Denise Nurse started her legal life at Charles Russell, before going in-house at Sky. After 3 ½ years in the legal team there, she won a staff presenting competition which has led to a second career as a presenter on Sky News and Sky Travel. However, as she enjoys it and didn’t want to waste her training, she continues to also practise law. This year she became a director of Halebury, a legal services company which allows lawyers to work from home for a pool of clients. S

This week we spoke to Rachel Joyce, who is in the enviable position of being able to combine her legal career with a serious sporting interest during the working week. She has negotiated a part-time arrangement with Taylor Wessing, which allows her to train as a triathlete and do personal coaching for two days a week, while still working as a solicitor for three days a week. mtl: So tell us about working at Taylor Wessing before you came to this arrangement. Rachel: I did la