Rupa Mooker, Director of People & Development MacRoberts LLP - "Boosting wellness: how a side hustle can enhance your life”

Since graduating from the University of Glasgow in 2000 with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons), Rupa has been passionate about equity, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing within the Scottish legal profession. After qualifying in 2003, Rupa specialised in employment law and practised exclusively as a solicitor until I became Director of People & Development at MacRoberts LLP in 2017. She is particularly interested on increasing the representation of individuals from ethnically diverse backgrounds, as well as social mobility issues, within the Scottish legal sector as well as matters of mental health in the workplace. In her current role, and as a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Committee, Rupa has shared her thoughts on such matters at several conferences and events.Rupa is a co-opted member of the Scotland National Advisory committee for Action for Children, a UK children's charity created to help vulnerable children and young people, and their families. Rupa isalso a regular contributor on BBC Scotland on various topics. Rupa also has her own music show on Scotland’s only national Asian radio station, Awaz Fm, and hosts many cultural and charity events.