Chambers Student’s Rhia Lyon catches up with two BPP students to get their reflections on SQE1. They share their experience of the exam and prep course, plus some top tips for those taking it in future.

You can also read our Q&A with the Dean of BPP Law School here.

Rhia Lyon sits down with senior construction associate Laura Lintott of Trowers & Hamlins to discuss construction law. Tune in to find out more about the ins and outs of this fascinating and often underrated practice area!

How useful is it to speak a second language for your career in law? Rhia Lyon interviews three multilingual trainees at White & Case. Tune in to find out how they use their language skills and how this is helping them to shape a career on the global stage. Don't worry if you’re not a polygot: we'll also be hearing about how the firm helps trainees to develop a second language.

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Are you interested in human rights law? Rhia Lyon interviews Clive Baldwin of Human Rights Watch, an international organisation that investigates and reports on human rights abuses all over the world. Tune in to find out about the company's valuable work, and how to get more experience in this area of the law.

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We talk to four Addleshaw Goddard juniors in Leeds, Liverpool, London, Glasgow and Dubai about the ins and outs of being a trainee at a national firm with global opportunities, covering social life, working across offices, international placements, and more.

Sal Morton interviews Nazaneen Ahmadi in Leeds, Jessica Chapman in Liverpool, Alec Newton in Dubai and Michael Gray in Edinburgh.

What makes a law firm sustainable? Sal Morton speaks to Rachel Smith, Joe Wren and Jonathan Gilmour at Travers Smith about how law firms can do their bit for the environment internally, locally and even internationally. From Meat Free Mondays to carbon trading, we hear about the ways in which Travers is using its position in the market to spark change.

Insurance is the practice of hedging against financial risk; the practice and its fallout require a lot of legal work. In this podcast we speak to trainees Ellie McCarthy and Tania Forichon about their experiences of insurance at Clyde & Co, which has a leading practice in this area, offering no fewer than 31 insurance seats across its London and Manchester offices.

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The world is changing faster than ever, and a new generation of lawyers will need to combine both technical expertise and emotional intelligence to find their feet in the rapidly-evolving landscape. According to the O Shaped Lawyer movement, the “smarts and hearts” of lawyers are key to the profession moving into the future. With that in mind, the group has designed a framework to equip the lawyers of tomorrow with skills that can't be found in textbooks.

We caught up with RVU Head of Legal and The O Shaped Lawyer committee member Natalie Salunke to find out whether the future really is O-shaped.

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In this podcast we speak to members of the restructuring team at Sidley Austin, an international law firm with a leading practice in this area. We discuss what working as a restructuring lawyer involves; how students can build the necessary skills for a career in this field; and how recent events including Covid-19 and Brexit have affected the practice.

Sponsored by Sidley Austin

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