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Glass Ceilings and Sticky Floors: Shatter Limiting Beliefs - Redefine Success - Chase Big DreamsEmbracing Your Brave with Gina Gallaun🚀 Want to live a braver, bolder life? Today, I’m sitting down with Gina Gallaun, an unstoppable force who left the corporate world behind to chase her dreams and uncover the true meaning of courage. 🌎Gina’s journey will blow your mind. After helping the startup Wise scale to a billion-dollar business, she quit her job, traveled the globe, and interviewed women about how they find courage in everyday life. The result? Her powerful book, Embrace Your Brave in 30 Days, packed with stories and strategies to help YOU push past fear and take bold action.In thi...2024-11-1433 min
Breaking Legal Glass CeilingsNahida Kayum | S1 E8It is our vey great pleasure to be able to introduce today's guest, Nahida Kayum. Nahida is a Solicitor at North Yorkshire County Council, and specialises in Health and Social Care and regulatory matters. Although she entered university to study Psychology, she very quickly realised that Law was what she should be doing. Her journey has been one of persistence, and as you will hear, her grit and determination has proved those that doubted her wrong.
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Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings is a series of conversations with leading lawyers from backgrounds...2021-02-0219 min
Breaking Legal Glass CeilingsConnie Purdy | S1 E7We are delighted to welcome Connie Purdy, one of the rising stars of the Family Law Bar in the North West, to Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings! Connie's journey to becoming a barrister is a shining example of perseverance in spite of adversity. We sincerely hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!
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Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings is a series of conversations with leading lawyers from backgrounds outside the law.
David Lock QC explores how successful lawyers made it into the professions, what they did to get on, what legal...2021-01-1928 min
Breaking Legal Glass CeilingsCherie Blair QC | S1 Ep6Today, we have the great pleasure of sharing our conversation with Cherie Blair QC. Some of our listeners may know her as the wife of former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, however she is a very distinguished lawyer in her own right. Cherie is a barrister, lecturer, writer, part-time judge and mentor, and we hope you enjoy the episode!
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Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings is a series of conversations with leading lawyers from backgrounds outside the law.
David Lock QC explores how successful lawyers made it into the professions, what they did to get on...2021-01-0522 min
Breaking Legal Glass CeilingsDavid Lammy | S1 Ep5Today we are joined by David Lammy, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor, and has been the Member of Parliament for Tottenham since 2000. David served as a Minister in Government under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, with his final role being Minster of State for Universities. David grew up in Tottenham where he won a choral scholarship that just so happened to set him on the path for a career in the Law. He studied Law at the University of Law, and was the first Black Britain to attend the Harvard Law School where he...2020-12-1735 min
Breaking Legal Glass CeilingsDr S Chelvan | S1 Ep4Today's guest is with Dr S Chelvan, a proud activist lawyer. Chelvan is a recognised specialist in the area of immigration law with particular focus on LGBTQ+ rights. We hope you enjoy Chelvan's fascinating and inspirational story.
Dr Chelvan's photograph was taken by Chris Jepson - https://www.chrisjepson.com/
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Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings is a series of conversations with leading lawyers from backgrounds outside the law.
David Lock QC explores how successful lawyers from "non traditional" backgrounds made it into the professions, what they did to get on, what...2020-12-0131 min
Breaking Legal Glass CeilingsHelal Ahmed | S1 Ep2Today we have the pleasure of speaking to Helal Ahmed, a Barrister at Spire Barristers in Leeds. Helal was previously a solicitor before retraining and has a fascinating background. Enjoy.
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Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings is a series of conversations with leading lawyers from backgrounds outside the law.
David Lock QC explores how successful lawyers from "non traditional" backgrounds made it into the professions, what they did to get on, what legal practice demanded from them, what they did to stand out from their peers, and their top tips for the aspiring lawyers...2020-11-3021 min
Breaking Legal Glass CeilingsDawn Brathwaite | S1 Ep3Our guest today is Dawn Brathwaite, a partner in the commercial firm of Mills and Reeve, based predominantly in Birmingham. Dawn is one of the key partners in the Health Litigation Team, takes litigation all the way up to the Court of Appeal and beyond, and is hugely respected in her sector.
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Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings is a series of conversations with leading lawyers from backgrounds outside the law.
David Lock QC explores how successful lawyers from "non traditional" backgrounds made it into the professions, what they did to get on, what legal...2020-11-3024 min
Breaking Legal Glass CeilingsRosaleen Kilbane | S1 Ep1Our guest today is Rosaleen Kilbane, one of the Founder partners and now Managing Partner of the Community Law Partnership, a multi-award winning social welfare law practice in Birmingham. Rosaleen has previously chaired the Law Society’s Housing Law Committee and been on the Civil Litigation Committee. In 2012 she as the Legal Action Group’s Social Welfare Lawyer of the Year, and she sits as a Deputy District Judge.
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Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings is a series of conversations with leading lawyers from backgrounds outside the law.
David Lock QC explores how successful lawy...2020-11-3022 min
Breaking Legal Glass CeilingsTrailer | S1 E0Welcome to Breaking Legal Glass Ceilings.
Over the coming weeks we will be sharing conversations with leading members of the legal profession who have entered the law from "non-traditional backgrounds" and found great success in spite of, or indeed because of their unique and varied experiences.
The series will be launching in full on November 30th so subscribe to hear all the latest conversations.
You can connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, and you can email your questions and comments to legalglassceilings@gmail.com.
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