Causes include: a lack of career advice when young, career options bias from parents or teachers, not making time to develop a thought through career strategy, or the needs of an employer determining which legal department a trainee has a seat during their training contract, impacting future options.

Mid-career, solicitors can find themselves lacking career fulfilment with regrets – easily preventable. There are now more career options for solicitors than ever before. How can you ensure that you find your career ‘True North’?

The purpose of the event is to support junior and mid-career solicitors to make informed career choices at major career crossroads in a fast-changing legal market, with ongoing uncertainty and the unknown impact of AI. Finding your True North is vital with longer working lives and to maximise career fulfilment

This panel event with 5 guest speakers who chose diverse careers in the law will share insights, tips and inspiration. Drinks and canapes will be served.

There will be time for networking and the opportunity to ask questions.

Agenda

17:30pm Registration, drinks and networking
18:00pm Welcome and introductions
18:10pm Panel discussion
19.00pm Q+A
19.15pm Drinks and networking
19.45pm Event ends

Event Sponsors
With many thanks to our 3 event sponsors:

Barclays – venue sponsor https://www.barclays.co.uk/
Moore Kingston Smith, Accountants and Business Advisors – catering sponsor https://mooreks.co.uk/
ByBallard – photography sponsor https://www.byballard.com/

Participants

Suzy Eames, Current President, Westminster and Holborn Law Society, Chair

Rachel Brushfield, The Talent Liberator ™, Founder of EnergiseLegal (est 1996), Host and panellist facilitator

Philip Lewis, Business Matchmaker, Host and guest welcomer

Daniel Winterfeldt MBE KC (Hon) General Counsel | Board and C-Suite Advisor | Capital markets, M&As, Governance | FT Legal Innovator, Panel Speaker

Daniel has a portfolio career and is founder of the Interlaw Diversity Forum, established in 2008. He has won multiple awards and worked in private practice including Weil Gotshal and CMS, before moving in-house.

Rumana Bennett, senior consultant employment lawyer at Saltworks Law, Panel speaker

Rumana originally trained in immigration and litigation then retrained as an employment law specialist in the City. She works for a Community Interest Company (CIC) and is interested in BCorps.

Gabriel Rodriguez, Partner, Carbon Law Partners, Panel Speaker

Gabriel is a consultant lawyer and originally trained as an actor. He is an experienced Commercial Litigator and multi-faceted communicator. He qualified as a lawyer in 2017, joining Shoosmiths, before moving to Carbon Law Partners in January 2025.

Lydia Brookes, Arts manager and freelance musician (oboe), Panel Speaker

Lydia is a Senior manager in the music sector, including Deputy Director and Interim CEO roles at Sinfonia Smith Square and Tenebrae. She has a portfolio career combining arts management with performing as a freelance musician, and trained at Clifford Chance in London and Rome, joining the capital markets team.

Kavitha Joseph, Founder and Principal Solicitor, Lynwood Solicitors, Panel Speaker

Kavitha founded her own law firm in 2016. She has a growing team of eight, including employed and consultant lawyers, with expertise across property, private client and corporate law.