“For all the moms out there, I was playing for you today.” Serena William’s on court interview after finishing runner up in the Wimbledon final on 14 July 2018 resonated with me. I have spent the past 8 years championing […]
There were many witty signs at the global Women’s March on 21 January 2016 – many taking aim at recent political developments, in particular the US election of President Donald Trump – but one stood out for me through its […]
When businesses are closed to flexible working options, talent goes to waste. What could reactivating that talent do for your time, and the economy? A new week is filled with new possibilities to do and be better than the week […]
Working Mums: the case for going beyond the ‘business case’. When Joy returned to her job as a lawyer in the City following the birth of her first child, Mia, her boss had a surprise for her. She’d been replaced […]
As Prime Minister in the late 1940s Clement Attlee oversaw many of Britain’s most progressive reforms around workers rights, families and the Law. The Fair Wages Resolution, universal family allowances and Legal Aid all entered British society during Attlee’s time […]
It’s Friday the 13th today but I always do away with the superstition. In my family the ‘13th’ is a date which we celebrate, and today is all the more special as it marks our daughter’s 4th birthday. It is […]
There are more tributes to dogs, cats and sheep in the City of London than women, says Dana Denis-Smith who is on a mission to celebrate the history and achievements of women in law. The First 100 Years project launched […]
Am I surprised to learn that working mums earn less after having a baby? No – just surprised that it’s taken this long for a fuss to be made. It’s been a taboo subject for many years, with women having […]
Grand portraits hang in the halls of our profession’s historic buildings – from the Law Society to the Inns of Court – and coherently chart the history of men in the legal profession over hundreds of years. They tell of […]
This blog is a tribute – just not one to my mother, as you would expect on this Mother’s Day. It is a dedication from a mother to the hundreds of mother lawyers that I have come to know since […]