I mentor and encourage. I moved from practice to academia not only because in the 1980s that was a more realistic option for a lawyer with an enquiring mind and three young children but also because after some casual tutoring I had found my niche – to teach something that I care about and that can make a difference. Mentoring and encouraging have been what I have done – whether in practice, academia (teaching and research) or management – and what I continue to do as an adjunct professor and in pro bono leadership roles.

Respect; teams; productivity.

Respect for the creative productivity that teams of people bringing different perspectives to bear can make – by leaders in the legal industry and by their clients.

As a teenager, I almost didn’t study Law because my parents suggested that it might be something that I would enjoy. The alternative was to study Arts as a single degree; however, I could not imagine myself as a schoolteacher, which was the likely outcome in the early 1970s. Once I started studying Law, I was captivated by it – the issues it raised and (hopefully) resolved for society and business.