Rachel Brushfield, the founder of EnergiseLegal is a seasoned events professional.
She has done many events over the last 30 years for various sections and communities of the Law Society in London, Birmingham Law Society, Association Women Solicitors (AWS) London and Surrey, American Women Lawyers in London (AWLL), Women in the Law (WITL) and the Society of English and American Lawyers (SEAL) amongst others.
Events topics include:
- Blowing your own trumpet – market yourself with confidence
- Career agility
- Confidence and empowerment
- Future proof your career
- Portfolio careers
Rachel’s event approach is interactive and creative using self-completion questionnaires, props and action planning to ensure insights are implemented and learning embedded.
Interested in an event for your law firm, company or membership organisation? Get in touch!
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About Our Events
We do bespoke events on a variety of career, talent, marketing and wellbeing topics for solicitors, firms and membership organisations.
Including;
- The Law Society (Women Lawyers Division, D&I Returners course, all communities, the Law Management Section)
- Women in the Law
- Association Women Solicitors (AWS) London
- Association Women Solicitors (AWS) Manchester
- Association Women Solicitors (AWS) Surrey
- American Women Lawyers in London (AWLL)
- LawNet
- International Bar Association (IBA)
The Energise approach to events is interactive, fun, using props with lots of sharing from and mixing between the event guests.
What event would help you/your staff to grow? Get in touch to discuss how we can help
Events
THE PATH TO PARTNERSHIP AND BEYOND
Birmingham Law Society
Date: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Time: 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Venue: 3PB Barristers. The Colmore Building, 20 Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6AT
Price: FREE for members | £10 +VAT for non-members
Join us for an insightful discussion about the path to partnership and beyond. During this event, we will consider the intricacies of attaining partnership within a law firm and hear from lawyers who have successfully followed this path. We will also consider some alternative career pathways to partnership and reflect on the diverse range of career options that are available within the legal profession.
Whether you are contemplating the journey to partnership or considering alternative avenues, this event will equip you with the knowledge and inspiration to navigate your next steps with confidence and make an informed decision about your future.
https://birminghamlawsociety.co.uk/members/book_event.php?event=579
SOLD OUT Women in the Law conference ‘Empowerment’ DLA Piper Manchester 10 am to 5pm.
Friday 17 November 2023.
Career agility. How to future proof your career in uncertain times
7-8pm GMT Tuesday 17 January 2023 (Zoom)
An interactive 1 hour careers webinar from Rachel Brushfield, founder of EnergiseLegal sharing insights, practical tips and examples to future proof your career and become more ‘career agile’.
We live in a ‘V.U.C.A. world’ – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. This is challenging, especially for lawyers who are trained to be experts in risk! Attend this webinar and ensure that you are on the ‘front foot’ not the ‘back foot’ and stay in the driving seat of your career.
This is a joint event for SEAL (Society English and American Lawyers), AWLL (American Women Lawyers in London), Westminster and Holborn Law Society and LegalWomen.
Book using this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetI9XfQmd3PNjb-4fhBAHMEKMIhqD4GPl_B0IezY3z2xk2tw/viewform
Women In The Law (WITL) 2022 conference
‘Empowering you to do what you do best’ F 18 Nov 2022 Manchester
I am a panellist discussing ‘Alternative careers in law and careers in the judiciary.’
The venue for the conference is DLA Piper’s central Manchester office in Saint Peters Square.
Conference chair is Dr Sally Penni. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sallypenni/
Joint AWLL + SEAL event with EnergiseLegal
Th 8 September 2022
Where: Zoom or London, TBC.
When: 7-9pm Thursday 8 September 2022.
What: “Blowing your own trumpet. 5 secrets to get noticed in your career.”
Marketing yourself is a must-master skill. Whether you work in private practice or in-house, are American or English, male or female, 2 or 20 PQE, the failure to embrace and make time for this important topic can be career limiting.
An interactive careers event sharing insights, practical tips and examples to market yourself confidently, competently, impactfully and expediently to enable a career breakthrough. Opportunity to win one free draw prize of a gift voucher for a 1 hour career coaching session with Rachel Brushfield. All guests will receive a free copy of the EnergiseLegal white paper about career agility: ‘The new polymaths’.
Peter Wilford, EnergiseLegal associate and EnergiseLegal founder Rachel Brushfield are both speaking at this event = 70+ years of career coaching expertise combined.
The 2021 Women in the Law conference
9.30am to 4pm on Friday 19 November.
The theme is: “Empowering you to do what you do best post-Covid.” https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-conference-empowering-you-to-do-what-you-do-best-post-covid-tickets-130249492739
Topics include:
- Wellbeing
- Confidence
- Post Covid 19 and You
- Careers
With guest speakers:
- I.Stephanie Boyce
- Manjula Bray Managing your career
- Mark Angus Become a Judge
- Alex MCcann Maximising social media for your career
- Kirsty James Networking for your career
- Nicolina Andall Networking , advocacy and engaging clients
- Jodie Hill
- Kevin Withane
- Rachel Brushfield
- Hannah Beko Overwhelm
- Nicky Pattison
My talk is: “Liberating your talent by playing to your strengths. The key to success + fulfilment.
Are you stopping your own success by not marketing yourself effectively?
Energise Marketing Yourself Seminar: “Marketing me. Successful proactive marketing.”
6-8pm Wednesday 20 October 2021 on Zoom.
We cover these topics:
- Introduction to marketing
- What’s my USP? (unique selling proposition)
- The power of the unadvertised jobs market
- Direct approaches to create opportunities
- Leveraging LinkedIn
- Building and growing my business network
- Collecting my marketing collateral
Early bird ticket sales end Saturday 16 October 2021. Book now.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marketing-me-successful-proactive-marketing-tickets-189693778197
CAREER AGILITY EVENT FOR FIG
Rachel Brushfield and Peter Wilford did a webinar for the FIG (female insurance group) network 10-11am on Wednesday 9 June 2021 on Zoom. https://www.rpc.co.uk/fig/
The topic was: ‘Career agility – the new intelligence?’
Is career agility the new intelligence? Covid-19’s impact has forced rapid change for both individuals and businesses. Career agility is a pre-requisite for success in the digital age and in a fast-changing world of work and legal profession.
This webinar shared insights about what career agility means, how to develop it, with a focus on portfolio careers and practical actions that you can take. Inspiring examples were shared demonstrating career agility, with time for Q&A. The event included a free draw prize to win a career coaching gift voucher, and the opportunity to gain a free copy of the new Energise White Paper about career agility.
Watch a video of the webinar: https://vimeo.com/560804061/a5b6637da4
To get in touch about us doing an event for your network/firm, contact us using this link: https://www.energiselegal.com/contact-us/
ENERGISE MARKETING YOURSELF SEMINARS
SEMINAR 1
Energise Marketing Yourself Seminar: “Why me? What value do you bring?”https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marketing-seminar-why-me-what-value-do-you-bring-tickets-154062857153
6-8pm Tuesday 15 June on Zoom.