As the WTO crisis reshapes international trade law, many lawyers face not just career uncertainty, but a deeper challenge to their professional identity. This article explores four practical strategies to help trade lawyers evolve their skills, rebuild purpose, and actively shape a new professional path.
The WTO crisis is forcing many international trade lawyers into an identity reckoning. As their hard-won expertise loses relevance, they face anxiety, imposter syndrome, and the challenge of rebuilding a professional identity in a shifting legal landscape.
When opposing counsel sends that infuriating email or makes a snide remark that sets your nerves on fire, it’s easy to react. But what if those triggering moments were actually a hidden gift? In When Your Adversary Triggers You: The Hidden Gift in Hostile Negotiations, we explore how the “mirror principle” reveals that the traits we find most aggravating in others often reflect parts of ourselves. By reframing emotional triggers through the lens of curiosity—asking “What a gift. Why is this in my movie?”—we shift from reactivity to self-awareness. This subtle mindset change transforms conflict into clarity, enabling you to maintain composure, negotiate strategically, and turn even hostility into professional growth.
Family law demands more than legal expertise. It requires emotional endurance. Every case carries heartbreak, trauma, and human pain that most solicitors never face. Over time, this emotional exposure can erode resilience, leading to burnout, compassion fatigue, and even physical health issues. But with the right psychological tools, family lawyers can protect their wellbeing while continuing to help clients through their darkest moments.
Returning to legal practice after a career break can feel daunting, but with the right support, it can be made easier. Nikki Alderson shares practical strategies for HR teams, barristers’ clerks, and returners to create confident and sustainable return to work in law.
In his first article for Chronicle Law, Jay Sahota the Masala Mentor, discusses practical ways law firms can improve cashflow and boost profits through smarter pricing, better billing practices, and stronger financial discipline.
LawCare are offering a free webinar to explore how people across the sector are finding new ways to build fulfilling legal careers. Read more about what will be presented on the day and how to sign up.
In this piece, coach and former solicitor Vikki Pratley explores how legal professionals can recognise the early warning signs of stress and take practical steps to manage it, before it takes control.
LawCare and the University of Leeds have launched a new reverse mentoring toolkit to help legal workplaces become more inclusive, supportive, and fairer. The toolkit offers step-by-step guidance to create safe, respectful spaces where junior staff can share lived experiences with senior colleagues, helping drive real change in culture and wellbeing across the legal sector.
Learn how emotionally intelligent leaders reframe rude or reactive behaviour to lead with empathy, clarity, and confidence. In this piece, Vikki Pratley, the StressLess Coach, explores the OK Corral model and offers practical tools for high-performing leadership.
Vikki Pratley explores how women in law can redefine success, balance motherhood and career, and build sustainable, high-performing lives.
Too often, clients paying high fees feel ignored, uninformed, and under-served. In this eye-opening article, Simon McCrum unpacks why traditional law firm structures fail both clients and business growth — and how The Perfect Legal Business flips the model.
In this article, Katie da Gama explores how collaborative legal practice in shared purpose, psychological safety, and client-focused teamwork offers a competitive edge.
This is Hannah’s story, a high-performing lawyer close to burnout who found confidence and balance through tailored coaching with Vikki Pratley. By redefining success, setting boundaries, and making small changes, she learned to thrive in her career without sacrificing her wellbeing. In this powerful article, Vikki shares how targeted support can help legal professionals work smarter not harder.
Legal wellbeing initiatives must go beyond yoga, Nikki Alderson explores real solutions to burnout, overload, and creating lasting change in the profession.
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