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Commerce Meets LawEpisode 2- A conversation with Akhila K Jayaram on transitioning into the world of commercial law from a STEM backgroundHello listeners and welcome back to Commerce Meets Law!
I really hope you enjoy this episode, here are some of the resources we mentioned during the conversation:
Akhila K Jayaram- https://www.linkedin.com/in/akhilajayaram?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BqWGeJkFSQhOy8U8Lo7H8EQ%3D%3D
https://www.legalcheek.com/
https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms
https://thestudentlawyer.com/
Please share your thoughts on Instagram @commercemeetslaw or e-mail me at commercemeetslaw@gmail.com. T...2023-02-231h 00
The Student Lawyer PodcastThe Role of a Commercial Lawyer - with Jake SchoggerInterested in learning more about the University of Law, who are the sponsors of this podcast episode? Click here to view the courses on offer (https://bit.ly/3h7RGMq) (Ad)
In this episode, Camilla Uppal is joined by Jake Schogger, qualified lawyer, careers coach and founder and CEO of the City Career Series Handbooks and the Commercial Law Academy.
Jake provides detailed insight into each commercial law firm practice area, explaining what each department does, what a trainee’s role typically involves, and what “international” work really involves!
Jake explains what skills are impor...2022-02-2146 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastExploring Employment Law - with Roy Magara, Solicitor Advocate and Founder of Magara Law(Advert) Interested in learning more about the University of Law, who are the sponsors of this podcast episode? Click here to view the courses on offer (https://bit.ly/3h7RGMq)
In this episode, Camilla Uppal is joined by Roy Magara, Founder & Director of Magara Law.
Roy provides a fascinating insight into the life of an employment lawyer, explaining why he decided to specialise in employment law, what traits and characteristics make a great employment lawyer, and the biggest challenges around being an employment lawyer. We discuss trends in the types of cases t...2021-11-0526 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastInterview with Philip Hertz, Global Head of Restructuring & Insolvency at Clifford Chance
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On this episode of The Student Lawyer podcast, Stephanie Anais is joined by Philip Hertz, Global Head of Restructuring and Insolvency, and partner at Clifford Chance.
During the episode, Philip talks about the sectors that are experiencing the greatest amount of restructuring and insolvency cases and the trends that aspiring corporate and commercial solicitors should follow.
Philip also reveals some of the...2021-08-2619 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastTSL x It’s All Hearsay: The importance of mentoring and how to make the most of it
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In the third and final part of a three part mini-series, Camilla Uppal speaks with Megan Hulme, trainee solicitor at a top-40 law firm and founder of It’s All Hearsay, all about her experiences as a mentor.
In this episode, Megan explains when aspiring lawyers should start looking for a mentor, how to obtain a mentor, how they can get the most out of...2021-08-2320 minThe Student Lawyer PodcastThe Student Lawyer x It’s All Hearsay: Working as a Paralegal in the City
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In the second part of a three part mini-series, Camilla Uppal speaks with Megan Hulme, trainee solicitor at a top-40 law firm and founder of It’s All Hearsay, all about her experiences working as a paralegal before starting her training contract.
In this episode, Megan provides an insight into her journey and experience securing paralegal roles after leaving university. We discuss the competitive na...2021-08-1629 minThe Student Lawyer PodcastThe Student Lawyer x It’s All Hearsay: Social Mobility in the Legal Profession
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In the first part of a three part mini-series, Camilla Uppal speaks with Megan Hulme, trainee solicitor and founder of It’s All Hearsay, about social mobility in the legal profession.
In this episode, Megan provides an insight into her journey and experience securing a training contract at a top-40 law firm as a socially mobile student from a non-Russell Group university, also providing advi...2021-07-3120 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastLaw Careers: Breaking Down Barriers and Securing Scholarships
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In this episode of The Student Lawyer podcast, Camilla Uppal speaks with Open University students Laurie-Elizabeth Ketley (29), Liam Chin (33) and Eleanor Mayhew-Hills (26) who are recipients of several prestigious scholarships from Gray’s Inn (full and partial funding) to complete their Bar Professional Training Course.
Not only did Laurie-Elizabeth, Liam and Eleanor secure sought-after scholarships demonstrating their excellence, talent, and drive, they impressively completed their la...2021-07-221h 44
The Student Lawyer PodcastInterview with Joanne Kane, Chair of the Young Barristers’ Committee
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In this episode of The Student Lawyer podcast, Camilla Uppal speaks with Joanne Kane, an experienced junior barrister specialising in serious crime and fraud, and the current Chair of the Young Barrister’s Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales.
