Sh!t They Don't Teach You at Law School – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Welcome to the show that reveals everything you never knew you needed to know about being a lawyer!

Hosted by Sarah-Elke Kraal (recovering lawyer and preeminent legal education disruptor) and friends 💖

You can ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠connect with Sarah on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow on Instagram @sarahelke.

If you've got a legal workplace dilemma you'd like solved, join the mailing list at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.sarahelke.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠—subscribers get an exclusive link to submit letters to the show!

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Personal Sh!t: A letter from "Baby Lawyer Blues 🤬"

This is the first instalment of the show's deep dive into everything to do with the messy people stuff in law. We're calling it "Personal Sh!t"—but you can call it whatever doesn't get you called into HR.

Featuring the very excellent expertise of your two newest virtual besties:

• ⁠⁠Lauren Cassimatis⁠, Founder and Principal Gallant Law; Founder, Connecting Lawyer Mums, and Accredited Specialist (Criminal Law)—Vic
• ⁠⁠Perpetua "Pepe" Kish⁠,⁠ Director and Co-Founder, Balance Family Law; Co-Founder, The Kind Lawyers; Director, Pacifica Congress; Director, Australian Association of Collaborative Professionals, and Consultant, Connecting Lawyer Mums.

This week we answer a letter from one of our listeners, "Baby Lawyer Blues"; a small law firm Principal struggling to manage a big, bold junior lawyer in her team who is becoming a bit of a loose cannon...😬

As always, we also enjoy forcing an inimitable Australian legal ethics legend—⁠⁠⁠⁠Stafford Shepherd⁠⁠⁠⁠—to squeeze his sage ethical guidance into a strict one-minute segment.

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Did you like this episode?

Let me know! Send me an email to hello@sarahelke.com 👏

Welcome to the show that reveals everything you never knew you needed to know about being a lawyer!

Hosted by Sarah-Elke Kraal (recovering lawyer and preeminent legal education disruptor) and friends 💖

You can ⁠⁠⁠connect with Sarah on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠ and follow on Instagram @sarahelke.

If you've got a legal workplace dilemma you'd like solved, join the mailing list at ⁠⁠⁠www.sarahelke.com⁠⁠⁠—subscribers get an exclusive link to submit letters to the show!

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Business Sh!t: A letter from "Back off, BD!"

This is the first instalment of the show's deep dive into everything to do with the business of law. We're calling it "Business Sh!t"—but you can call it whatever will balance this month's P&L.

Featuring the very excellent expertise of your two business babe besties:

• ⁠Fleur Madden⁠⁠, CEO, Freelancing Gems + The Ginsburg Firm; Business Coach; Board Member; and Women in Business Advocate
• ⁠⁠⁠Kara Cook⁠, Former Lawyer + Founder of Australia's first Domestic Violence Focussed Law Firm; Non-Executive Director, and CEO

This week we answer a letter from one of our listeners, "Back off, BD!"; a lawyer struggling with the expectation that she needs to spend her personal time drumming up business for her employer. Why can't she just be a good lawyer, and then go home at the end of the day?

We also enjoy forcing an inimitable Australian legal ethics legend—⁠⁠Stafford Shepherd⁠⁠—to provide his sage ethical guidance in a strict one-minute segment.

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Did you like this episode?

Let me know! Send me an email to hello@sarahelke.com.

Welcome to the show that reveals everything you never knew you needed to know about being a lawyer!

Hosted by Sarah-Elke Kraal (recovering lawyer and preeminent legal education disruptor) and friends 💖

You can connect with Sarah on LinkedIn and follow on Instagram @sarahelke.

If you've got a legal workplace dilemma you'd like solved, join the mailing list at www.sarahelke.com—subscribers get an exclusive link to submit letters to the show!

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Marketing Sh!t: A letter from "At War With Myself"

This is the first instalment of the show's deep dive into everything marketing, personal branding, and PR. We're calling it "Marketing Sh!t"—but you can call it whatever won't get you cancelled.

