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Webinar: Planning for Progression- A Roadmap for Success

Event date: 26 March @1:00pm-2:00pm
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Agenda

Knowing how to stand out as a lawyer and build a successful, long term legal career takes careful thought and planning.

Sheldon will be providing advice and guidance on how to plan and track your legal career, ensuring you are prepared and equipped at all the key progression and promotion stages in a lawyer’s career, from junior associate through to partner.

He will be joined by recently promoted senior lawyers, Coralie McKeivor and Danielle Spalding, who will be sharing their personal promotion journeys and lessons learnt.

Join us for a timely and useful session for all ambitious lawyers, followed by Q&A.

Speakers

Sheldon Carlisle, National Specialism Director – Legal & Company Secretarial, Hays

Sheldon is a National Director at Hays and oversees the Legal & Company Secretarial team in the UK&I. He also specialises in recruiting legal professionals across the South West and South Wales, working with NQ’s through to Partners and teams.

Coralie McKeivor, Director, Real Estate Team, Freeths

Coralie specialises in energy and infrastructure work, where she was promoted to Director in 2024. Coralie is President of BLS having been a director for over 10 years. Other voluntary positions she holds is Co-Chair of BLS ED&I Committee, Board Member of Ethnic Solicitors South West Network, Member of the Law Society Disabled Solicitors Network Committee & Committee Member for Women in Property South West. Coralie was awarded EDI Champion of the Year at Property Week’s Inspiring Women in Property Awards 2023.

Danielle Spalding, Principal Director, Farms, Estates & Rural Land Team, Foot Anstey

Danielle joined Foot Anstey 10 years ago and was recently promoted to Principal Director in 2024 on her return from maternity leave. She acts for a wide range of clients in the Private Wealth Sector advising on rural business and property disputes, environmental regulations and natural capital matters. Danielle is passionate about the rural sector and has a particular interest in natural capital and the opportunities it presents for the rural economy

Burges Salmon has been an enthusiastic supporter of BLS for many years. BLS provides a valuable role in uniting and promoting the whole of the legal sector across Bristol to benefit both its members and the city. It facilitates collaboration across the sector to ensure that we can all make a difference. Whether that is driving important initiatives in, for example, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the use of new technologies, liaising with stakeholders and charities in our wider community or providing training to generations of lawyers, the service and support provided by BLS is invaluable. More recently BLS has taken a lead on promoting Bristol’s legal brand, encouraging legal and business services talent to come to the city, which in turn attracts clients and inward investment to our thriving and vibrant commercial community. BLS breaks down barriers and brings those in the profession together for the greater good. We are proud of our long-standing association with BLS.
Roger Bull - Managing Partner, Burges Salmon
Three things to say about my experience of working with Bristol Law Society. Their central team, council members and general hangers-on are just about the nicest, most generous group of people working in the legal sector today. The numerous events, awards, socials and conferences I’ve had the pleasure to attend over the years have been, without exception, top quality and supremely organised. And, thirdly, they consistently exceed and challenge the boundaries of what lawyers might assume a regional Law Society will restrict activities to – from a hugely successful charitable school meals drive to corporate social responsibility and diversity campaigns to being joint architects and coordinators of the region’s unique Bristol+BathLegalTech group, which it has been my privilege to co-chair for the last five years.
Chris Bull - Principal, Edge International
As one of the leading Insurance brokers for law firms in the UK and with a large presence in Bristol it seemed only natural for us to support the Bristol Law Society. Bristol Law Society is one of the oldest and most vibrant of the Law Societies in England and Wales. We are pleased to be working with them on important matters relating to law firms’ liability insurances and Risk Management. From Sole Practitioner to Top 20 law firms we are sure our two organisations can provide excellent support and assistance for the challenges faced by the legal profession.
Matthew Baker - Financial Lines Group, Howden Insurance Brokers Ltd
Joining BLS in 2013 and becoming President in 2018/19 has created many longstanding friendships and business relationships, whilst also unlocking doors to other opportunities in the City. BLS enabled a perfect balance of professional development and also opportunities to give back to the legal and wider community. I am pleased that my Firm has supported BLS in many capacities since 2013 and continues to do so.
Nicholas Lee- Managing Director of Paragon Costs Solutions and Past President of BLS