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Season 6
Rob Hanna

An Online Directory Of Lawyers: Is This The Future? – Adam Reiman – S6E16

Everything is online nowadays. You can’t avoid it. Technology is paving the way for the future of all businesses and the law sector is no different. That being said, would you use a ‘Lawyer Directory’ to find the best lawyer for you? This week, we’re chatting to Lawyer.com‘s Director of Coaching and Live Events, Adam Reiman. Lawyer.com is the number #1 US lawyer matching service and online directory, connecting consumers with qualified lawyers. With their offices in Basking Ridge, New Jersey

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Rob Hanna

Judicial Accountability: What Does it Mean? – Aliza Shatzman – S6E15

Improving the courts, one clerkship at a time… Do you feel empowered in your role within the law industry to speak up and report when something is wrong? Particularly if you are working as a law clerk, do you feel it easy to be able to complain and report a Judge and their wrongdoings? This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is chatting to Aliza Shatzman, President and Co-Founder of the Legal Accountability Project! Aliza is a passionate advocate for

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

I Am Somebody’s Child Soldier: Charities and the Law – Shirah Mansaray – S6E14

It is quite an achievement to say that you’ve founded an international charity that has worked with local communities in northern Uganda to enhance the lives of over 1000 war-affected individuals and formerly abducted children. It’s even more impressive to be able to say that you’ve been a part of raising over £400,000 to support this too! Well, this week’s guest has done *just* that! We’ve been chatting with multilingual lawyer, Shiah Mansaray.  Shirah is the CEO of ‘I am Somebody’s

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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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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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