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Being “super busy” is seen as “a badge of honour”: how one law firm is challenging around-the-clock culture
Partner Anne-Marie Irwin on Rook Irwin Sweeney’s innovative work and wellbeing practices and the impact of vicarious trauma
29 Nov 2024
International Women’s Day: Profession urges continued efforts to retain women solicitors
The Law Society of England and Wales is encouraging the profession to continue to improve the progression and retention of women to senior levels, as...
08 Mar 2024
“I had the audacity to persevere and believe in myself”
Meet Joan Scott. She’s an in-house commercial lawyer, who was nominated for our Legal Heroes awards for her equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work in...
25 Sep 2023
Opening up; stress, pressure and mental ill-health in private practice
Managing your mental health in a demanding work environment can be incredibly challenging. For Mental Health Awareness Week, three solicitors open up about their experiences...
15 May 2023
"Having my own firm at 29 was scary"
Jodie Hill describes her journey to becoming a solicitor, challenges she faced and why representation is important.
27 Jan 2023
“People weren’t taking me as seriously until I showed them what I could do”
Holly Moore explains her journey into the law, and why it’s important to see people like you in the positions you want to reach.
06 Dec 2022
Trailblazing solicitors: the women who broke the barrier
Dana Denis-Smith looks back at the first women solicitors admitted to the roll. She explores who they were, their journey into the law and their...
29 Nov 2022
“I’ve been mistaken for other Black people who look and sound nothing like me”
Jacqui Rhule-Dagher shares her experience as a Black woman in law, why intersectionality is the key to inclusion and her advice for aspiring solicitors.
25 Oct 2022
Q&A with Lubna Shuja
Lubna Shuja is the Principal Solicitor and Mediator at Legal Swan Solicitors. She is currently the Vice President of the Law Society of England and...
07 Mar 2022
Driving gender equality across the female professional journey
Too many women are leaving the legal sector at associate level. Amandeep Khasriya considers the particular challenges facing women and how to confront them.
07 Mar 2022
Women in Law Pledge: our journey
In this article, Lewis Silkin discuss their experience with our Women in Law Pledge to mark the two-year anniversary of its launch.
18 Jun 2021
Challenge can be challenging: being an active bystander
In this resource from the Active Bystander Training Company, we explore what it means to be an active bystander, how to be active in situations...
08 Mar 2021
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