“I was appointed partner when I was on maternity leave,” a senior female lawyer at an elite law firm told me over coffee this week. “To a lot of people that’s unheard of, but it was nothing unusual for me because of the support I received.”

Tales like this from women at the top of their profession are a telling sign of how far the legal industry has come in achieving gender diversity and supporting women in their career progression. It also shows those coming up the ranks what’s possible.