Legally Speaking Podcast
515 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe aim to inspire, educate and entertain, providing the ultimate way of learning more about the exciting world of legal. Whether you’re a lawyer, aspiring lawyer, involved in the legal industry or simply want to know more about the world of law this is the podcast for you. We will provide you with unique and accessible insights from a variety of incredible guests.
Hosted by Rob Hanna, an expert in legal careers and content creation, he is the proud CEO & Founder of a variety of business ventures and regularly speaks for notable organisations within the global legal industry!
We release new episodes every Monday and each episode promises to include exciting interviews, intriguing stories, tips to supercharge your legal career and so much more.
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Episodes
Building A Unique Consultancy-Model Law Firm - Natalie Foster - S5E39
July 25, 2022 01:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Inspire Legal Group's CEO, Natalie Foster. First and foremost, Natalie was the Founder and Managing Director of Foster Clay Law until the pandemic hit and the wave changed her direction into something bigger, better and larger than ever before! Natalie redesigned her consultancy-model law firm with the aim of modernising and digitalising legal services. Supporting experienced and entry-level lawyers was important to ...
Building A Unique Consultancy-Model Law Firm - Natalie Foster - S5E35
July 25, 2022 01:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Inspire Legal Group's CEO, Natalie Foster. First and foremost, Natalie was the Founder and Managing Director of Foster Clay Law until the pandemic hit and the wave changed her direction into something bigger, better and larger than ever before! Natalie redesigned her consultancy-model law firm with the aim of modernising and digitalising legal services. Supporting experienced and entry-level lawyers was important to ...
When Tax and The Law Collide - Andrew Waddell - S5E38
July 18, 2022 01:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBTax Lawyers for Law Firms? That's right... this week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is chatting to Winslows Tax Law's Managing Director, Andrew Waddell. Andrew founded Winslow's with one focus in mind. Winslows differs from other tax advisory firms because it focuses solely on providing tax support to fellow lawyers. Their tax lawyers have years of experience working in top city law firms and their mission is to combine this high level of technical expertise with ...
Blockchain and the Law - Anne Rose - S5E37
July 11, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is chatting to blockchain enthusiast, Anne Rose about her role within Mishcon de Reya, thinkBLOCKtank and her experience in advising on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, data and privacy issues and a wide range of IT and commercial contracts! Anne Rose is a Managing Associate at Mishcon de Reya and her mission is to help normal lawyers understand the nuances of tech. She is a member of...
Blockchain and the Law - Anne Rose - S5E36
July 11, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is chatting to blockchain enthusiast, Anne Rose about her role within Mishcon de Reya, thinkBLOCKtank and her experience in advising on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, data and privacy issues and a wide range of IT and commercial contracts! Anne Rose is a Managing Associate at Mishcon de Reya and her mission is to help normal lawyers understand the nuances of tech. She is a member of...
Why Client Onboarding Software is Vital in Modern Day Law Firms - Michael Chasin - S5E36
July 04, 2022 01:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBModern-day law firms, client onboarding, case management software... why is it vital? This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Michael Chasin, our sponsor, Clio's Strategic Advisor! Alongside working with Clio, Michael is the Co-Founder and VP of TRIO Partnerships at Nucleus. He was previously the General Manager of Clio Grow, Clio’s industry-leading client intake and legal CRM platform before becoming their Strategic Advisor more recently. Prior to joining...
Immigration Law: A Hot Topic - Skylar McKeith - S5E35
June 27, 2022 01:00 - 26 minutes - 17.9 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is excited to welcomes Immigration Law Solicitor, Skylar McKeith (and yes, she is the daughter of I'm A Celeb contestant, Gillian McKeith)! Skylar McKeith graduated from BPP Law School in 2015 and completed her Legal Practice Course, with a distinction, at the University of Westminster. Skylar has experience as a Congressional Intern, at the US House of Representatives. She is a board member and spokesperson, liaising with go...
The Neurodiverse Lawyer - Amelia Platton - S5E34
June 20, 2022 01:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Amelia Platton, future Trainee Solicitor, neurodiversity advocate and Winner of Legal Cheek’s Best Use of Social Media Award 2022! Amelia is a first-class law graduate from the University of Leeds and a Future Trainee Solicitor at Clifford Chance. Alongside this, Amelia is the Founder of The Neurodiverse Lawyer Project: a podcast, Instagram page and website created specifically to raise awareness of neurodiversity i...
