Lessons I Learned in Law
By Heriot Brown
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Scott Brown is a 'recovering lawyer'. Following years working in international law firms, Scott now runs Heriot Brown, a Legal Recruitment business. His extensive discussions with people across the legal profession have given him insight into what makes lawyers tick. Now, Scott shares those insights with you - to help you in your career. On each episode Scott invites guests to leave their egos at their door, share their professional successes and challenges, as well as the lessons they've learned in law. Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment. Follow Heriot Brown:Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram
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Umar Aziz at DG Partners on Balance, Integrity and Building Long-Term Relationships
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Lawyers Are Special, But Not That Special: Selene Brett at PPRO on Influence, Empathy and Making It Count
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May 28, 2026 |
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🎙️ Influence, Excellence and Professional Identity: Jim Shaughnessy at DocuSign
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May 14, 2026 |
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Curiosity, Objectivity & Leadership Under Pressure: James Ryan at BioNTech
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May 07, 2026 |
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Think Like the Business: Lucy Tyrrell at Wordsmith AI on Legal Engineering, AI and Smarter In-House Teams
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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🎙️ Step Outside Your Swim Lane: Jonathan Wiseman at Ocado Retail on Influence, Risk and Career Growth
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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🎙️ Perspective, Candour and Strategic Leadership: Rachel Canham at Rentokil Initial (100th Episode Special)
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Lean Into Your USP: Dean Nash at Banco Santander on Momentum, Leadership and Legal Transformation
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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🎙️ Insight Over Information: Justine Campbell at National Grid on Context, Integrity and Leading at Scale
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Beyond the Title: Kevin Massie on Earning Your Seat at the Table as GC of a FTSE 30
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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We are LIVE! With Jim Reid, CLO at Fortis Inc.
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Stephanie Lopes, Chief Legal Officer at Volt.io on Courage, Clarity & Stepping Into Leadership
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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General Counsel and Executive Team Member at Fugro, Katja Fenton on Leadership, Integrity, Allyship & Stepping Into the C-Suite
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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🎙️ Build, Don’t Brew: Andy Cooke on Product Thinking, Influence & Culture at Perk
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Perception, Empathy & AI: Carolyn Herzog on Leadership and Legal Innovation at Elastic
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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🎙️ Courage, Culture & Humanity: Emily Barker on Leading Global Legal at Arcadis
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Defining Legal’s Value: James Sullivan on Leadership, Risk and Reinvention in the Crypto Era
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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🎙️ From General Counsel to Managing Director: Jonathan Cope on Reinvention and Leadership at RSA Group
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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🎙️ Belief, Balance & Boldness: Portia Thornhill on Leadership and AI at Elixirr
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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🎙️ Be Bold, Build Your Network: Frankie Williams on Leading Legal in AI at DeepL
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Multiple Truths Can Be True: Emilie Mathieu on Leading at Checkout.com
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Over-Communicate and Find a Way: Doug McClure on Legal Leadership in Defence at Northrop Grumman
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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🎙️ Make Your Boss Look Good: Nick Havers on Leadership, Curiosity and Visibility at Lockton
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Focus on the stuff that matter: Law is Only Interesting to Lawyers: Pola Karolczyk on Communication, Courage and Career Shifts
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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🎙️ Everything is Figureoutable: Tara Haig on Saying Yes, Showing Up, and Scaling as GC at Multiverse
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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🎙️ Eat Your Own Dog Food: Shelley McKinley on AI, Ambiguity, and Owning the Grey Areas
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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🎙️ Forget the Patriarchy and Other Lessons in Leadership – Sam Plant, CLO at Müller UK*
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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🎙️ Be Liquid, Fill Gaps: David Flavell on Global Experience and Strategic Influence at PepsiCo
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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🎙️ Trust Your Gut: Jorrit de Haan on Building Legal from Scratch at Mollie
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May 28, 2025 |
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🎙️ Healthy Laziness & Win-Win Lawyering: Roel Staes on 22 Years at FedEx
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May 08, 2025 |
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🎙️ No Jobs for Life: Emma Moloney on Crisis Leadership, Career Pivots, and Speaking Human
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May 01, 2025 |
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From M&A to Merlot: Jane Hyde on Embracing Career Detours and Speaking Human
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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People First, Always: Daniel Winterfeldt on Leading with Purpose at Jefferies and Beyond
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Trust Your Instincts: Amos Carrington on Finding Fulfilment at Low Carbon
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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From Specialist to Strategic Leader: Mike Sosso on Curiosity, Courage, and Career Growth at BP
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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"From Working Bee to Strategic Leader: How Katja Roth Pellanda Rose to Lead a Global Legal Team of 500+"
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Lawyer to Fintech Founder: Aki Hussain on Small Lessons, Big Impact, and Betting on Yourself
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Leading from the Centre: Lessons from a GC for Corporate functions at Swiss Re
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Building Trust in Tech: Lessons from Trustpilot’s Chief Trust Officer, Anoop Joshi
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Transforming a Legal Team: Sandrine Auffret on Leading at Europe's most valuable Company, ASML
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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How to continually develop your career and skill set with Kelly Young
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Why finding what "lights you up" is the secret to a successful career
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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High speed delivery of Legal Services with the Chantelle Zemba, Group GC at Deliveroo
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Mastering Crisis Management and Career Progression in Law with Kate Southwell
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Privacy Law with Mary Pothos
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Building a High-Performing Legal Team in a Growing Tech Company with Volker Weisshaar
