In this personal reflection, Sadie Glover explores the friendships, kindness and collaboration that make family law a community. Drawing on her experiences of launching the Family Law Friends podcast, she shares how honest conversations about careers, wellbeing and life’s challenges reveal the people behind the profession, and why supporting one another matters as much as professional success.
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In the last of this four-part series on conflict, power, and high-trust practice, we look at how clients can stay engaged without staying in the fight
PMOS is a lifelong condition that can affect both physical and mental wellbeing, often in ways that are invisible to others. Drawing on her own experience of diagnosis and working in family law, Lucy Gillman explores the realities of managing PMOS alongside a demanding career, and why understanding, flexibility and compassion from colleagues and employers can make a real difference.
In the third of a four-part series on conflict, Marcie Shaoul asks what family practice teaches about leadership
A summer holiday can offer rest, connection and precious family memories, but it can also shine a light on relationship dynamics that have been hidden by the routines of everyday life. Jennie Sutton, divorce coach, reflects on what holidays can reveal about a relationship and why moments of clarity can create opportunities for honest conversations and positive change.
No one could say setting up your own firm is an easy option, but it can offer a new way to meet the individual needs of our clients, ourselves and our families
In the second of a four-part series on conflict, we ask why conflict feels stronger than it is
In our second blog post reflecting on the impact of the Mazur judgment, former Resolution chair Juliet Harvey considers the wider impact on Chartered Legal Executives, firms and the profession — and why support and understanding still matter.
After 35 years in practice, Rita Veitch suddenly found herself unable to carry out the work she had done for decades. In this honest and personal reflection on the Mazur judgment, she shares the stress, self-doubt and disruption that followed – and how regaining her Practice Rights ultimately restored her confidence.
Shaili Gohil-Desai of Burgess Mee reflects on the emotional and practical realities of returning to work as a family lawyer after maternity leave. Balancing excitement, guilt and adjustment, she shares how support from colleagues, family and other working mothers helped ease the transition and normalise the evolving experience of combining career and parenthood.
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