How 20 Women Lawyers Got #Networked - Lisa Lang - S5E33
June 13, 2022 01:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Lisa Lang. Lisa is an Award-winning University General Counsel, currently based at Kentucky State University in the USA. In the past, Lisa worked as a legal specialist in the United States Army and as a legal non-commissioned officer, as well as a Senior Litigation Paralegal and Associate at Woodward, Hobson & Fulton LLP. Lisa also spent 9 years serving as Assistant Attorney General, Assistant General Counsel and Gen...
A Crafty Counsel Community for In-House Legal Professionals - Ben White - S5E32
June 06, 2022 01:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes the super talented Ben White to the show! Ben is the Founder of Crafty Counsel, a media platform for in-house counsels and other legal professionals to connect with each other. Ben trained at Clifford Chance, before advancing to Senior Associate within the Corporate Finance Team. He then moved to Global Fashion Group, and was the Group Corporate Counsel at the London headquarters. He promises to bring ''joy, insight,...
High Profile Cases, Mental Health & Law - Lorna Hackett & Michael Mansfield QC - S5E31
May 30, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes the fabulous Lorna Hackett and Michael Mansfield QC to the show! We're super excited about this one! Lorna is a barrister with extensive litigation experience in judicial review and human rights. She was called to the Bar in 2003, with expertise in advising cases of a sensitive nature. Lorna is the head of legal practice at Hackett & Dabbs LLP. Lorna is a campaigner for prisoners serving imprisonment for public protec...
Government Contracts in Plain English - Christoph Mlinarchik - S5E30
May 23, 2022 01:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Christoph Mlinarchik to the show! Christoph is a former US federal contracting officer, former director of GovCon for a US defence contractor and is a qualified expert witness. Christoph is also an attorney, consultant and instructor. He has a wealth of experience negotiating, reviewing and managing billions of dollars of government contracts over the course of his career. In addition to this, Christoph is a bestsell...
The Business Side to the Bar - Lawrence Power - S5E29
May 16, 2022 01:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna chats with the very experienced and fascinating Lawrence Power! Lawrence is a Barrister and was called to the Middle Temple in 1995. Since being called, Lawrence has built a large high profile practice and has been the Head of Chambers for over 15 years at Whitestone Chambers in London, specialising in Commercial and Aviation Law. Lawrence is well known for the large number of events and talks he has participated in as a gues...
The Weightlifting Lawyer - Troy Atkin - S5EP28
May 09, 2022 01:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Trainee Solicitor, Troy Atkin... or The Weightlifting Lawyer as you may know him! Troy is currently in the first seat of his Training Contract and is based in the Commercial Department in the Portsmouth office of Biscoes Solicitors. Troy is due to qualify in March 2023. Alongside this (and given the name!), Troy is a national level powerlifter, taking 3rd place at the British Bench Competition, 2022 and 2021. Troy d...
Presumed Guilty - Alexandra Shapiro - S5E27
May 02, 2022 01:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes the amazing Alexandra Shapiro to the show! Alexandra was one of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first law clerks at the Supreme Court, and also served as a law clerk to Judge Stephen F. Williams of the D.C. Circuit. Alexandra is a former federal prosecutor with 30 years of experience and has argued in the U.S Supreme Court. She has served as President of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers, in addition to handling...
A Day in the Life of a High Profile Personal Injury Attorney - Frederick Penney - S5EP26
April 25, 2022 01:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes high profile Personal Injury (PI) Attorney, Frederick Penney! Fred is the CEO and Founder of the law firm, Penney & Associates. He is of the highest AVVO rated Personal Injury Attorney (a rating of 10 - ''Superb Lawyer'') and has featured on top media platforms such as Forbes (Fred's Forbes Interview) and Entrepreneur (Fred's Entrepreneur Interview). He has experience handling high profile cases and this has enabled h...
Why I Quit Law - Jaysen Sutton - S5E25
April 18, 2022 01:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is joined by the Corporate Law Academy Founder, Jaysen Sutton. Jaysen completed his undergraduate law degree at the London School of Economics. Jaysen went on to the University of Cambridge to complete his master’s in corporate law. From then on, Jaysen began his career as a trainee at the US-based law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges. The Corporate Law Academy is currently the largest community for aspiring lawyers, with over 50,...
