"Pretty much all law firms work as law firms always have. "But I was very lucky that at Kensington Swan we have a lot of part time workers, both men and women. But New Zealand is a small country and I was thinking what are the jobs that I would still like to do," she says. Former journalist Linda Clark says she has no regrets about leaving the profession for law. Gender and the Metoo movement are tough issues to be facing but there are others that will require the legal industry to adapt, she says. Believer in the balance of character, charisma, and challenge. DisruptHR OKC leader. "There were plenty of people who told me that going part-time would hold back my progression in the profession, and there are some people in the profession who have a degree of discomfort with part time. Clark says she has become a little more fearless over the years, particularly in the male dominated legal field. Linda Clark Consulting LLC, Oklahoma City, OK 73127, USA (405) 355-3575 connect@linda-clark.com. While continuing to present onscreen, Clark briefly edited Grace magazine in 2000. In 1989 her screen career began, with a job as a researcher on current affairs show Frontline. Suddenly, television was giving us a glimpse of how the police, too, suffer after this kind of tragedy.". Contact Linda Clark. … that’s the ultimate dilemma for women. ... so you have to work for employers who will accommodate that as best they can.”. "As women, we do need to think about our careers as having a different shape and we need to think of it as a long game.". But technology is definitely going to change that," Clark says. which we toured around and which eventually earned us our precious Equity cards. Robinson admitted the force was hurting over Waitara. Clark has been with the firm for five years and has represented high-profile clients, including Rachel MacGregor in her case against former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig. With hard work and determination they can, sometimes, actually come true! Clark is a regular political commentator for TV3’s The Nation. A postgraduate diploma in journalism led to work at the Manawatu Standard, the (now defunct) New Zealand Times and then the National Business Review in the heady pre-crash 80s — where she was a political reporter in the Parliamentary Press Gallery. Singing and dancing in concert party shows, with a group called The Taverners, as one third of a tap dancing trio called Triple Step. READ MORE: * Call for senior male law firm partners to sign #metoo pledge * Law Society warns it can name and shame bad lawyers * Kensington Swan says Grozovsky brothers offended by portrayal * Damning sexism report reveals road blocks for NZ's junior female lawyers, "It was a really small list. 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You want to be home and to have a stimulating job, but to have a stimulating job, most of the time you need to be at work. In 2015 she was hired to represent John Campbell amidst the turmoil of his eponymous current affairs show’s conclusion. It took a while but eventually it happened and here I am now, living my dream! With more than 20 years' experience, Clark eviscerated her interview subjects on radio and as TVNZ's chief political editor. Clark says it is so expensive, time consuming and draining to take on a legal claim. Clark says the difference for her has been the ability to move to part-time when her children needed her at home. I’m Linda Clark. Whereas in law, it still feels full of possibility.". To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Linda Clark - The screen career of award-winning broadcaster Linda Clark spans seven years as TVNZ’s political editor in the 90s, nine elections, and hosting several current affairs shows (Crossfire, Face the Nation, The Vote). You can also complete the contact form. She says the journey of lawyer and mother has been far from straightforward. As a lawyer, Linda Clark has gone on to represent a number of high-profile clients, including Rachel MacGregor along with colleague Hayden Wilson. Linda Clark Johnson is a mixed media artist working in cyanotype, collage, and watercolor. Hi! With her twin boys, Arlo and Harper, finishing high school this year, it was now time to focus on her career again, she says. In 1992 she won a Qantas Media Award for Best Current Affairs Story. I don't think you can have everything all at once.". Post-partum she became a prominent presence on airwaves. But by the time her twins had reached school age, Clark felt over journalism and couldn't see her future in it. In 2014 allegations that she provided media training to former Labour Party Leader David Cunliffe provoked debate over conflict of interest with her role as a presenter for TV3. That was in 1992 and since then I’ve had the good fortune to do seasons of repertory theatre, touring theatre, straight plays, comedies, musicals and pantomime. "I get asked by women in their 30s all the time about how it's possible to navigate parenting and professional life, and the answer to that is, it isn't easy," Clark says. In 2013 Clark joined Kensington Swan as a special counsel in their public law team. She left to study law in 2006. The firm has worked through that issue a long time ago but that's not the case everywhere.". Television work includes playing a mobile hairdresser in “That Peter Kay Thing”, a magistrate in “Emmerdale”, a Carrionite witch called Mother Bloodtide in “Doctor Who” and Janet Dent, Marcus’ Mum in “Coronation Street”. She also sporadically featured onscreen: in 2007 she provided political commentary on breakfast TV show Sunrise. She now leads a team of female lawyers in the Wellington branch of Kensington Swan. I wanted them to feel like I’m available to them and actually, availability is presence. Clark told du Chateau she was "gutted" about the demise, but proud of creating a "grown-up, sophisticated, nothing cheesy" women’s magazine. In 2002 Clark left TVNZ to have twins. The industry needs to look for alternative mechanisms for dispute resolution where people can have their claims heard and dealt with at a lower cost, she says. And her 2006 career change made her a poster woman for mid-life reinvigoration. Never give up on your dreams. Not all clients but enough want to see a change.". Her artwork focuses on the natural world, landscape, plant forms, and shadows. The advice she received was overwhelming positive and proved to her that women could have an interesting and stimulating job past the age of 50. Clients have also begun to ask what the Kensington Swan's sexual harassment policies were, before hiring the firm. "I don't think we do anyone any favours by pretending it's easy, because it isn't. There is change coming but these things take time.". Instigator of change and magic. As a little girl all I ever wanted to be was an actress (as we were called then!).