{"id":15240,"date":"2022-05-30T21:22:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspiringsolicitors.co.uk\/?post_type=ambassador&p=15240"},"modified":"2023-11-30T11:18:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T11:18:42","slug":"penelope-s","status":"publish","type":"ambassador","link":"https:\/\/www.aspiringsolicitors.co.uk\/ambassador\/penelope-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Penelope S"},"content":{"rendered":"
I worked in the NHS for ten years before deciding to pursue law. I took a sabbatical from my job in a hospital to do the law conversion course (the GDL) and then left my NHS job for good to continue with the LPC. Four months after completing the LPC I had a baby and ten months later I started as a trainee solicitor at VWV.<\/p>\n
It is important to me that both career changers and parents returning to the workplace feel welcomed by the profession and empowered to take on a role in law. It is easy to be put off or to think it is too hard or too much of a sacrifice, and so the industry needs to support and enable applicants who have previous careers, or who are navigating the world of parenthood. I am also keen to see a future where there is no distinction made between a working mother and a working father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15241,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n