The Power of Instagram for Mentoring Trainee and Aspiring Lawyers - Megan Hulme - S5E24
April 11, 2022 01:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Megan Hulme. Megan is a trainee solicitor at an international law firm based in London. She previously worked as a Paralegal at Mischon de Reya LLP and Armstrong Private Client Solicitors Ltd before securing her training contract at the tail end of 2020. Megan is the Founder of ‘It’s All Hearsay’ – a popular Instagram page that has grown by its thousands in just a year! Megan founded the Instagram page to offer hel...
How Social Audio Increases Accessibility to Mentorship - Dayo Akinrinade - S5EP23
April 04, 2022 01:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBHow is the social audio industry taking mentorship by storm? Well, social audio app 'Wisdom' is showing you how! This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Dayo Akinrinade, Founder of Wisdom. As well as being a successful business owner, Dayo aspires to fill diversity gaps, having been recognised as representing her passions by joining the founding team of OneTech and Africlick, a cultural dating app targeting 1 billion Africans globally. On top of that, in 2...
How Can We Make Family Law More Accessible? - Emma Nash - S5E22
March 28, 2022 01:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Emma Nash, founder of the 'Family Law Language Project' and Family Law Partner at Fletcher Day. Aside from Emma's busy work life as a Family Law Partner, she is a strong advocate for reform within the family justice system. Emma is a strong believer in making family law easier to understand and more accessible to everyone. In this episode, we discuss the following: A typical workday in the life of a family law par...
Fertility in the Workplace Miniseries: Aspiring Lawyers, Recruitment and Retention
March 23, 2022 03:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBThe ‘Fertility in the Workplace’ Miniseries, featuring Natalie Sutherland and Somaya Ouazzani, delves into how fertility in the workplace can be addressed more openly and how law firms can do a better job at acknowledging the challenges faced around fertility. The series looks into tackling fertility issues as a lawyer, in addition to family planning and becoming parents. Natalie Sutherland is a Partner at Burgess Mee, a Family Law Firm and their first fertility officer. Natalie has experi...
How Can You Maintain High Performance Without Burning Out? - Charlène Gisele - S5E21
March 21, 2022 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Charlène Gisele. Charlène is the Founder and Director of her own Primal Wellness Coaching Business. Charlène trained as a solicitor and worked as an associate at American International law firm, Jones Day. Travelling the world to learn more about health and wellness, Charlène became a biohacker, working as Chief Wellness Adviser at INATIGO. In addition to her already great experience, Charlène is also a Mind and Emo...
Fertility in the Workplace Miniseries: Fertility Coaching
March 16, 2022 03:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBThe ‘Fertility in the Workplace’ Miniseries, featuring Emma Menzies delves into how fertility in the workplace can be addressed more openly and how law firms can do a better job at acknowledging the challenges faced around fertility. The series looks into tackling fertility issues as a lawyer, in addition to family planning and becoming parents. Emma Menzies is a Coach and founder of Ready Steady Coach, a specialist business focusing on helping professionals facilitate career fulfilment whi...
A Federal Judge's Advice on How to Persuade Judges - Judge Robert Bacharach - S5E20
March 14, 2022 03:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Judge Robert Bacharach. Robert graduated from Washington University School of Law and worked for Oklahoma firm, Crowe and Dunlevy, practising commercial litigation. He has worked as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. In 2013, Robert was appointed as a Judge of the United States Courts of Appeal for the 10th Circuit - after his nomination from Presiden...
Fertility in the Workplace Miniseries: How Can Law Firms Do Better?
March 09, 2022 03:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBThe ‘Fertility in the Workplace’ Miniseries, featuring Natalie Sutherland and Somaya Ouazzani, delves into how fertility in the workplace can be addressed more openly and how law firms can do a better job at acknowledging the challenges faced around fertility. The series looks into tackling fertility issues as a lawyer, in addition to family planning and becoming parents. Natalie Sutherland is a Partner at Burgess Mee, a Family Law Firm and their first fertility officer. Natalie has experi...
