“I’m an NQ lawyer suffering a minor spiritual crisis. I am quite enjoying the work so far, but my problem is that I look around the office at the partners, all of whom are perfectly pleasant, but rather dull and grey, and think: ‘That’s me in 15-20 years’.
“Where’s the flair and excitement? Or is that not possible in law? George Carman QC seemed to manage it, but then he was a barrister. Part of the problem, I think, is that I’m short of role models. I didn’t expect my firm to be packed full of rock stars, but I did hope that there would be a few lawyers with a bit of charisma to inspire me and set an example to follow.
