“I am a female at a international law firm who will be qualifying next March. I have a few years’ work experience in property and really enjoy this area of law. However, I have found the people in the real estate department to be non-inspirational and socially dull. The corporate team, on the other hand, were dynamic, extremely bright and interesting and I also really enjoyed it, yet the hours are obviously much longer.

“To make matters harder, I am currently on secondment and think that realistically, after cutting my teeth in private practice for a number of years, I might like to move back in-house.