Virtually Legal

Molly and Abbie dive deep into how to perform well in the LPC. We talk to Shannon a Trainee Solicitor about how she managed, completed and ACED the LPC. We also discuss how the LPC is different from university and how you can best prepared.

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Saoirse O'Dea is a trainee solicitor at Shearman and Sterling, currently completing a seat in International Arbitration. Saoirse spoke candidly about her experience, how to impress your supervisor and how to stand out.

We spoke to Mia Siddique aka @legallypossible about every stage of an assessment centre, from interview to group task. Between us we have completed out fair share of successful and unsuccessful assessment centres and we want to share with you everything we have learnt along the way.

We sat down with Chrissie Wolfe to discuss all things SQE. We talk about what the SQE actually is, funding and the dreaded question for many whether to do the LPC or SQE (Abbie is still yet to decide). Alongside that we have a very fun chat to please do listen and share.

We talk to Magdalena Karcz, Graduate Recruitment Officer at Pinsent Masons. From how to best perform on tasks, to how much you should ask and how best to interact with trainees and partners. Listen to discover more!!

We sat down with Iyanu Ilupeju, trainee at WFW and Leah Steele, mental health expert, to discuss WFH. We discussed how to best perform during your training contract when working from home, how to create boundaries, prevent burnout and much more...

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What you wear goes beyond surface layer superficiality. In this episode, we discuss how what you wear in a corporate environment says about you, but also about the culture of the company perceiving you.

We sat down with Wendy Ramshaw, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Squire Patton Boggs, to discuss how a profession that has historically been coined "male, pale and stale" is being brought into the 21st century.

This week, Abbie discusses cryptocurrencies and how they can aid financial inclusion, particularly in developing countries. With 1.7 billion people still 'unbanked', could crypto be the solution?

References:

https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/lu/Documents/technology/lu-blockchain-accelerate-financial-inclusion.pdf

https://minima.global/

https://www.ft.com/content/826eedac-b0cd-4591-897a-9e83cf697060

and thanks to Matt Berrick and Will Foulkes for informing my research.

In today's episode we are joined by Tom Haines, an Employment Solicitor at Jaguar Land Rover. We discuss what it is like to work in-house and all of its benefits.

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