Last month, Legal Week held its first ‘Audience with Associates’ event, with a panel of up-and-coming lawyers – chaired by Travelex head of legal Clare Belcher – discussing issues affecting those in the early stages of their legal career. Alex Aldridge reports

Associate development programmes, alternative career paths and merit-based pay were all on the agenda at Legal Week’s inaugural An audience with… Associates, held on the evening of Thursday 24 September at the May Fair Hotel in central London. But it was the topic of business development that provoked most debate.