Thriving in your first years of practice: building your brand

About the event

A strong and professional brand is essential to building and sustaining a successful practice. Our webinar will guide you through how to define, develop and communicate a distinctive professional identity. This key skill will help you attract the right work and foster long-term relationships with instructing solicitors and clients.

Programme

Understanding your market and positioning yourself effectively

Using digital platforms to enhance visibility

Developing a sustainable marketing strategy that supports the growth of your practice

Navigating social media professionally

Why attend?

Our webinar will give you the tools to manage your professional profile proactively and strategically.

Who should attend?

Junior barristers in their first 7 years of practice
Pupil barristers

Speakers

Tadhgh Barwell O’Connor, 1KBW

Tadhgh is a specialist family practitioner with a focus on complex and international children and financial proceedings, including child abduction. Tadhgh was named Young Barrister of the Year at the Family Law Awards in 2024. He has been awarded multiple scholarships, including a Pegasus Scholarship to the American Inns of Court (2022) a Florida Advocacy Scholarship by the South Eastern Circuit (2024) and has completed the Keble Dutton Advanced International Advocacy Course at Keble College, Oxford (2025). 

Tadhgh a member of the Young Barristers’ Committee and speaks regularly on both English and International Family Law issues. He has acted as a delegate of the Bar Council of England and Wales in conferences in Dubai and India. He is also a mediator for both children and finance disputes and an advocacy trainer at Lincoln’s Inn. 

Lisa Happé, Landmark Chambers

Lisa Happé is a specialist in strategic marketing and communications, with a strong background supporting both barristers and solicitors across a wide range of practice areas. With almost 20 years’ experience in marketing, Lisa has worked extensively across the Bar, financial services, and the wider legal profession, developing a deep understanding of the needs of counsel and instructing solicitors and building strong, long-term professional relationships.

As Head of Marketing and Business Development, Lisa has overall responsibility for the marketing and business development of Landmark Chambers, supporting barristers and solicitors through targeted client development, brand enhancement, digital marketing, award submissions, and practice planning.

Anna Yarde, Harcourt Chambers

Anna specialises in the law relating to children. Her cases involve physical abuse and non-accidental injuries – including fractures, poisoning and stab wounds – as well as chronic neglect, sexual abuse, incest, psychological abuse and parental alienation.

Anna’s practice also includes specialist Deprivation of Liberty and Forced Marriage applications.

Anna is a well-known family law commentator and is recognised by TBD Marketing as a top “Legal LinkedInfluencer”. In 2025, she published articles in the barrister magazine (January 2025) and Counsel (April and July 2025).

Anna was interviewed by LexisNexis for International Women’s Day 2025 on the topics of “The Future of the Bar” and “Women in Family Law”. Anna is a regular guest on podcasts. In 2025, Anna was interviewed for “The Conscious Pod”, “Commerce Meets Law”, “Is it really Legal?” and “Family Law Week”.

In 2025, Anna was a finalist in the Leadership, Influence and Inclusivity Awards (Outstanding Women in Law – Law Firm), the Next 100 Years Inspirational Women in Law Awards (Barrister of the Year), and the LexisNexis Family Law Awards (Family Law Commentator of the Year).