Louise Jeffers on partnership, raising two young children, and why the women in law conversation needs to get much more comfortable talking about money.

Marianne McJannett took on serious responsibility just months after qualifying. She talks about building visibility, making partner, and why having a child made her more ambitious, not less.

Joy Davey, partner at CMS and mother of three, on why opting out too early is the mistake she sees most often, and what it actually takes to stay in and go far.

Georgie Field returned from maternity leave not knowing what came next. This is the story of how she got to partner at Norton Rose Fulbright with two young children in tow.

Harriet Miller was offered partnership at Macfarlanes while on her second maternity leave. She makes the case that motherhood doesn't slow you down. It sharpens you.

Louise O'Byrne made partner while heavily pregnant, went through it twice more, and reached equity partnership. She's clear-eyed about the trade-offs and honest about what made it possible.

Lauren Gosnell built a team of 25 from scratch, returned during a pandemic, and made partner. She talks about what it takes to lead well when life is complicated.

Hannah and Sarah on the subtle shift that happens when you become a mother at work, and why the gap between how careers are meant to work and how they actually feel is still so wide.

Rebecca Jason received a partnership offer while she was on maternity leave. She talks about what that moment felt like, and what it really took to say yes.

Carolyn Miller left a partnership to start over. Then she came back. A frank conversation about the cost of that choice and why she'd do it again.

Former London Managing Partner Alison Eddy on what a long legal career actually looks like, why Irwin Mitchell cracked 50% female partners, and the assumptions about ambition she's still pushing back on.

Hannah and Sarah tell their own story: the maternity leave experiences that wouldn't leave them alone, and why they walked away from law to build something better.