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 …
International Women’s Day 2026: Reflections and Results
Busy-ness March is always SUCH a busy month, and a month where it can sometimes feel like I have a year’s worth of work all shoe-horned into one. World Book …
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 …
Thriving at the Bar as a Working Parent: Strategies for Barristers and their Clerks to Balance Parenthood and Practice
Career Break Return Success Returning to the Bar after a career break is a major milestone. You may have supportive clerks adapting your workload accordingly. You may be successfully managing …
Raising Her Voice Podcast: Confidence, Career Progression & Tackling Imposter Syndrome
Delighted to share my latest guest podcast appearance for FortyTwoTalks: “Raising Her Voice: Confidence, Career Progression & Tackling Imposter Syndrome” where I had a stimulating discussion with a barrister and …
The Balancing Act
Recent Panel event with Lincolns Inn for Barrister career break returners and working parents https://bit.ly/lincolnsinnbalancingact
Is fair opportunity knocking?
Read my latest article for Counsel Magazine considering practical ways to overcome the glass ceiling, sticky floor or broken rung within the legal profession by making, seizing and creating equal …
Workplace Wellbeing that Works…beyond the wellness tick box
Yoga, anyone? A barrister recently bemoaned the latest wellbeing initiative at her Chambers – Wednesday night yoga. So under the cosh was she with her workload that she simply didn’t …
Coaching for Lawyers: Features and Benefits
Originally published in Barrister Magazine in January 2020 Coaching: Dispensing with the “Fix it” myth Lawyers are busy high achievers. I get it. I was a criminal barrister for 19 …
The Presumption of Resilience – and How to Enhance Yours
Article for Counsel Magazine, published September 2023 An 8 minute read on the trials and tribulations of advancing your career in law; from pupillage to the bar and beyond, along …