Planning for Progression - A Roadmap for Success Webinar

With Sheldon Carlisle, National Specialism Director - Legal & Company Secretarial, Hays

Special Guests: Coralie McKeivor, Legal Director, Freeths & President of Bristol Law Society; and Danielle Spalding, Principal Director, Foot Anstey

On Wednesday 26 March 2025

At 1.00pm-2.00pm online

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. He previously practiced as a Commercial Property lawyer with Osborne Clarke and Bevan Brittan and has built up 20 years’ experience in the legal market. Sheldon regularly speaks and hosts roundtable events for lawyers, law firm recruitment teams and partners in Bristol for Bristol Law Society (BLS) and the Bristol Junior Lawyers Division (BJLD) and is part of the team that delivers the Hays Annual Salary Survey Launch event for business leaders across the Bristol market

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. The judges praised her for her “unique combination of empathy, passion and strategic thinking”. Coralie was named as one of 20 future property heroes by SW Insider Magazine in 2023 and shortlisted for Emerging Property Person of the Year at the Insider South West Property Awards 2024.

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

Target Audience: All fee earners

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Planning for Progression - A Roadmap for Success