Herbert Smith Freehills’ chair and senior partner, James Palmer, interviews former TalkTalk CEO Baroness Harding of Winscombe at the Legal Week Connect event today (29 November). Here, he sets out some of his thoughts about how the legal profession needs to change in order to keep attracting the next generation of lawyers.

It is a cliché that law is in a period of change. In addressing those changes, we need to ensure that law remains a career of choice for talented young people.