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Paralegal Doesn’t Appear In Every Job AD

I recently had to examine a CV where the applicant had categorised four years of their experience as being employed as a ‘paralegal’. Another year of experience was listed under the job title ‘secretary’. However, the daily duties involved in this year were more descriptive of a paralegal role than that of a secretary. Many people are performing tasks day in, day out, not realising that what they are doing may class them as a ‘paralegal’. And it is clear

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

Transforming the Legal Experience for All – Jack Newton – S6E13

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, we’re introducing a very special guest… Our host, Robert Hanna has been chatting with our sponsor’s CEO, the one and only Jack Newton! As the CEO and Founder of Clio and a pioneer in cloud-based legal technology, Jack has ”spearheaded efforts to educate the legal community on the security, ethics, and privacy issues surrounding cloud computing, and has become a nationally recognised author and speaker on these topics”. Jack has set a mission to transform the practice of

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

The Future for Law in the Metaverse – David Turney – S6E12

From being shortlisted for the Rising Star Innovation Award in 2020, to winning Best Fundraising Lawyer in 2021, to now offering meetings in his office in the Metaverse… what can we expect next from the Co-Founder of an up-and-coming boutique law firm embracing the future of tech within the industry? This week we’re super excited to be chatting to ‘The Cap Lawyer’, David Turney and boy have we managed to cram the juiciest of conversations and info into a 30-minute podcast episode!

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An Employee’s Guide to Managing Notifications and Communications to Maximise Workplace Wellbeing

Do you find yourself getting easily distracted by instant messages or regularly checking your emails for that update you’re waiting for? We waste a surprising amount of time going between tasks as a result of distractions. Not only is it inefficient, but regular alerts and notifications can affect our wellbeing, especially if the lines between work and home get blurred. In this guide, we look at how this ‘always-on’ workplace culture has crept up on us, and what can be

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Mike Sheers

How to Write a Cracking Cover Letter and CV

The summer holiday is long, and as well as chilling out, you can finally get to the stuff you wouldn’t normally have time for. Like work experience! In a placement you can pick up new skills, meet professionals and have something new to add to your UCAS personal statement. When you’re ready to apply for work experience, you’ll usually need to send in a cover letter and CV. Now you might be thinking you’ve got nothing to shout about. But

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

Creating a Successful Law Firm in Lockdown – Alistair and Shona Wells – S6E11

You could say that leaving a secure and well-paid job to start your own law firm in the middle of a global pandemic is a little brave, huh? That’s exactly what this week’s guests Alistair and Shona Wells did and in this episode, they’re sharing with us the highs, the lows, their experience as a whole and their learned lessons! Alistair and Shona are both qualified solicitors, having had impressive careers in the industry prior to starting their own law firm. Their mission is

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Joanna Hughes

Legally Speaking Blog on Solicitor Apprenticeships

Joanna Hughes is a qualified lawyer who worked an international law firm as a lawyer and social mobility advocate for a couple of decades before setting up a new company, Joanna Hughes Solicitor Apprenticeships, to offer advice to law firms and in-house legal teams who wish to set up this route into the legal profession. You can learn more about Joanna and her business at www.joannahughes.co.uk! Solicitor apprenticeships are making the news: The Lawyer is running a mini-series on them,

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

Be THAT Lawyer – Steve Fretzin – S6E10

Finding a way to demystify the most challenging elements of growing a sustainable law practice? Here’s what they didn’t teach you in law school… 😉 This week, we had the absolute pleasure of chatting to premier coach, skills trainer and business development for attorneys keynote speaker, Steve Fretzin! Steve has devoted the last 18 years of his career to helping lawyers master their business goals so that they can flourish and go on to develop a successful law practice. As well as

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

Using LegalTech to Build Strong Online Communities – Chad Aboud – S6E9

If you’re not on social media these days, you’re living in the dark ages, aren’t you? Some say that the legal industry is a sector that still very much lives in the past and has a long way to go. Certainly from conversations we’ve had with previous guests, many people in the legal sector still shy away from using social media either from a professional or personal perspective. Well, not this week’s guest! We’ve been chatting to Legal Industry Consultant, Chad

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

Access to the Law through Data – Nicole Clark – S6E8

Democratising access to the law by making state trial court records and legal data more accessible is a necessary step in bringing greater transparency to the US judicial system… but why? This week, we’re chatting to Nicole Clark. Nicole is the CEO and Co-Founder of Trellis, a comprehensive AI-powered state court research and analytics platform that focuses on providing insight into how specific legal issues are decided across counties and states… as well as much more! Before co-founding Trellis, Nicole was an

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