The Reignite Academy provides opportunities for experienced lawyers to return to the profession after a career hiatus, through a six month paid programme of training and work experience
Two thirds of law students are women and figures from the Law Society in England and Wales indicate that 60% of newly qualified lawyers are female. And yet a 2017 report by PwC found that this drops to 18% of partners in the top 10 UK firms, and just 19% in the next 15 firms.
“Women’s career paths rarely travel in straight lines, which is why we often see women disappearing from the ranks of middle management across many professions. Law is no different. Formal returnship programmes are springing up in several sectors to enable women to reignite their careers after taking a career break or following a period in a less demanding role. The Reignite Academy focuses on the legal sector.”
“The rate at which talented women drop out of law is one of the biggest challenges we face as a profession. The Reignite Academy is taking a practical and incredibly thoughtful approach to address this problem directly – by giving women the full support they need to return to work successfully and giving law firms a path to recruit from and integrate this incredible senior talent pool.”