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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,

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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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Season 6
Rob Hanna

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

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

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

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

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

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

Use Your Skills to Make More Money – Matt Margolis – S6E3

It’s no secret that over the last 2 years, video content and social media platforms such as TikTok are taking the marketing world as we know it by storm… This week’s guest says it’s vital that the law industry embraces this new digital age to continue to inspire, grow and ultimately, generate new business! Matt Margolis is the Head of Community at Lawtrades, a new work model empowering legal professionals to monetise their skills. Matt is a big social media player, specifically on Instagram,

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

She Shoots, She Scores: Being A Top-Rated Sports Lawyer – Jessie Engelhart – S6E2

From graduating Tilburg Law School in 2016 to continuing legal education in Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona, passing the Spanish Bar Exam and working for international law firms as well as with FCBarcelona and UEFA, this week we’re chatting to the sensational multilingual Lawyer Jessie Engelhart! Jessie proudly founded Sensato Sports Law, a boutique sports law firm, based in Barcelona in 2020 after deciding it was time to combine her passions for Sports, Law, Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Working in Strategy & Innovation for key stakeholders such as

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Season 6
Rob Hanna

Women in the Law UK – Dr. Sally Penni MBE – S6E1

Welcome back to the Legally Speaking Podcast. Promising to be bigger and better than ever before, we’re jumping straight in with an epic first episode! We’ve never been so excited to introduce a guest to you… and what a cracking way to jump into Season 6 than with none other than the one and only Dr. Sally Penni MBE. If you’re in the law industry, and unless you’ve been living under a rock – there will be no introductions necessary

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