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Navigating Legal Careers with Flexibility and Global Insights: Featuring Leslie O'Callaghan
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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From Military Aspirations to Sports Law Success: Lessons Learned w/ James Stebbing
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Navigating Remote Leadership and Career Evolution: Insights from Lucie Grant
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Balancing Legal Excellence and Ethical Integrity w/ Alison Malin Zoellner
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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The Dark Arts of Law Firm Recruitment with Tom Coode-Bate
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Maintaining Perspective with Nicholas Cranfield
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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In-House in a tropical paradise and back to London with Phil Norah
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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From Olympian to General Counsel: Career Insights with Alex O’Connell
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May 30, 2024 |
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Transitioning Into The Clean Energy Sector as a General Counsel with Robin Carvell-Spedding
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May 23, 2024 |
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Building a vibrant career to General Counsel in the one business, with Francisca Comiche
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May 16, 2024 |
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Legal Insights and Beyond: A Journey with Felicitas Stern
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May 09, 2024 |
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Navigating International Law and Leadership with Maria Barros
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May 02, 2024 |
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Kenny Robertson on being a cultural architect for your team
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Chris Fowler on navigating career transitions
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency: Chloe Rowan
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Matt Wilson on maintaining calm amidst the chaos
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency: Stephanie Jones
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Emilie Berge on mental health, wellbeing and performing at your best
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency: Martin Evensen
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Ailsa Longmuir on how lawyers are business enablers, not blockers
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency: Michi Nishikawa
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Francesca Porter on being an airbag, not a seatbelt
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency: Kevin Hunt
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Maryam Ziarati McLoughlin on being personal and getting to know the individual
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency: Mark Bailey
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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James Morgan on being adaptable, patient and open to opportunity
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency: Olivia Sacco
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Adam Woodhall on how General Counsels can champion sustainability in their organisations
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency - Emma Bower
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Dina White on chasing the work you love
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency: Zoe Dales
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Lara Oyesanya on always being curious
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Inside The Agency: Lucy Taylor
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Xavier Langlois on being a ‘jack of all trades’ and harnessing your transferrable skills
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Helen Lowe on the role of legal ops
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Anna Butler on networking and being open to opportunities
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Alex Wilson on nailing your life/work balance
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Richard Flint on lawyers’ wealth of transferrable skills
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Scott Yelle on venturing outside of your comfort zone
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Laura Frederick on understanding context through curiosity
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Alex Stephany on doing right and giving back
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Jonny Parker on developing outside interests to make you a better lawyer
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Rob Chesnut on corporate integrity and ethical business
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Martin Nolan on helping people take their blinkers off to further their careers
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Mollie Stoker on finding the solution
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Lessons I Learned in Law - Here's to Season Four!
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Jamie Pearson and Sarah Marshall on support for those moving in-house
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May 19, 2022 |
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Kaleem Khan on Accessibility in Law
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May 12, 2022 |
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Jayne Bowie on transitions, promotions and transferrable skills
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May 05, 2022 |
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Elizabeth Rimmer on the emotional impact of being a lawyer
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Fraser Simpson on the importance of investing in kindness
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Janine Esbrand on the importance of updating your career goals
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Abigail Dean on learning to tolerate boredom
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Karen Shafrir-Vladeck on the positive effect social media can have on your career
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Alice England on owning your own value
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Richard Mabey on being flexible in how you achieve results
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Charlotte Pham on why relationships form the cornerstone of your legal career
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Alex Su on his escape from Big Law
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Sterling Miller on knowing your place as an in-house lawyer.
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Peter King on why you must learn to say "No!"
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Judge Jules on keeping your passions a priority
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Troy Atkin on harnessing the power of rejection
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Amy Wallace on trusting your instinct in business.
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Daniel Glazer on why a career in law is like launching a start-up
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Adam Baldwin on knowing, and speaking to your audience
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Frances Coats on why you should look beyond 'sexy' roles in the law
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Steven Berry on having the confidence to take action to create change.
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Rachael Carolan on looking beyond the traditional general counsel role
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Tonia Lovell on the importance of personal values
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Randal Barker on the role of general counsel as statesman.
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Rohan Paramesh on lawyers as business owners
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Sara Scott on challenging bad behaviour within the legal profession
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May 24, 2021 |
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Trailer - Lessons I Learned in Law - Coming Soon
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Apr 16, 2021 |