‘There’s no shortcut to the top’ in law

Here, two award-winning lawyers reflect on how they broke away from traditional legal vocational pathways to find success in ways that made sense to them – while noting that, for anyone seeking progression, it does not come easy. In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Bowes Legal managing partner Jane Bowes and Nova Entertainment group general counsel Danielle Keyes about their early years as “baby lawyers” and how they met, how and why they each chose to explore non-traditional pathways and how they felt about it at the time, and having to redefine what it meant to succeed. Bowes and Keyes also reflect on the idiosyncratic challenges that face women in law, recalibrating expectations of what a lawyer can reasonably achieve when there are other life responsibilities, overcoming cultural expectations, being empathetic as leaders in law but also pragmatic, their guidance for lawyers coming through the ranks about how to forge one’s own pathway, and recognising that success is often, if not always, hard-fought. .................................................................................................... 📰 Lawyers Weekly is Australia’s leading source for independent news, in-depth analysis, and expert commentary on the legal profession. Published daily and reaching over 110,000 legal practitioners across the country, our coverage goes beyond headlines — shaping and progressing the business of law in Australia. Like this video? Don’t forget to subscribe to Lawyers Weekly on YouTube: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFyUY4niT1nPdLeWaRPphQ 📖 Subscribe to our monthly magazine – the bible for legal business in Australia: 👉 http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/subscription-options 🎵 Follow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5bZtDcWPwv7M3M7cch41jp?si=3f960b0546b941b8 🌐 Visit us online for the latest legal news and updates: 👉 http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au 🔗 Connect with us on social media: X/Twitter: http://twitter.com/lawyersweekly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lawyersweekly LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/lawyers-weekly-australia