LegalTea
LegalTea is a podcast dedicated to interviewing lawyers brewing beyond corporate and commercial law. Each week we sit down with a lawyer from a different practice area or industry asking them about their work and the journey they took to get there.
Episodes
57 episodes
Ep.56: LittleLaw with Idin Sabahipour
In today's episode, we're diving into the dynamic world of alternative legal careers with a spotlight on entrepreneurship in the legal realm. And who better to spill the beans with than the ingenious founder of LittleLaw, Idin Sabahipour!
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Ep. 55: Google with Clare Kelly
This week we sit down with Claire Kelly, Competition Counsel at Google. In the episode we discuss what competition law is and its intersectionality with other areas of law such as privacy law, the perception of Google and othe...
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Ep. 54: FIFA with Victor Rodrigo Zamora
This week we sit down with Victor Rodrigo Zamora, Senior Legal Counsel at FIFA, the international governing body association of football, or simply that organisation that does the World Cup every 4 years and has its name on the videogame eve...
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Ep. 53: Legal Branding with Daisy Doardo
This week we sit down with Daisy Doardo, medical negligence paralegal and founder of Daisy Legal, a business providing social media management and branding services to law firms and legal consultants. In the episode, we discuss ...
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Ep. 52: Legal PR with Antonia Welch
This week we sit down with Antonia Welch, a freelance Legal PR and communications consultant. In the episode, we discuss what Legal PR and how it differs from traditional PR, why it’s important for firms to have Legal PR especially ...
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Ep. 51: PocketLaw with Kira Unger
This week we sit down with Kira Unger, Co-Founder and CEO of Pocket Law, an all-in-one legal platform servicing in-house teams and other businesses with their legal matters. In the episode what PocketLaw does, how to stand out in a ...
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Ep. 50: Legal Consultancy with Nigel Clark
This week we sit down with Nigel Clark, CEO of Nexa, a platform for consultant lawyers to offer an unparalleled service to their clients. In the episode we discuss the transition from a private practice fee earner to a consultant la...
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Ep. 49: Metaverse & AI Law with Lily Li
Now if you’ve been using the internet for the last couple of years you’ll know that technological innovation has taken societyby storm, it felt like only yesterday society was obsessing over NFTs and the latest cryptocurrency to invest in, whil...
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Ep. 48: Immigration & Asylum Law with Josh Asokan
I hope everybody’s enjoyed their Easter weekend - be it vacationing abroad or staycationing at home, devouring chocolate easter eggs or simply enjoying the extra 2 days of no work.Here at LegalTea, we’ve been brewing some important tea i...
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Ep. 47: Law Commission with Beth Payne
This week we’re sitting with Beth Payne, a Research Assistant at the Law Commission.In the episode we discuss what the Law Commission is, what are some common misconceptions about it, and the lifecycle of a Law Commission Proposal...
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Ep. 46: Art & Cultural Heritage Law with Alexia Vassilika Ogden
This week we're sitting down with Alexia Vassilika Ogden, an Associate at Canvas Art Law, a boutique law firm specializing in Art & Cultural Heritage Law. In the episode we discuss what Art & Cultural Heritage Law is, the tr...
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Ep. 45: Litigation Funding with Hugh Tait
This week we’re sitting down with Hugh Tait, a Senior Investment Officer at Woodsford, an ESG/access to justice litigation finance business.In the episode we discuss what litigation finance is, the recent rise of the industry in the UK, ...
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Ep. 44: Paralympian-turned-Lawyer with Amy Marren
Now typically in LegalTea we don’t tread on the same topic twice, but our next guest’s story was such a special one and gave us new insights into a topic we recently covered we decided to bend the rules again. You see this week we’r...
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Ep. 43: Racing & Bloodstock Law with Charlotte Ebbutt
This week we’re sitting down with Charlotte Ebutt, an Associate at RWK Goodman specialising in Racing & Bloodstock Law. In the episode we discuss what Racing & Bloodstock Law is, the impact of the Queen’s death on the industry, and the ...
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Ep. 42: Legal Business Development with Scott Simmons
This week we’re sitting down with the Rain Man himself - Scott Simmons. Certified in ‘turning lawyers into rainmakers’, Scott is a Business Development Coach for Lawyers. In the episode we discuss what Legal Business Development is,...
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Ep. 41: Legal Design with Sarah Ouis
This week we sit down with Sarah Ouis, Founder of LawButHow, a platform where she disseminates Design Thinking insights for the legal industry and creates training manuals and guides to assist others to do the same, all whilst she works as the ...
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Ep. 40: Insurance Law with Rachel Farnworth
This week we’re going to be focusing on the world of Insurance, sitting down with Rachel Farnworth, a Defendant Insurance Solicitor at Clyde & Co and former President of TFOIL - Tomorrow’s Forum of Insurance Lawyers. Rachel specializes in t...
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Ep. 39: Dance Music Law with Tiffany Law
Happy New Year folks - 2023 has entered the chat - and whether you’ve just worn off from the holiday hangover/food fest or are well into your new-year-new-me mantra, I’m glad to have you back tuning into the show for another episode. <...
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Ep. 38: Corporate Human Rights with Professor Nick Friedman
Today’s episode focuses on corporations, but from a different angle than you’re used to. Typically you hear about corporations and human rights in the context of corporate exploitation and immoral behavior. But what about corporations themselve...
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Ep. 37: Solicitor Apprenticeships with Joanna Hughes
Welcome back everybody! It’s been a minute - we’ve got quite the line-up this Season - from Academic to Private Practice, from Human Rights to Video Games, to today’s premiere episode. You might have seen more and more recently the term ‘Solici...
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Ep. 36: SeedLegals with Flora Suen-Krujatz
SEASON 2 FINALE - it's been a hell of a season at LegalTea and to finish it off we are focusing not so much on endings but about beginnings, the beginning of ideas and businesses - specifically Start-Ups. Funny how we think of the legal rights ...
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Ep. 35: Legal Recruitment with Tom Caplan
According to the Law Society’s 2020 Annual Statistics Report of the average 23,000 people that held a law degree between 2011-2019, only 5,000 secured a training contract (AllAboutLaw). Whilst here at LegalTea we’ve discussed the plenty of othe...
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Ep. 34: Financial Ombudsman Service with Tim Emerton
Finances - with the cost of living rising be it through energy prices, inflation, student loans, or simply the price of your local pint - the costs are being felt and they’re being felt hard. This week we’ll be exploring financial d...
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