Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna welcomed process and legal tech enthusiast Aaron Baer on the show. Aaron is currently a partner at Aird & Berlis LLP, and is based in Toronto. He's redefining how law is conducted by making processes more efficient through smart use of legal technology and transparent client communication. He's played a leading role at the firm in introducing legal tech, overseeing its adoption of AI, project management tools ...

Send us a text In the second episode of our Thriving In Law miniseries, Robert Hanna welcomed Thrive Law solicitor and LGBT rights advocate Imogen Hamblin onto the show. After meeting Jodie whilst studying for the profession, they started working together in July 2018. Like Jodie Hill (see Episode 1) she holds a unique interest in mental health and coaching employers on creating a positive and safe environment, enabling employees to thrive! In this episode, she discusses: He...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna welcomed Jonathan Javier onto the show. Jonathan is an entrepreneur and speaker based in Los Angeles, and has helped tens of thousands of jobseekers get hired at top multinational firms. Despite initially lacking industry connections and graduating from a non-target school, Jonathan used the power of tech and LinkedIn to land prestigious roles at the likes of Snap Inc, Google and Cisco. Based on his experienc...

Send us a text In the first episode of our Thriving In Law Miniseries, Robert Hanna welcomed Founder and Managing Director of Thrive Law, Jodie Hill, onto the show. After originally training as a barrister, Jodie set up the employment law firm at just 29. She has put diversity and inclusion at the heart of its philosophy and agenda. She's determined to push workplace wellbeing up the national agenda. As part of this, she's appeared on the likes of the BBC, Sky News, The Times and The Yorks...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna met the impressive and influential Tracy Tsao. Tracy is the founder of the Traineeandme blog, a popular advice platform for trainee solicitors. She currently has a training contract at Rosenblatt Ltd, a unique AIM-listed full-service law firm. In the episode, she shares her journey, including why she started the Traineeandme initiative and what she's learnt on her journey to achieving a training contract....

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna welcomed Sarosh Zaiwalla onto the show. Sarosh is the founder and Senior Partner of Zaiwalla & Co. He set up the firm in 1982, and was the first non-European to set up a law firm in the City. Over the years he's been involved in 1200 international arbitrations, including 115 cases that have changed the law. He's worked with or advised major figures including the Dalai Llama, Ban Ki Moon, Tony Blair an...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna was joined by Baiju Vasani. Baiju is currently an international arbitration lawyer at Ivanyan & Partners, based in London and Moscow. In this deeply insightful episode, he shares his story and perspectives on this fascinating and consequential area of the law. Having graduated from Oxford, he's worked for the likes of Fulbright & Jarwoski, Crowell & Moring and Jones Day, practicing in both the UK and t...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna is joined by Anjie Vichayanonda, a trademark and copyright lawyer turned entrepreneur who is changing the industry through mentorship. Having worked at Under Armour, Kelly IP LLP and Haynes and Boone LLP, she founded Leg Up Legal in late 2018. The firm has revolutionised mentoring and networking for prospective law students in the United States. The decision to start her firm was partly based on her own pers...

Send us a text In the final instalment of our Forbes Features Miniseries, our host Rob Hanna met the CEO of Parley Pro, Olga Mack. In addition to her demanding day-job at the helm of the collaborative contract management firm, she's a speaker, author, blockchain strategist, women's advocate and thought leader. During this in-depth miniseries finale, she explains to Rob her unconventional story and discusses her many initiatives as both a technologist and a lawyer. Some of the many topic...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna is joined by Tom Harding. Once a professional DJ performing in front of thousands of fans, he's now a Partner at the prestigious global law firm, Osborne Clark. Not one to stray too far from his hedonistic former life, he now specialises in the fascinating and growing area of digital media and e-commerce law. In the episode, Tom talks about: How he accidentally fell into his early DJ career, via an Amsterdam c...