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Birketts LLP is a law firm recognised for its forward-thinking approach to diversity. Partner Bernadette Baker shares a story
the top hen Bernadette Baker joined of empowerment with Lucy Mowatt
Birketts LLP nearly two decades ago, she was looking for a regional
training contract that would give her the opportunity to do high-quality work in the community she called home. Now she sits as partner and head of private wealth disputes, as well as chairing the firm’s People and Culture Committee, at a firm that has grown, in her time there, beyond all recognition. But her role extends further than technical expertise and high-level decision-making. “As the first in my family to attend university, I always felt a responsibility to make the most of the opportunity,” Baker
PARTNERED UP Birketts is supporting women in the firm, like Baker, to rise to more senior positions
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