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Coaching Advocates – Human Sustainability in Law Workshop series.

Event date: 18 June @12:30am-3:00pm
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Coaching Advocates UK Workshop Series
Human Sustainability in Law: Redefining Success in High-Pressure Environments

This June, Coaching Advocates is bringing a free series of powerful, in-person workshops to Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and London – designed specifically for legal professionals and the people who support their development.

If you're a General Counsel, Partner, HR, L&D or Talent professional working in the legal sector, these sessions offer fresh insight, practical strategies and meaningful conversations around what it really means to create sustainable success in high-pressure legal environments.

Bristol Law Society is delighted to be supporting this event.

Programme Overview

Welcome & Introduction
Lara Wentworth, Co-founder of Coaching Advocates and Chris Bull, Advisory Board Chair of Coaching Advocates

Workshop 1: Beyond the Billable Hour: The Hidden Gears of Sustainable Business Development
Ryan Spence leads this interactive session exploring five overlooked drivers behind a more fulfilling and sustainable legal practice.
Workshop 2: Building Sustainable Legal Teams: The Culture Shifts That Can’t Wait
Hannah Beko and Max Wilson take a deep dive into performance, retention and resilience through the lens of team culture and psychological safety.
Insight Talk: From Lawyer to Leader: The Shift That Caught Me Off Guard
Frieda Levycky, General Counsel and Executive Coach, shares a personal perspective on the transition from lawyer to leader – and why technical skills alone aren’t enough.
Final Reflection + Q&A
Closing & Networking

Coaching Advocates Team

The Coaching Advocates UK team of legal professionals-turned-coaches will be present to deliver the Workshops. Come and meet them: Ryan Spence, Frieda Levycky, Lara Wentworth, Hannah Beko, Cath Brown, Max Wilson, Luke Menzies and Andrea Foot, supported by Chris Bull.

Spaces are limited.

If your network includes legal leaders or development professionals who are navigating the complex demands of modern legal life, please do share this invitation with them or register to attend yourself.

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