This month you’ll meet Rachel Roberts, who is Managing Partner at Stowe Family Law in Leeds and Huddersfield.

Rachel specialises in all aspects of family law but has particular expertise in dealing with the financial aspects of a marriage breakdown, as well as issues regarding children and the arrangements following a relationship breakdown.

This episode is sponsored by Stowe Family Law in Leeds and Huddersfield.

Presented by barrister  Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.

This month, you’ll meet Ros Bever, a partner in the London and Manchester offices for Irwin Mitchell and also the  National Head of Irwin Mitchell's Divorce & Family Law team.

Presented by barrister  Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.

This month, you’ll meet Jamie Hamilton QC 

Jaime Hamilton has practised for more than two decades. He has been a pupil supervisor to three pupils and is now the Deputy Head of his Chambers

Throughout his career in criminal law, he has undertaken both prosecution and defence instructions.

He is also known as "View From the North" due to his blog about legal matters. 

Presented by barrister  Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.

This month, you’ll meet James Brown from Hall Brown family Law. 

He specializes in divorce involving complex family issues, with cases involving up to £100 million and some very high profile clients.

James is named as a Leading Expert in the independent directory Chambers and Partners and a leading individual in Legal 500. He regularly appears across television and radio as well as giving regular lectures.

Presented by barrister Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.

Dame Laura Cox, The Hon. Mrs Justice Cox, took to the bench in 2002 and was an English High Court Judge of the Queen's Bench Division.

She was formerly a barrister, who specialised in employment law, equality, discrimination and human rights.

She recently carried out the enquiry into bullying and harrassment within the House of Commons.

Presented by barrister Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.

Gary McIndoe is an immigration solicitor and founder of Latitude Law, a firm that specialises in business immigration, refugee and human rights.

Gary is also the Chair of the Electronic Immigration Network, and a trustee of human rights charity RAPAR, which provides online information in the field of immigration and asylum law

Presented by barrister Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.

This month, activist and author Helen Pankhurst talks about the legacy of her surname and how the law still needs to work harder for women.

Helen is an activist, an author, granddaughter of Sylvia and great granddaughter of Emmeline.  She is currently a senior advisor at relief agency CARE international, working across the UK and Ethiopia where she was brought up.

This episode also features a specially commissioned song to commemorate 100 years since women were allowed to practise law in the UK.  Written and performed by Claire Mooney.

Presented by barrister Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.

For this special episode of Talking Law, you’ll hear from Paulette Mastin, counsel in the Capital Markets practice at Linklaters in London, where she advises corporate trustees, other service providers and companies on a wide variety of capital market transactions, including Islamic finance.

She is also the chair of the Black Solicitors Network.

Paulette discusses best practice for increasing diversity within law firms and shares her excellent advisce for anyone seeking longevity in the profession.

Presented by barrister Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.

Nigel Poole is head of Kings Chambers in Manchester and is ranked as a leading KC by Chambers UK and the Legal 500. He sits as a Recorder and a chair of the Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service and has appeared in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. He also writes the successful blog Learned Friend

Nigel discusses why he thinks barristers should no longer wear wigs, why hourly rates reward inefficiency and why some politicians are endangering the future of clinical negligence.

Plus, news of forthcoming Women In The Law events and details of how you can get involved.

Presented by barrister Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.

In episode two, meet Cherie Blair CBE QC, barrister, lecturer, writer and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women.

Cherie talks candidly about the challenges she faced when she first qualified as one of only a few female barristers in the country and also highlights the changes she feels need to happen within the legal profession to ensure its future relevance.

Plus, news of forthcoming Women In The Law events and details of how you can get involved.

Presented by barrister Sally Penni, founder and chair of Women in the Law UK.