Joanne discusses the key aims of the Young Barristers' Committee and how junior barristers can get involved. Joanne also provides advice to those seeking a career at th...2021-07-0245 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastIn-house v Private Practice Law Careers, with Oliver Grazebrook
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In this episode of The Student Lawyer podcast, Camilla Uppal is joined by Oliver Grazebrook, in-house counsel at Inmarsat, director of The Student Lawyer, and founder of The Student Lawyer’s Mentorship Scheme.
Oliver provides insight into his career history, from completing his training contract at a US law firm where he worked for a number of years, to working in house in a world leading global telecommunications company.
2021-06-2442 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastMaking successful vacation scheme applications, with Iqra Ali
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In this episode of The Student Lawyer podcast, Camilla Uppal is joined by Iqra Ali, an aspiring commercial solicitor who successfully secured two vacation schemes this cycle at top international law firms, Osborne Clarke and CMS.
Iqra shares the story of how she managed to find success in what has been hailed as one of the most competitive vacation scheme and training contract recruitment cycles of recent times. Specifically, Iqra...2021-06-1452 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastInterview with David Boyle, Barrister and Author of The Mini-Pupillage Workbook
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In this episode of The Student Lawyer podcast, Stephanie Anais is joined by David Boyle, Barrister at Deans Court Chambers. David has a wide-ranging practice which covers a broad spectrum of complex, high value, and unusual Multi Track claims. He is also the author of several well-known books, including the extremely helpful The Mini-Pupillage Workbook, and ‘An introduction to Personal Injury Law.’
During the episode, David shares his opinion on what...2021-06-041h 45
The Student Lawyer PodcastDemystifying In-house Training Contracts, with Yvonne Akpofure
The Student Lawyer understand that in-house training contracts are not as widely advertised as law firm training contracts, although we may now see a change with the introduction of the SQE. With this episode, we aim to help provide listeners with insight into the in-house training contract route if this path interests you!
In this episode, Camilla Uppal is joined by Yvonne Akpofure, a trainee solicitor working in the legal department of a rapidly growing Fintech bank. Yvonne discusses why she decided to train in-house, provides her opinion on the benefits of training in-house, and explains where t...2021-05-1225 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastCV and Application Advice, with Simply Law JobsIn this episode, Camilla Uppal speaks with Roxanne Brown from Simply Law Jobs. Roxanne provides the recruiters perspective on how to improve your CV, how to prepare for a law firm interview and what skills recruiters are looking for!
Check out Simply Law Jobs here: https://www.simplylawjobs.com/ and also on The Student Lawyer Job Board: https://thestudentlawyer.com/tsl-job-board/
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Hosted by Camilla Uppal, Produced by Nathan Gore
2021-04-1608 min
Reimagine LawThe Future Legal LandscapeIn this episode of ReImagineLaw we speak with David Halliwell, Partner for Client Solutions at law firm Pinsent Masons to consider how the legal services landscape is changing and what that means for those developing their careers. What career paths and skill sets will be key in the future?The discussion begins by exploring the impact that changes in regulation have had on the types of businesses providing legal services in the UK. We discuss how law firms and other service providers such as the Big 4 offer a much wider range of legal services, and the importance of...2020-12-0822 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastInterview with Ayaz Saboor, trainee solicitor at DWF and founder of Trainee TipsIn 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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The Student Lawyer PodcastInterview with Alexander Brown, commercial litigation and arbitration barrister at One Essex CourtIn 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...2020-07-1456 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastDeveloping your communication skills, with Roy MagaraIn 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.
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To find out more about The Student...2020-07-0617 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastAdvice & Tips from Ashkhan Candey, Managing Partner at CANDEYIn 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...2020-06-301h 19
The Student Lawyer PodcastInterview with Daniel Thorpe, future chancery and commercial pupil at Radcliffe ChambersIn 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...2020-06-2347 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastInterview with Aaron Mayers, future pupil barrister at 3PBIn 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 y...2020-06-1539 min
The Student Lawyer PodcastOvercoming setbacks and succeeding at the Bar, with Abimbola JohnsonIn this episode, TSL speaks to Abimbola Johnson about her journey to becoming a barrister. Abi is a crime and regulatory barrister at 25 Bedford Row and was called to the Bar in 2011.
Abi is refreshingly open about some of the setbacks she has faced in her career and how she overcame them, also sharing pupillage application advice and what she enjoys most about being a barrister!
If you are interested in registering your interest for The Student Lawyer Mentorship Scheme, please visit www.thestudentlawyer.com or email hello@thestudentlawyer.com.
Hosted by Camilla Uppal. Produced by Feed Ignite.2020-05-2541 min