Expert coaches with legal backgrounds

Anita’s wealth of coaching experience helps our members uncover the full extent or their own resilience, strengths and potential to succeed as a city solicitor. A former lawyer from a diverse background herself, Anita is both passionate about assisting under-represented groups into the profession, and well-placed to do so. In addition to her work at AS, she is a school governor, and for the past decade has contributed to state school career guidance programmes.

Charis works across our Talent Development Team to deliver coaching, mock interviews and HeadStart sessions, as well as the Commercial Awareness Competition. Previously, Charis managed the Early Careers Recruitment team at DWF, leading the recruitment for trainee solicitors, apprentices and graduates across the UK and ROI. Charis is passionate about increasing access to the legal profession, driving positive change, and showcasing regional opportunities.

May delivers our coaching programmes, such as AS First, Aspire and Headstart, as well as one-to-one mock interviews. After 10 years working in graduate recruitment and development – at a range of top City law firms including Allen & Overy, Baker McKenzie, and Bristows – May brings with her to AS a long-held interest in widening access to the profession and a strong belief in providing an inclusive working environment in which trainees can flourish.

Zoe heads up our coaching and mentoring service as part of our Talent Development Team. A qualified solicitor, she trained at a Magic Circle firm and practised as a finance lawyer for several years. During that time Zoe participated in graduate recruitment initiatives, and spent three years as a graduate recruiter, before becoming a career coach. As a minority ethnic woman in law and a career changer herself, Zoe is particularly invested in unlocking diverse candidates’ potential.