Featuring the very excellent expertise of your two new virtual besties:

• Mel Storey, Head of Legal (Asia Pacific), Pax8, and Creator and Host, Counsel Podcast;
• Leisa Goddard, Founder and Director, Adoni Public Relations, and United Nations Media Peace award winner.

This week we answer the letter from one of our listeners, "At War With Myself"; a lawyer battling the pressure to comment online about divisive political issues.

We also enjoy forcing an inimitable Australian legal ethics legend—Stafford Shepherd—to provide his sage ethical guidance in a strict one-minute segment. Just because it's fun.

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Did you like this episode?

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Welcome to the podcast that talks about everything you never knew you needed to know about working in law!

With your host Sarah-Elke Kraal, Australian lawyer, writer and professional development disruptor.

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EPISODE 4: The "I don't have time to read effing books" club

Fun fact: lawyers don't have time to read for funsies.

So I've asked two of the smartest and funniest lawyers I know to read all the good books for you!

Join:

• Giorgia Morini (former Crown Prosecutor turned culture leader, speaker, and strategic advisor); and
• Lauren Phelps (former law firm partner turned wellbeing advocate and mediator)

—as they do their darndest to convince me to read yet another book I'll probably buy, and then leave to languish on my dust-encrusted shelf.

Listen in to get the top relevant takeaways for our lives and legal careers from Atomic Habits by James Clear! 🙌 

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And hey, if you're so inclined, you may be able to claim 0.5 CPD points in Professional Skills by listening to this episode (but remember that CPD is self-assessed, and can vary across jurisdictions—so always check the rules of your local Law Society before claiming).

This is "Sh!t They Don't Teach You at Law School"—the podcast that talks about everything you never knew you needed to know about working in law!

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"How to make legal history" with Greg McIntyre SC

Today we are super lucky to be sitting down with living legal legend, and all around fantastic human, Greg McIntyre SC.

Greg is the President of the Law Council of Australia, Immediate Past President of the Law Society of Western Australia, and the head of Michael Kirby Chambers in Perth.

He was so generous with his time in sharing his story, and invaluable advice on how we all can make an impact on social change and justice. 

See below for some handy dandy timestamps for each part of our chat, or simply sit back and enjoy the captivating stories, insights and advice of a true Australian legal legend.

• 3:15—The fascinating story of how he came to law and ultimately made history with Eddie Mabo, Ron Castan, Bryan Keon-Cohen, and Barbara Hocking, in one of Australia’s pivotal test cases (Mabo); plus the many landmark cases that interwove with Mabo’s 10 year legal odyssey.

• 39:00—How do you deal with being a part of history?

• 41:58—When did you realise it was history in the making?

• 43:15—Do you ever catch yourself and think, "Wow. Look what I’ve achieved"?

• 45:20—What advice do you have for anyone wanting to make an impact on the legal profession, on the world, on social change and justice as you have – is there any more history to be made?

• 47:45—How would you describe the Australian legal profession at this point in time?

• 52:37—What are some recent triumphs you’ve seen for the profession?

• 54:00—What lead you to become President of the Law Council Australia?

• 55:35—What's been the most surprising thing about being President?

• 57:32—What is the Law Council’s perspectives on the gender pay gap report released by WGEA? How are we as the legal profession faring?

• 59:41—What does 'work readiness' mean to you, and how do we do it better in the profession?

• 1:05:07—What’s next for you?

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Do *not* adjust your dial—because this is "Sh!t They Don't Teach You at Law School"!

And it's our first "Dear Sh!tshow" episode, where we take your real-life legal workplace dilemmas and resolve them with the help of experts all over the world. *

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"The Instagram Lawyer" with Danielle Keyes

A growing phenomenon in legal circles, you can find Instagram Lawyers pretty much everywhere these days.

They are #nofilter, #candid, and #real.

Except when they're not...

For the uninitiated, ILs are individuals who (despite their relative inexperience and/or disinterest in the law), cultivate a carefully curated online presence that packages them up as far more accomplished, seasoned, and qualified than they actually are.

