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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

November 18, 2022

Season 6

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

November 14, 2022

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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,

November 7, 2022

Season 6

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

November 7, 2022

Season 6

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

October 31, 2022

Season 6

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

October 24, 2022

Season 6

Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future – Orly Lobel – S6E7

Misconceptions, fear and lack of knowledge are common words we associate with the future of technology and even more so about artificial intelligence but should we be optimistic about the direction of AI and the purpose it can serve in law enforcement? This week we’re chatting to Warren Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Employment and Labour Policy at the University of San Diego, Orly Lobel. Orly has clerked at the Israeli Supreme Court and is a former military

October 17, 2022

Season 6

The CILEx Route to Law – Gemma Adams – S6E6

It is still a common misconception that you must have attended University and completed your LPC to be able to guarantee a job in law. There is no doubt that this may be the easiest route into the legal sector but it’s not the ONLY way and this week’s guest is telling us how she managed to become a Legal Executive via a different route… Gemma Adams works as a Legal Executive specialising in criminal law. It was not until 2011, when she

October 10, 2022

Season 6

Investigating White-Collar Crime – Tim Harris – S6E5

The legal sector is wide in its variety; from private client to blockchain and to property, family and criminal – they’re all equally exciting in their own right but how often are we able to dive deep into the day-to-day life of a solicitor acting in arguably one of the ‘juiciest’ areas of law? The term “white-collar crime” refers to a financially motivated, nonviolent or non-directly violent crime committed by individuals, businesses and government professionals and this week, we’re chatting

October 3, 2022

Season 6

Cryptocurrency in the Law Industry – Daniel Lo – S6E4

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Daniel Lo. Daniel Lo has been featured on the show previously in Season 3 and since then he has gone on to become the Chief Legal Officer of Cake DeFi an exciting organisation that enables cashflow from Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on a one-stop platform. Daniel is still based in Singapore, specialising in decentralised finance (DeFi) and digital assets. In addition, Daniel is a Career Strategist, assisting students

September 26, 2022