The Student Lawyer Podcast

Insights: Institutional Racism and Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Industry

In this episode, Camilla speaks with Destiny Okongwu (MSc LPC graduate) about institutional racism and diversity and inclusion in the legal industry.
Having completed a dissertation on institutional racism as well as a masters project on diversity and inclusion in the legal industry, Destiny provides academic insight into the deep-rooted injustices that exist in society today.
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Hosted by Camilla Uppal, Produced by Feed Ignite

Interview with Eloise Skinner, Associate Lawyer, Author & Yoga Teacher

In this episode, Stephanie Anais speaks with Eloise Skinner, an associate at US law firm Cleary Gottlieb, author of The Junior Lawyers Handbook and yoga teacher at Frame.
Eloise reveals how she graduated university with a triple-First, shares her training contract application tips and uncovers what a day in the life of corporate lawyer looks like.
Eloise also talks about her passion for wellbeing and personal development, and why she trained to become a monk.
To connect with Eloise on Instagram click here.
You can find more information on The Junior Lawyers Handbook here.
 
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Interview with Ayaz Saboor, trainee solicitor at DWF and founder of Trainee Tips

In this episode, Camilla Uppal speaks to Ayaz Saboor about his journey to securing a training contract. Ayaz provides advice for how to improve training contract applications, master video interviews and impress on a vac scheme!
 
Ayaz also discusses his motivations behind setting up Trainee Tips, a mentoring scheme to help aspiring lawyers secure training contracts.
 
To find out more about The Student Lawyer Mentorship Scheme, please visit or email us at hello@thestudentlawyer.com.
 
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Interview with Alexander Brown, commercial litigation and arbitration barrister at One Essex Court

In this episode, Camilla Uppal speaks with Alex Brown, a commercial litigation and arbitration barrister at One Essex Court.
Alex studied Politics and Philosophy at Warwick University, completed his pupillage at One Essex Court and has been practising as a barrister for ten years. In this time, he has worked on a wide variety of commercial law cases that range in value from a few hundred thousand to hundreds of millions!
Alex highlights the efforts that are currently being made to widen the pool of candidates in a career that has often been seen as exclusively for Oxbridge students, and speaks about his own journey to the bar.
Alex also provides key insight into what will make a pupillage application stand out, and what you can expect from pupillage interviews.
To find out more about The Student Lawyer Mentorship Scheme, please visit or email us at hello@thestudentlawyer.com.
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Developing your communication skills, with Roy Magara

In this episode, Camilla speaks with Solicitor Advocate and Motivational Speaker, Roy Magara, about how to improve your communication skills.
Communicating clearly, confidently and effectively is an important part of being a lawyer and something that future employers are likely to be looking for.
Roy provides actionable tips and tricks that you can use to boost confidence, communicate clearly and put you in great stead for any interviews or public speaking events.
You can find out more about Educo Extra here: educoextra.co.uk
To find out more about The Student Lawyer Mentorship Scheme, please visit or email us at hello@thestudentlawyer.com.
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Advice & Tips from Ashkhan Candey, Managing Partner at CANDEY

In this episode, Stephanie speaks to Ashkhan Candey, Managing Partner and Head of Commercial Disputes at CANDEY, a commercial litigation law firm.
Ashkhan shares the reason he chose a career as a commercial litigator and talks us through what keeps him motivated.
Ashkhan also provides career advice, detailing the qualities that CANDEY look for when hiring junior lawyers, reveals a never before-heard-question from an interviewee (did they get they job?), and provides his opinion on how lawyers can develop the skills needed to make partner. Ashkhan also highlights the importance of staying true to yourself and always speaking your mind
To find out more about The Student Lawyer Mentorship Scheme, please visit or email us at hello@thestudentlawyer.com.
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Hosted by Stephanie Anais, Produced by Feed Ignite

Interview with Daniel Thorpe, future chancery and commercial pupil at Radcliffe Chambers

In this episode, Stephanie speaks with Daniel Thorpe, future pupil barrister at a leading chancery and commercial set.
Daniel talks us through his journey to the bar, detailing how to succeed at each stage of the pupilage application process, and how to develop commercial awareness!
Daniel is also a law tutor at Bloomsbury Law Tutors, so we took this opportunity find out his top tips on how to perform well in a law degree!
If you would like to connect with Dan, you can find him on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielrthorpe/ 
If you want to find out more about The Student Lawyer Mentorship Scheme, please visit https://thestudentlawyer.com/the-student-lawyer-mentorship-scheme/ or email us at hello@thestudentlawyer.com.
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Hosted by Stephanie Anais, Produced by Feed Ignite

Interview with Aaron Mayers, future pupil barrister at 3PB

In this episode, The Student Lawyer spoke to Aaron Mayers, a future pupil barrister who will be starting his commercial and chancery pupillage in the autumn of 2020.
Aaron shares his journey to obtaining pupillage, explaining how he overcame setbacks and developed his skills to enable him to secure pupillage.
He also discusses how he developed his advocacy skills and provides advice for how to overcome imposter syndrome.
If you would like to follow Aaron’s journey, you can follow his blog: https://medium.com/@aaronmayers or connect with him on LinkedIn.
If you want to find out more about The Student Lawyer Mentorship Scheme, please visit https://thestudentlawyer.com/the-student-lawyer-mentorship-scheme/ or email us at hello@thestudentlawyer.com.
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Hosted by Camilla Uppal, Produced by Feed Ignite

Tilly Chow, Trainee Solicitor at Ashurst and Co-founder of STRIVE

In this episode, Stephanie speaks to Tilly Chow, trainee solicitor at Ashurst and co-founder of STRIVE. Tilly provides exceptional advice and great tips for when writing training contract applications and shares the experiences she has had in each of her seats so far. Tilly also explains how Covid-19 has affected her training contract and gives reasons as to why working from home has benefits. 
As co-founder of STRIVE, a soon-to-be charity that promotes equality and diversity among the legal industry, Tilly talks about the programmes that STRIVE offers and who is an eligible candidate. She also provides an insight into virtual open days and vacation schemes. 
For more information on how to become part of the STRIVE programme visit:
https://www.striveconsultants.co.uk/ 
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Hosted by Stephanie Anais. Produced by Feed Ignite.

The Benefits of Virtual Internships, with Ed Holroyd Pearce

In this episode, we are joined by Ed Holroyd Pearce, co-founder of CRCC Asia and Virtual Internships. Ed discusses the opportunities that are currently available for those seeking virtual internships, the benefits of working remotely, and how the Covid-19 crisis has dramatically changed the internship landscape.
Ed also discusses his predictions for the future of virtual experiences and provides his top tips for maintaining a healthy work/life balance.  
You can find out more about the internships on offer by visiting:
https://www.crccasia.com/https://www.virtualinternships.com/
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Hosted by Camilla Uppal. Produced by Feed Ignite.