In this episode of "Dear Sh!tshow", Danielle Keyes (Group General Counsel, Nova Entertainment) dishes her advice for how our letter writer can navigate the fallout from one Instagram Lawyer's unreasonable demands and poor work performance in her small, suburban firm.

It's bold!

It's brave!

And it's forged in the fires of Mount Doom!

Tune in to hear what Danielle has to say...

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It's episode the first!

And I'm taking the opportunity to let you know what you can expect from the biggest research project I ever accidentally did on the knowledge and skills gap between law school and the real world of practice.

Get involved at www.sarahelke.com and connect with me on LinkedIn and Insta!

Strap yourself in, it's gonna be a wild ride.

Learn more and get involved at www.sarahelke.com.

Welcome to the show that reveals everything you never knew you needed to know about being a lawyer!

Hosted by Sarah-Elke Kraal (recovering lawyer and preeminent legal education disruptor) and friends 💖

You can ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠connect with Sarah on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow on Instagram @sarahelke.

If you've got a legal workplace dilemma you'd like solved, join the mailing list at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.sarahelke.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠—subscribers get an exclusive link to submit letters to our superstar cast!

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Industry Sh!t: A letter from "Cynical About Smashing Ceilings 🍼"

This is the second instalment of the show's deep dive into the legal industry's deep, dark secrets. We're calling it "Industry Sh!t"—but you can call it whatever gets you into that WhatsApp support group.

Featuring the very excellent insights of our resident industry insiders:

• Tilé Imo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Leader in the Community Legal Sector and Co-Creator + Co-Host, Tilé and Olly Meets Podcast
• ⁠Sapphire Parsons⁠, Senior Workplace Lawyer, and Women's Economic Empowerment Champion

This week we answer a letter from one of our listeners, "Cynical About Smashing Ceilings"; a working parent who has just returned to work following parental leave, and is shocked to find that they are still expected to deliver a full-time performance on a part-time salary. And because of the weird guilt that comes with having a job to "come back to", they are reticent to raise the issue with the powers that be...

As always, we also enjoy forcing an inimitable Australian legal ethics legend—⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stafford Shepherd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠—to look at today's letter through his kaleidoscopic lens of ethicality in a strict one-minute segment⏰

What do you think?

Let me know! Send me an email to hello@sarahelke.com.

Welcome to the show that reveals everything you never knew you needed to know about being a lawyer!

Hosted by Sarah-Elke Kraal (recovering lawyer and preeminent legal education disruptor) and friends 💖

You can ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠connect with Sarah on LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow on Instagram @sarahelke.

If you've got a legal workplace dilemma you'd like solved, join the mailing list at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.sarahelke.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠—subscribers get an exclusive link to submit letters to our superstar cast!

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Career Sh!t: A letter from "Searching for a Unicorn 🦄"

This is the second instalment of the show's deep dive into everything building and sustaining a legal career. We're calling it "Career Sh!t"—but you can call it whatever will get you a raise.

Featuring the very excellent expertise of our two resident career advice besties:

• ⁠⁠Lara Wentworth⁠, Director + Co-founder, Coaching Advocates; Certified Performance and Mental Fitness Coach, and Master Practitioner (Neuro Linguistic Programming); and
• ⁠⁠Olamide "Olly" Kowalik⁠⁠, Special Counsel, Revolution Law, + Co-Creator and Co-host, Tilé and Olly Meets Podcast.

This week we answer another letter from one of our listeners, "Searching for a Unicorn"; a 40-something-year-old new grad wrestling with having to be a "junior" again—despite the 20 years' experience she brings from her previous industry. Not to mention the absence of part-time/flexible roles for juniors! What's up with that?!

And, as always, we also enjoy forcing an inimitable Australian legal ethics legend—⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stafford Shepherd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠—to squeeze his sage ethical wizardry into a strict one-minute segment. Whether you're searching for a unicorn or not; you're sure to benefit from the particularly magical advice he shares today 🦄

What do you think?

Let me know! Send me an email to hello@sarahelke.com.