Junior Lawyers Division: Recent Episodes
The Law Society
A series of podcasts from our Junior Lawyers Division. We support LPC students, paralegals looking for training contracts, trainee solicitors, and solicitors up to five years qualified.
Ollie, Jonathan, and Charlotte Lakin are joined by Sengova Kailondo – winner of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Award for Junior Lawyer of the Year. We hear about Sengova’s work in diversity and inclusion and the world of asset finance, and the group take part in another legal quiz from Ollie.
Jonathan and Ollie speak to Sinéad McGrath and Callum Reed about applying for training contracts during the lockdown, the impact of furlough on junior lawyers, and how you can use this time to develop your commercial awareness.
In this episode, Jonathan Hodge and Ollie Grech speak to Joanne Kane, barrister at Carmelite Chambers and vice chair of the Young Barristers Committee, about criminal legal aid.
Welcome to the first episode of the Junior Lawyers Division podcast, hosted by JLD executive committee members Jonathan Hodge and Ollie Grech.
In this episode, they speak to Eloise Skinner, a solicitor, yoga teacher and author of the Junior Lawyers' Handbook.
This is the fourth in our SQE podcast series. We're joined by Victoria Cromwell from BARBRI to discuss the incoming SQE, it’s major changes to legal education and how these are being regarded within the international legal community.
Laura speaks with Zoe Swan and Rui Liu about how alcohol impacts mental and physical health and the alternative events that are emerging.
Julie Brannan and Alan East have an in-depth discussion about the SQE’s latest developments, with a particular focus on the results and analysis from the recent SQE 1 pilot.
In the second of our podcast series, Alan East welcomes Adele Edwin-Lamerton from the Junior Lawyers Division to discuss their growing concerns with the incoming Solicitor Qualification Examination.
Laura Uberoi speaks with Laura Willoughby MBE and Kieran Pender about how alcohol is a key contributor to bullying and sexual harassment at work. They discuss why you may want to rethink the drinks options at work events so that no-one feels out of place not drinking.
Kayleigh Leonie talks to Laura Willis about digital wellbeing and balance within the law and the trend towards firms supporting their staff to use their digital technology in a healthy and balanced way.
Kayleigh Leonie speaks to Hilda-Georgina Kwafo-Akoto about what makes firms attractive to junior lawyers.
The SQE Podcast series is designed to provide members with information about the new regulatory changes the SRA wish to introduce concerning the new route to qualification. Within this series we will be interviewing different stakeholders to look in depth at the many issues flowing from the SQE.
This is the first in a series of podcasts where Council member Laura Uberoi interviews the chairs of Law Society Committees to discuss their work. In this episode Laura speaks to Alan East, Council member, assistant professor at Coventry University and chair of the Education and Training Committee. He discusses the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, lawtech, a mandatory minimum salary for trainees and the importance of encouraging greater involvement from junior solicitors.