Using Contracts to Get to Net Zero - TCLP - S5E19
March 07, 2022 02:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Rebecca Annison. Rebecca is the Director of Engagement at The Chancery Lane Project. Becky got her MBA in Legal Practice and trained as a solicitor at the firm Bird & Bird. She then spent 14 years working first as a commercial contracts solicitor and then as a senior editor at Practical Law before moving to her current role. The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) is a collaborative effort of legal professionals from...
Using Contracts to Get to Net Zero - TCLP - S5E19
March 07, 2022 02:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Rebecca Annison. Rebecca is the Director of Engagement at The Chancery Lane Project. Becky got her MBA in Legal Practice and trained as a solicitor at the firm Bird & Bird. She then spent 14 years working first as a commercial contracts solicitor and then as a senior editor at Practical Law before moving to her current role. The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP) is a collaborative effort of legal professionals from...
Fertility in the Workplace Miniseries: Why Do We Need to Acknowledge the Issue?
March 02, 2022 03:00 - 15 minutes - 11.1 MBIn the ‘Fertility in the Workplace’ Miniseries, featuring Natalie Sutherland and Somaya Ouazzani, we will delve into how fertility in the workplace can be addressed more openly and how law firms can do a better job at acknowledging the challenges faced around fertility. The series looks into tackling fertility issues as a lawyer, in addition to family planning and becoming parents. Natalie Sutherland is a Partner at Burgess Mee, a Family Law Firm and their first fertility officer. Natalie h...
Igniting a Practical Contracting Revolution - Laura Frederick - S5E18
February 28, 2022 03:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Laura Frederick. Laura is the Founder of ‘How to Contract’, helping lawyers and professionals draft and negotiate contracts. For 25 years, Laura has been helping clients with their business contracts and technology agreements. She has previously worked for Tesla, as part of their Legal Counsel and in 2019, Laura opened her own law firm, ‘Laura Frederick Law’. In this episode, we discuss the following: How ...
Legaltech Trends and Their Impact on Lawyer Efficiency - Joshua Lenon - S5E17
February 21, 2022 03:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Joshua Lenon. Joshua is the lawyer in residence at Clio. An attorney admitted to the New York Bar, Joshua brings legal scholarship to the conversations happening both within Clio and with its customers. Joshua has worked extensively to educate lawyers on technology’s capability to enhance their practice, while also teaching tech companies about the unique needs of the legal system. Joshua has a keen understanding o...
How Tech Can Make the Practice of Law More Sustainable - S5E16
February 14, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Tony Thai and Jace Lynch. Tony and Jace have co-founded HyperDraft – a full-service document generation service. The full-service generation customises documents based on client forms, with quick and reliable results. Tony is the Chief Engineer of HyperDraft - previously working as an Attorney at Goodwin, Nixon Peabody and Bryan Cave. Jace is the COO of HyperDraft, who also previously worked at Goodwin as an Assoc...
Rapper and Lawyer: How You Can Practice Law, Follow Your Passions and Make Partner - S5E15
February 07, 2022 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Nick Eziefula. Nick is a partner at one of the UK’s leading media and entertainment law firms, Simkins LLP. Nick specialises in commercial law and intellectual property. Nick is passionate about music and is an artist himself. Nick has released several albums, touring internationally. Alongside this, Nick also works in technology, providing advice on legal and commercial on software licensing, e-commerce as well as ...
The Power of Social Media For In-House Lawyers and Why Personal Brand Is Not a Dirty Word - Mel Scott - S5E14
January 31, 2022 03:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Mel Scott. Mel is part of the senior legal counset at Megaport, a global technology company based in Australia. She’s an in house adviser to the Women Lawyers Association in Queensland, in addition to serving as a member association of corporate counsel National Conference Committee. She is now a passionate advocate for in house legal roles, and has her own amazing podcast called Counsel – a podcast for in hous...
How Will Legal Tech Change the Role of Lawyers? - Colin Levy - S5E13
January 24, 2022 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Colin Levy. Colin is a legal tech consultant and director of Legal and Evangelist at Malbek, where he carries out his mission of bridging the tech world with the legal world. Alongside his work at Malbek, Colin is an Advisory Board Member for Proxy, a cloud-based legal workflow tool. He also has a blog, titled ‘Notes from the Front Lines of Legal Innovation’ which was named by Feedspot as one of the Top 30 legal bl...
