Login
The Boutique Lawyer Show: ‘Just keep moving forward’
Jane Bowes cannot recall a time when she was ever as happy and motivated to go to work as she is right now. However, to get to this place, she has overcome hardship and trauma, found success through failure, and learnt – over the course of her vocational journey – that being a “rough diamond” is one of her biggest strengths.
Robyn Tongol
In this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Bowes Legal principal and director Jane Bowes about her unconventional entry into the legal profession, what women have to put up with in law, overcoming traumatic incidents, moving forward productively from such experiences, the importance of mentors and how to find them.
To continue reading the rest of this article, please log in.
Create a free account to get unlimited news articles and more!
Bowes also delves into having a good sense of self, bringing one’s full personality to work and why, being a rough diamond rather than a polished gem, lessons from starting one’s firm and how to push through when you want to give up, appreciating that success comes from repeated failure, and what being a dancer has taught her about life as a lawyer.
If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (The Lawyers Weekly Show) and by following Lawyers Weekly on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
If you have any questions about what you heard today, any topics of interest you have in mind, or if you’d like to lend your voice to the show, email
Plus, in case you missed them, check out our most recent episodes:
