In this episode of If You Ask Me, we speak to Louise Jeffers, partner in clinical negligence at Browne Jacobson, about building a successful legal career in a way that is both ambitious and sustainable.

Louise reflects on her route into law, her move from claimant to defendant work, and the career path that led her to partnership while raising two young children. She talks openly about the realities of combining leadership and motherhood, the support systems that made it possible, and why becoming a parent did not reduce her ambition but gave her a deeper sense of clarity, empathy and purpose.

The conversation also explores some of the bigger structural questions facing the profession, including what law firms need to do to retain more women, why genuine flexibility matters, and how better support around maternity leave and return to work can make a real difference.

Louise also shares her thoughts on financial independence, why women in law should be talking more about money and investing, and how having financial freedom can create more choice over the shape of a career and family life.

This is an honest, thoughtful conversation about leadership, motherhood, money and what success can look like when you define it for yourself.