Making a Career in Law Work: Getting your priorities right and action planning

A Legal Career: Where are YOU headed?

As a former criminal barrister, practising at Broadway House Chambers for the best part of 20 years, and dealing with heavy weight Rape and Sexual Offences cases, I have direct experience of managing the competing interests of the responsibilities/ pressures of the job and life outside the office. I understand how easy it is to plough on with the daily firefighting without a clear vision of what you want and a plan of how to achieve it. When did you last look at where you want to be in 20 years time? Or make a serious, detailed plan for your career progression over the coming months/ years? For me, whilst still at The Bar and prior to setting up my own specialist Corporate and Executive Coaching business, I must have considered the “plan” a maximum of twice a year, and only in passing – talking about my pension with my financial advisor and, briefly, with my senior clerk at the annual practice review meeting.

Formulating a Plan

If you want to move from Associate to Solicitor, Partner to Equity Partner, Junior Counsel to Queens Counsel, Recorder to Judge, do YOU have a plan? Do you have a supportive network of people championing you and helping you to get there? And how about if you wish to move from being a maternity career break returner to a successful lawyer with more flexible working?

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