Being a West End Actor and a Commercial Lawyer – two sides of the same coin - S5E12
January 17, 2022 03:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Karl Wilson. After training to become a lawyer with Linklaters and qualifying into their Capital Markets team, Karl took a year out to pursue his other passions and attended the Royal Academy of Music. He later embarked upon two years of professional actor training at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Since then, Karl has managed to combine his passion of the law and acting last year enjoying a six month run in the We...
How to Be a Lawyer and Do It All - Hannah Beko - S5E11
January 10, 2022 03:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Hannah Beko. Hannah is a property partner at Gunnercooke LLP where she specialises in both commercial and personal property matters working for innovative investors and develops. Since 2016, Hannah has worked as a coach and trainer to the legal profession speaking out on areas such as mental health and happiness in law and now has a number of resources relating to this on her Authentically Speaking website. Hanna...
The Mindful Lawyers: How Lawyers can Create More Balance Through Mindfulness - Anna Lozynski & Marike Knight - S5E10
January 03, 2022 03:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Anna Lozynski and Marike Knight. Anna is the author of Legally Innovative, a book that teaches you how to transform your mindset, professional relationships and legal presence, and Marike is the founder of Cool Karma Collected, a modern school for mindfulness that teaches people how to achieve a greater sense of balance in their lives through mindfulness. Together they are the cofounders of The Mindful Lawyers, wher...
From a Ghanaian Immigrant Community in Germany to Wall Street - Priscilla Bonsu - S5E9
December 27, 2021 03:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Priscilla Bonsu. Priscilla is a Foreign Legal Advisor at Wuersch & Gering LLP on Wall Street in New York City providing memoranda on a wide variety of complex issues to the firms attorneys who represent domestic and global companies seeking to expand internationally! And if this wasn’t impressive enough since the start of the year Priscilla has been serving different news channels as a legal commentator. In addition...
The Future of Legaltech: Why Clio is Investing in Legal Technology Innovation - Shubham Datta - S5E8
December 20, 2021 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Shubham Datta. Shubham is the VP of Corporate Development at Clio who searches for innovative companies that can help accelerate Clio’s product roadmap and transform the legal experience for all, through acquisitions and investments. In his spare time, Shubham also hosts The Backbone – a podcast exploring the journey inside finance at high growth companies. Shubham also has the best answer yet to our Suits questio...
A Graduate Recruiter's Guide Miniseries: Myths surrounding Law Firm Applications
December 15, 2021 03:00 - 11 minutes - 8.04 MBThe Legally Speaking Podcast are delighted to bring you all the ‘A Graduate Recruiters Guide’ Miniseries, featuring Paul Gascoyne from Shearman & Sterling. Paul is a Senior Recruitment Manager at Shearman & Sterling with over 10 years of experience in recruiting graduates and school leavers. Prior to this Paul worked at BPP Law School as a Senior Outreach Marketing Manager. Paul is renowned for creating excellent resources for aspiring lawyers. The Miniseries will delve into how aspiring ...
A Graduate Recruiter's Guide Miniseries: Myths surrounding Law Firm Applications
December 15, 2021 03:00 - 11 minutes - 8.04 MBThe Legally Speaking Podcast are delighted to bring you all the ‘A Graduate Recruiters Guide’ Miniseries, featuring Paul Gascoyne from Shearman & Sterling. Paul is a Senior Recruitment Manager at Shearman & Sterling with over 10 years of experience in recruiting graduates and school leavers. Prior to this Paul worked at BPP Law School as a Senior Outreach Marketing Manager. Paul is renowned for creating excellent resources for aspiring lawyers. The Miniseries will delve into how aspiring ...
Introduction to Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin - Charles Kerrigan - S5E7
December 13, 2021 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomed Charles Kerrigan. Charles is a partner at CMS and a specialist in digital assets, fintech, and importantly for today’s discussion, Cryptocurrency. He is the author of multiple books including “The Financing of Intangible Assets: TMT Finance and Emerging Technologies” and “Growing with Blockchain”; and as a leading expert in blockchain and digital technology in the UK, has sat on advisory committees for parliament, t...
