Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network

In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, produced in partnership with The College of Law, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Ann-Maree David to discuss the changing nature of mentoring since the onset of coronavirus, and why having good mentors is more urgent than ever before.

Ann-Maree David – the executive director of The College of Law in Queensland – notes that employers are looking for young lawyers with business acumen and diverse skills in their legal toolbelt. As young lawyers face an ever-broadening array of legal career options, seeking out mentors and further developing one's network are going to be critical.

The pair also talk about the benefits of reverse mentoring, why even senior professionals in law need mentors, and the value of having mentors from different backgrounds so as to learn from different perspectives.

This episode was produced in anticipation of the upcoming and inaugural Careers Expo & Emerging Leaders Summit – register now for this three-day virtual conference here.

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Diversification – by way of expansion – is one way that SME practices may look to succeed following the age of coronavirus. According to NSW-based firm Karim + Nicol (which now operates across the state), it is essential not only to understand and appreciate how best to expand, but also why a firm should do so.

On this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by the three directors of Karim + Nicol – Nadia Karim, Michelle Karim and Carrie Nicol – to discuss the considerations implicit in deciding to open a new office for one's boutique law firm, and grasping opportunities to do so when they arise.

The trio also delve into the questions they asked of themselves and their firm when expanding into Northern NSW and offered advice for other boutique firm owners who might be contemplating similar expansion in a post-pandemic market.

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In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, brought to you in collaboration with principal partner Taylor Root, Lawyers Weekly speaks to finalists for the Banking & Finance category at the 2021 30 Under 30 Awards.

Host Jerome Doraisamy and Taylor Root partner Hayden Gordine are joined by Clifford Chance senior associate Victor Greenstreet and Allen & Overy lawyer Julia Burvill to discuss the myriad issues and challenges that banking and finance lawyers have faced in the age of coronavirus and the actions the pair have taken in the wake of the pandemic to successfully serve clients and stand out from their peers.

The quartet also discuss looming opportunities for lawyers in this space to both assist clients and progress their careers, goals for the finalists moving into a post-pandemic market, and advice they would offer to aspiring banking and finance lawyers coming through the ranks.

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For one budding young lawyer, breaking into the very tough-to-crack in-house sector as a university student was made possible through many volunteering experiences, which could set a path for new practitioners hoping to avoid the long route in.

In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by fifth-year Macquarie University law and social science student Jessica Pereira to discuss her many volunteering wins, including being awarded the Outstanding Volunteer Award and the wealth of experience that led to her breaking into the in-house sector.

Following our recent episode with Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) board member Wayne Clarke on the difficulties that students and graduates have in moving straight into in-house roles, Jessica talks listeners through how she managed to skip over the years usually required in private practice before making it in.

"In hindsight, I struggled with getting a volunteer gig in-house with an in-house team, because it is so difficult to crack into that space and, at the time, I didn't realise how lucky I was and how difficult it was, but places are definitely receptive to it," she said.

Jessica lists the many benefits of breaking into this space as a young student, including internal networking with co-workers and the myriad of legal skills. She also has some great advice for other new lawyers on how to impress in-house recruiters.

We also talk about the Aurora Internship Program, the different volunteering experiences Jessica has had and what she has planned next.

If you have any questions about the episode or if there are any topics that you might want us to look into, please reach out – we would love to hear from you!

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Following one of the most-downloaded episodes of last year, Kernel Property returns to the show to discuss the state of affairs in commercial leasing for legal practices across the country.

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by Kernel Property directors Holly Bailey and Giles Knapman to discuss how law firms of all stripes have fared in the 12 months since the onset of coronavirus, the volume of commercial space that is currently available for lease across the country, and the types of agreements that firms are, or should be looking to, enter into.

The trio also talk about the factors to consider in securing favourable terms for a lease in the looming new normal as well as flexible options to explore, issues surrounding the fit-out of offices against the backdrop of more scattered workforces, and predictions for commercial leasing in the future.

