Work-life balance

JUNIOR LAWYERS DIVISION

Work-life balance

At the Junior Lawyer’s Division, the theme for this edition of the magazine is very close to our hearts – work life balance. What an important and topical issue this is for our fellow junior lawyers! At the Junior Lawyer’s Division, we represent the interests of junior lawyers across Holborn and Westminster. We are advocates of a flexible working regime and establishing a new balance to create our future way of working. We believe in the importance of developing and implementing strategies to ensure that we look after ourselves and one another, as we progress our careers. We believe in the importance of reflecting about what we want from our working lives in order to encourage and achieve change. Establishing a work life balance is one of the most important initiatives for this Junior Lawyer’s Division. We would love to hear from you if you would like to get involved with this – please do reach out!

Well, Summer is officially here and we hope you have enjoyed getting back to some kind of ‘normality’ (and did not melt too much in the recent heatwave)! We have had a fantastic time participating in the numerous events that have taken place, such as the London Legal Walk and the Society’s Summer drinks. It was great to attend ‘in person’ events again and to catch up with our members in the sunshine. The Junior Lawyer’s Division have also received wonderful feedback from our members in relation to the engaging and informative workshop on ‘Harnessing your personal brand’ by Career Coach Paula McMullan. We are so pleased that our members enjoyed it and will certainly look to offer similar events in the future! I agree that Paula’s passion and delivery shone through and it was great to have an insight into what personal brand actually means and how all lawyers (no exceptions!) can develop their own. I certainly learnt a lot!

Going forwards, there will always be opportunities for you to get involved in the Junior Lawyer’s Division, no matter what stage you are of your legal career. We aim to represent all law students, trainee solicitors, pupils, and qualified solicitors and barristers up to 5 years PQE and are dedicated to creating a network of these junior lawyers to provide a wide range of educational and social benefits. We have some really exciting and interesting vacancies in our committee, including the position for Chair. This is a fantastic opportunity to get involved, meet fellow junior lawyers, campaign for change and enhance your career. What’s stopping you? We are inviting applications from all law students, trainee solicitors, pupils, and qualified solicitors and barristers up to 5 years PQE. Please get in touch with the current Co-Chairs via email if you are interested in applying: felicia.munde@dawsoncornwell.com and kmbushayell1@gmail.com.

We look forward to sharing what’s to come in Autumn and Winter 2022 – watch this space!

Felicia Munde

Felicia Munde

Co-Chair of WHLS JLD and Solicitor at Dawson Cornwell

Keshia Bushay-Ellis

Keshia Bushay-Ellis

Co-Chair of WHLS JLD and Solicitor at Creighton & Partners