BUCKLESconnect & Serle Court Roundtable: Getting women and their advocates on-board in law
Location: London
Serle Court is delighted to be co-hosting a roundtable event with BUCKLESconnect - ‘Getting women and their advocates on-board in law’ - on Thursday 22nd September (1-3PM) in London. Our event is to mark ‘Happiness at Work Week'.
Senior leaders in the legal industry will share their experiences balancing career and home life, and illustrate why having a diverse workforce with a women-smart culture improves workplace performance.
The panellists will cover:
- The benefits of gender diverse initiatives
- How damaging work practices can waste female talent
- How positive HR practices can enhance the bottom line
- How to challenge imposter syndrome, and when it can be used against you
- How to achieve your personal goals, and what you can do as a professional to protect your wellbeing
Speakers include our Chambers Director, Kathryn Purkis, Sarah Rushton (Head of Employment at Buckles Solicitors LLP) and Stephanie Bell of The Carvalho Consultancy. The panel discussion will be chaired by Karen Jones, CEO and Editor at Citywealth.
About our speakers
Kathryn has been Chambers Director at Serle Court since April 2022. The Chambers Director role is a newly established, expanded executive position which will include ultimate responsibility for the strategic direction of Chambers, business and practice development, and the overall operations of the set.
Until January 2022 Kathryn was a practising barrister at Serle Court, with particular expertise in contentious trusts and probate matters and the law of Jersey, having qualified as a Jersey Advocate in 2009. Although she had a long career in practice at the Bar, she also had the experience of partnership in the offshore law firm, Collas Crill LLP. She was managing partner of one of its legacy firms in Jersey, and led that firm through the merger process which culminated in the formation of Collas Crill as a multijurisdictional entity. She remained a joint managing partner through the initial post-merger year and thereafter became head of the expanded fiduciary offering, with management responsibility for both the contentious and non-contentious trusts teams. Her aim is to deploy the managing partner model in a Chambers context.
Sarah is a Partner, Head of the Employment team and Head of the London office at Buckles Solicitors LLP. She has over 25 years’ experience in employment practise. Her case work tends to be high value or complex, and her clients include charities, PLCs, and individuals ranging from Ultra HNW to senior executives. Sarah also has expertise in Partnership Law.
Stephanie is an experienced Integrative Psychotherapist and Executive Coach registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Stephanie became a psychotherapist and coach after eight years at the criminal bar and four years as an employed barrister working for the government. She has worked with a wide variety of people from all walks of life, and with many different reasons for seeking therapy or executive coaching, both in the NHS and in private practice.
As an integrative practitioner, Stephanie is trained in several different theories and therapeutic modalities, including the humanistic and psychodynamic approaches and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
Karen is the Chief executive officer and of Editor of Citywealth, which she founded after a decade long career at News International, The Times, and Sunday Times. She also worked at Legal Business/Asia Pacific Legal 500, and launched the Legal Business Awards. Her work as a Citywealth CEO was recognised by five New York Stevie Awards: Entrepreneur of the year (2017) for her launch of the digital www.leaderslist.co.uk site, Women helping women (2014, 2015), Innovator of the year (2015), and Entrepreneur of the year (2015). She has also been a consistent champion for womens' career advancement in financial services. Karen is a Liveryman of the Guild of Freemen and has been granted Freedom of the City of London. Citywealth started with zero clients and zero financing in 2005 and now employs 8 full time staff and has 450 blue chip clients. Karen is an avid art and crypto lover.
For more information and to register your place, click here. (Please note places are limited).
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