Our article ‘The snakes and ladders of career moves’ is featured in the Winter 2024 issue of ‘Central London Lawyer’ magazine. The theme of this issue published February 2024 is ‘Positive Career …
Career agility. How to future proof your career in uncertain times
7-8pm GMT Tuesday 17 January 2023 (Zoom)
An interactive 1 hour careers webinar from Rachel Brushfield, founder of EnergiseLegal sharing insights, practical tips and examples to future proof your career and become more ‘career agile’.
We live in a ‘V.U.C.A. world’ – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. This is challenging, especially for lawyers who are trained to be experts in risk! Attend this webinar and ensure that you are on the ‘front foot’ not the ‘back foot’ and stay in the driving seat of your career.
This is a joint event for SEAL (Society English and American Lawyers), AWLL (American Women Lawyers in London), Westminster and Holborn Law Society and LegalWomen.
Book using this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetI9XfQmd3PNjb-4fhBAHMEKMIhqD4GPl_B0IezY3z2xk2tw/viewform
Joint AWLL + SEAL event with EnergiseLegal
American Women Lawyers in London (AWLL) and the Society of American and English Lawyers (SEAL).
Th 8 September 2022
Where: Zoom.
When: 7-9pm GMT Thursday 8 September 2022.
What: “Blowing your own trumpet. 5 secrets to get you noticed in your career.”
Marketing yourself is a must-master skill. Whether you work in private practice or in-house, are American or English, male or female, 2 or 20 PQE, the failure to embrace and make time for this important topic can be career limiting.
An interactive careers event sharing insights, practical tips and examples to market yourself confidently, competently, impactfully and expediently to enable a career breakthrough. Opportunity to win one free draw prize of a gift voucher for a 1 hour career coaching session with Rachel Brushfield. All guests will receive a free copy of the EnergiseLegal white paper about career agility: ‘The new polymaths’.
Peter Wilford, EnergiseLegal associate and EnergiseLegal founder Rachel Brushfield are both speaking at this event = 70+ years of career coaching expertise combined.
FOXED? PODCAST: ‘THE CHALLENGES OF MAKING A NEW START’ WITH IVOR ADAIR, PARTNER, FOX & PARTNERS
Career crossroads?
I was recently invited to do a podcast on the challenges of making a new start with Ivor Adair, Partner at Fox & Partners. The Foxed? podcast shares insights and tips to help you if you are at a major career crossroads.
Read Ivor’s blog about the podcast below. The link to the podcast (20 minutes long) is towards the end of the blog. https://www.foxlawyers.com/the-challenges-of-making-a-new-start/
All podcasts in the Foxed? series including “The challenges of making a new start” are located at this link: https://www.foxlawyers.com/podcasts/
CHAPTER IN NEW MULTI-CONTRIBUTOR BOOK FOR GLOBE LAW AND BUSINESS
I’ve been invited to write a chapter for a new book about changing roles and careers in law firms for Globe Law and Business. https://www.globelawandbusiness.com/
My chapter explores talent management and diversity and inclusion. Other chapters look at areas such as innovation, knowledge, business development etc.
The copy deadline is end February 2022, publication date TBC.
Love research, writing and changing trends and a good opportunity to interview experts in law firms, recruitment agencies etc.!
Previous chapters for Globe have been on work life balance and gender balance.
‘SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?’ OUR LATEST GUEST BLOG FOR LAWCARE
In our latest guest blog for LawCare, ‘Should I stay or should I go?’, we explore the pros and cons of making a career change, share 12 practical tips and self-reflective questions to help you make the right decision for you. https://www.lawcare.org.uk/news/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go
CHAPTER IN MULTI-CONTRIBUTOR BOOK PUBLISHED BY SALLY PENNI, FOUNDER OF WOMEN IN THE LAW
The chapter in this multi-contributor book by Rachel Brushfield is: “Portfolio careers – the agile career choice.”
The book is called “Talking Law And Skills. Skills for Lawyers of The Future.”
