189 - Why senior female lawyers leave - With Rachel Spink

My guest on this episode is Rachel Spink, an employment partner at gunnercooke LLP with more than 20 years' experience as a lawyer.  Rachel is the founder of Female Lawyers' Club, a professional membership community for senior female lawyers, and the author of the chapter 'Who Made the Rules?  Dismantling Gendered Leadership in Law' in the book Beyond Bias, published by Globe Law and Business in 2025.  She advises organisations and senior professionals on workplace and leadership issues, and her latest research looks at why senior women leave the profession and what firms can do to keep them. In this episode, we’re covering why senior female lawyers leave law firms just as they become most commercially valuable, and the key changes law firm owners can make to keep them. To find out more about Rahcek go to: http://www.femalelawyersclub.com/corporate & to read to on Rachels report on why senior female lawyers leave law firms just as they become most valuable, and what firms can do to retain them go to: https://femalelawyersclub.com/retention About Myerson Connections: Myerson Solicitors is a 100% employee-owned independent law firm based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester. Myerson supports many other law firms across the country daily through its referral network, Myerson Connections. Not only does Myerson help other law firms with referrals, but it also provides free peer-to-peer education, knowledge sharing and practice management support. Discover more at http://myerson.co.uk/connections . About Dan: Currently, Dan is seeking a London Law Firm turning over £1.5M to £6M to invest in, so if you are interested in receiving investment to grow or sell your law firm or know someone who might be, please contact Dan on: [email protected] Dan can also show you strategies that have increased his clients' law firm revenues by 15% to over 300% in one year while reducing their workload by more than half. To find out more about Dan and his programs, click here: https://www.danwarburton.com/ Or add Dan on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/authordanwarburton/ Proudly edited with finesse by Mike at Making Digital Real ✨