister / Barristers / Barristers' clerk / career break

Practical Problem Solving for Parental Pressure Points

Read my latest article for Counsel Magazine, from the Parenting Special edition, on Practical Problem Solving for Parental Pressure Points, here: Counsel Magazine Parenting Special Article

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