In this fourth book of the Talking Law series, Sally Penni MBE discusses the skills required for future lawyers in the 21st century beyond the Covid 19 pandemic.
As we build back better after the covid19 pandemic, what skills will the lawyers of the future need to succeed in Law and Business? What skills will their careers need to succeed?
With contributions on skills such as communication, negotiations, leadership and more from experts in their field in addition to Sally Penni MBE
Order from Sally Penni’s personal web site: https://sallypenniauthor.co.uk/books/talking-law-skills/
GUEST BLOG FOR LEGAL WOMEN
Is career agility the new intelligence?
This is the topic of our guest blog for Legal Women.
Read our guest blog: http://www.legalwomen.org.uk/RachelBrushfield.html
Have you read the Energise white paper about career agility ‘The New Polymaths’ yet?
Request your copy now:
NEW – MARKETING SEMINAR
Are you allergic to marketing yourself?
Energise Marketing Yourself Seminar: “Marketing me. Successful proactive marketing.”
6-8pm Wednesday 20 October 2021 on Zoom.
Early bird tickets end Saturday 16 October. For full details and to book, see EventBrite link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marketing-me-successful-proactive-marketing-tickets-189693778197
It is clear from the various webinars that we have done recently, that there is a need for marketing support.
So, we have created this seminar: 6-8pm Tuesday 15 June 2021.
Energise Seminar: “Why me? What value do you bring?” This seminar will be on Zoom.
Book now via EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marketing-seminar-why-me-what-value-do-you-bring-tickets-154062857153
There will also be a seminar 6-8pm Tuesday 13 July: ‘Marketing me: Proactive marketing.’ Save the date!
Women In The Law (WITL) 2022 conference ‘Empowering you to do what you do best’ F 18 Nov 2022 Manchester
I am a panellist discussing ‘Alternative careers in law and careers in the judiciary.’ The venue for the conference is DLA Piper’s central Manchester office in Saint Peters Square. Conference …
The changing shape of a portfolio career – Addressing the ‘elephant in the room’
The exact mix and shape of my own portfolio career has changed every year of the 26 years I have been running Energise. This blog is an interview by Mandy Garner, journalist and editor of Working …
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Lexis Nexis Bellwether Report 2022
I enjoy reading the Bellwether report every year - it shares useful insights. Bellwether 22: 'Transformation troubles - responding to a new era of change.' You can download the free report …
Lexis Nexis Research + Reports
LexisNexis have a range of useful free reports - a useful digest. You can view the complete report library here: https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/research-and-reports/overview.html Below are 3 …
Winmark Through the Looking Glass Report 2022
I always look forward to reading these annual reports, sponsored by Clydes. This year's report is in 3 parts, and all are free to download/view. …
The Law Society Research Dept – Artificial Intelligence (A I) and the legal profession.
This report dated 1 May 2018 explores this important topic. A I. is predicted to replace repetitive legal tasks, currently performed by junior-mid level lawyers. You can download the free …
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The Law Society Research Department Future Skills for Lawyers 2018
This report shares insights about the future skills that lawyers will need. The 15 page report is a useful read as part of your career + CPD strategy and plan: You can download the free report …
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The Law Society research dept: 3 trends that will shape law firms in 2022
Author: Colin Bohanna, Clio Source: 30 November 2021 This blog shares key points from the Clio research report Legal Trends Report …
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Chapter in multi-contributor Globe book
A new book “The rise of specialist career paths in law firms” is being published in June 2022 by Globe Law and Business. My chapter, chapter 7 is ‘The shifting sands in talent management’. My …
Foxed? podcast “The challenges of making a new start.”
Career crossroads? I was recently invited to do a podcast on the challenges of making a new start with Ivor Adair, Partner at Fox & Partners. The Foxed? podcast shares insights and tips …
Foxed? podcast “The challenges of making a new start.”Read More
‘Should I stay or should I go?’ Our latest guest blog for LawCare
In our latest guest blog for LawCare, ‘Should I stay or should I go?’, we explore the pros and cons of making a career change, share 12 practical tips and self-reflective questions to help you make …
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