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In this special episode with The College of Law, Hive Legal executive director and experience designer Melissa Lyon talks listeners through the many benefits of the Legal Practice Management Course, from interactive learning through to networking with expert facilitators and diverse cohorts.

Not only does Melissa Lyon bring an especially unique perspective on the course from a facilitator point of view, but she was also once a participant and has since been able to take the skills from the course and apply it into her own career.

Additionally, Melissa reflects on her career so far and the traditional and non-traditional pathways that she has taken to Hive Legal. She has some valuable insight for young lawyers who are still contemplating whether their future legal careers fit into firms or in-house – or into a whole different sector altogether.

Listeners will also get to hear about alternative innovation outside of just technology and how to implement using curiosity to make experiences better into their résumés and interviews within a hiring space that is saturated with the overused buzzword.

This episode was recorded with our principal partners at The College of Law, who will be supporting Lawyers Weekly in its inaugural Careers Expo and Emerging Leaders Summit 2021. Attendees will have the exclusive opportunity to be connected with firms and organisations for a one-on-one while also enjoying expertise from leading lawyers across three days of specialist panels.

Listen to the episode below and find out more about the Career Expo here!

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Kate Sherburn was the first in-house lawyer for her business, Who Gives A Crap. If this wasn't challenging enough, she had to contend with the product the business sells – toilet paper – becoming the world's hottest commodity during the pandemic.

On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Who Gives A Crap legal beagle Kate Sherburn about the challenges of establishing the legal presence within a business and the critical steps to take in doing so, and how it met the surge in demand for toilet paper in the wake of COVID-19.

The pair also discuss how best corporate counsel can showcase value in such extraordinary times, how to realise and live out one's niche professional interests, lessons learned over the past year and advice Ms Sherburn would offer to those coming through the ranks about finding one's feet vocationally in-house.

COVID-19 didn't result in people having more time or less work. In fact, it went the other way. Moving into the new normal, lawyers are looking to better manage expectations and perceptions from their clients' perspectives, and clients are looking for law firms that are organised and have the necessary resources to solve their problems, regardless of whether those lawyers are working in the office or at home.

On this special episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, produced in collaboration with Thomson Reuters and recorded at the 2021 Boutique Law Summit, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by vice-president of legal solutions at Thomson Reuters (Asia and Emerging Markets), James Jarvis, and Thomson Reuters product manager for legal research, Alex Cato, to discuss the need for tools that minimise disruption as much as possible so that people can spend less time getting started and more time analysing the law that they need to advise their client.

The trio also talk about the adoption of technology and how you're using technology absolutely is part of that style attribute that the law firm's clients are looking for and how Thomson Reuters' Westlaw can aid lawyers as the pandemic – and subsequent market turbulence – continues.

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In the wake of COVID-19, appetite for firm mergers and sales accelerated. Has that trend continued as we now approach a post-pandemic marketplace?

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back FMRC director Sam Coupland to discuss how fertile the ground is for buying, selling or merging law firms compared to one year ago, and how best firms looking to be bought can go from being a "goodwill firm to a lockstep firm".

The pair also reflect on what a bigger firm might need to do to make their offer appealing to smaller firms being bought out, and the need for business owners to consider their own positions when "checkpoints" such as a global pandemic arise.

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A professional services marketplace in which digital currencies are mainstream is "rapidly approaching ", and Australian law firms have to be ready, says one national firm partner.

On this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy welcomes back Piper Alderman partner Michael Bacina to discuss new-age currencies such as bitcoin and dogecoin, their value, and overcoming accounting issues and societal stigma in order to achieve widespread adoption of such currencies by professionals and firms.

Mr Bacina talks about his firm's introduction of such payment methods – noting it was a client-led process – what other firms can learn from Piper Alderman's experience thus far, and espouses more broadly about blockchain-driven processes and how they are set to up-end how legal businesses operate in the near future.

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