A Graduate Recruiter's Guide Miniseries: Training Contract & Vacation Scheme Applications
December 08, 2021 03:00 - 10 minutes - 7.14 MBThe Legally Speaking Podcast are delighted to bring you all the ‘A Graduate Recruiters Guide’ Miniseries, featuring Paul Gascoyne from Shearman & Sterling. Paul is a Senior Recruitment Manager at Shearman & Sterling with over 10 years of experience in recruiting graduates and school leavers. Prior to this Paul worked at BPP Law School as a Senior Outreach Marketing Manager. Paul is renowned for creating excellent resources for aspiring lawyers. The Miniseries will delve into how aspiring ...
A Graduate Recruiter's Guide Miniseries: Training Contract & Vacation Scheme Applications
December 08, 2021 03:00 - 10 minutes - 7.14 MBThe Legally Speaking Podcast are delighted to bring you all the ‘A Graduate Recruiters Guide’ Miniseries, featuring Paul Gascoyne from Shearman & Sterling. Paul is a Senior Recruitment Manager at Shearman & Sterling with over 10 years of experience in recruiting graduates and school leavers. Prior to this Paul worked at BPP Law School as a Senior Outreach Marketing Manager. Paul is renowned for creating excellent resources for aspiring lawyers. The Miniseries will delve into how aspiring ...
How-to Guides for Junior Lawyers - Jason Feng - S5E6
December 06, 2021 04:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Jason Feng. Jason is a front-end construction lawyer at Pinsent Masons in Sydney where he works closely with contractors and principals to de-risk and deliver successful projects. Outside of his day job Jason creates a wealth of content to help both junior and aspiring lawyers tackle the job and overcome the struggles that are commonly faced. Jason also runs free monthly webinars where he gives practical advice to cur...
A Graduate Recruiter's Guide Miniseries: How to Research Law Firms
December 01, 2021 03:00 - 10 minutes - 7.1 MBThe Legally Speaking Podcast are delighted to bring you all the ‘A Graduate Recruiters Guide’ Miniseries, featuring Paul Gascoyne from Shearman & Sterling. Paul is a Senior Recruitment Manager at Shearman & Sterling with over 10 years of experience in recruiting graduates and school leavers. Prior to this Paul worked at BPP Law School as a Senior Outreach Marketing Manager. Paul is renowned for creating excellent resources for aspiring lawyers. The Miniseries will delve into how aspiring ...
What is Legal Design? - Sarah Ouis - S5E5
November 29, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Sarah Ouis. Sarah is a French national working in the UK and is the founder of Law But How? a legal design and content agency. She is also employed in the legal tech space as a legal design manager at ContractPodAi where as she says in her own words will ‘be cross collaborating with different functions to make legal stuff better’. Sarah is also known as a legal blogger and on her platform ‘Very Lawyer Problems’ sh...
What is an In-House Lawyer and Why to Become One? - Tom Haines - S5E4
November 22, 2021 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Tom Haines. Tom is an in-house employment and labour lawyer, currently working as General Counsel at Jaguar Land Rover. He helps support the effective management of the workforce across multiple jurisdictions. Alongside Tom’s impressive practice, he is also the Host of the popular legal podcast, ‘You’ve Been Served’, which offers practical advice to law students, law graduates and junior lawyers to help them build a...
How to be an Award-Winning Leader in the Legal Industry - Chidi Onyeche - S5E3
November 15, 2021 04:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Chidi Onyeche. Chidi is currently an associate at Latham & Watkins working in the Project Development and Finance Practice. She is also a member of the firm’s Africa Practice. Chidi is also a non-executive director of the Making of Black Britain Project, a governor at Connaught School for girls and was previously a trustee of the Young Advisor Charity. Chidi is also the co-founder of an online platform called the Ult...
How to Quit Big Law and Become a Business Owner - Laura Brunnen - S5E2
November 08, 2021 03:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBThis week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Laura Brunnen. Laura is the founder and director of ‘The Legal Strategist Limited’ a B2B legal consulting and education business in which she brings expert ‘big business’ legal advice to new and growing businesses. In 2017, Laura became the first woman to lead the winning private equity team of the year at the British Legal Awards and in the same year founded ‘The 1973 Club’, a social network for women in private e...