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Reimagine Law

Frances Ridout (QMUL), Kerry Jarred (Jarred Consulting), Simon Reichwald (Connectr), Nigel Spencer (QMUL)

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Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 135

A podcast about legal education to help students navigate an increasingly complex set of career path choices, and build the mind-set of being a life-long learner. We're here to promote innovative education, and diverse workforces by democratising access to career advice from both experts and current students alike.

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#59
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#93
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13/10/2025
#42
🇬🇧 Great Britain - careers
29/09/2025
#83
🇨🇦 Canada - careers
17/01/2025
#97

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https://www.aspiringsolicitors.co.uk/
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https://getintowork.co.uk/lp-a
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https://www.supremecourt.uk/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7m9eNoB3NU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WylNA2LWsfQ
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https://www.youtube.com/@SQETV
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Score global : 79%

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The rising trend of legal apprenticeships

Season 5 · Episode 16

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 • Duration 37:23

This podcast is packed with useful advice from Clare Grant, BPP’s Commercial Director of Legal Apprenticeships. Kerry Jarred and Clare discuss the increasing adoption and impact of apprenticeship programs in the legal sector, particularly solicitor apprenticeships. If you want to understand how apprenticeships differ from the traditional training contract route, how they are structured and what would be expected of you, this is the key podcast to listen to!

Resources:

Apprenticeships | Learn About Apprenticeships And Find The Right One For You (ucas.com)

Find an apprenticeship - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships at BPP | BPP

GetMyFirstJob | Apprenticeships, Degree Apprenticeships, Work Experience & Graduate Jobs

Home (notgoingtouni.co.uk)

Young Professionals – YPUK (young-professionals.uk)

Professional network for young people (uptree.co)

Free Virtual Work Experience Programs from Top Companies - Forage (theforage.com)

Welcome to The 93% Club | The State School Members' Club (93percent.club)

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The world of Corporate Law

Season 5 · Episode 15

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 • Duration 47:22

If you want to learn about the world of Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital – then this is the show for you! Kerry Jarred speaks with Sam Smith and Raghav Vohora of CMS to explore the current corporate market activity and its drivers, what investors look for when making investment decisions, and how corporate lawyers support their clients in this sector. It is PACKED full of information as Sam and Raghav de-mystify key corporate terms and provide useful advice to those wanting to find out more.

Resources:

Finimize: Invest smarter

Financial Times (ft.com)

The Economist | Independent journalism

LittleLaw

Law firm specialised in Mergers & Acquisitions - CMS in the UK

The Secret Barrister by The Secret Barrister | Waterstones

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Becoming a Barrister: the data

Season 5 · Episode 6

Thursday, April 11, 2024 • Duration 40:37

Are you interested in becoming a barrister? This episode discusses how to get there, the data around it and has other useful tips on what to read.

Becoming a barrister can feel overwhelming and difficult. This episode aims to de-mystify the process and gives an important steer for how you can find out more information.

Fran welcomes Kian Goodall and Caroline Entwistle from the Bar Council (the regulatory body for the Bar) and pupil barrister Savannah Sevenzo.

They unpack details of the new Pupillage Gateway Report and generally explain how applying for pupillage works.

We always encourage listeners to undertake practical actions after listening to the episode.
- Look on the Bar Council website under the tab ‘Becoming a Barrister’.
- Go to a court and sit in the public gallery.
- Read the Pupillage Gateway Report for 2024 (link below).

Useful resources
- The Pupillage Gateway Report https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/pupillage-gateway-report-2024.html
- The Pupillage Fair 2024 https://www.barcouncil.org.uk/training-events/calendar/pupillage-fair-2024.html
- The Pegasus Access Scheme https://www.innertemple.org.uk/becoming-a-barrister/how-to-get-involved/pass/
- Chambers and Partners list of mini-pupillages https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/the-bar/mini-pupillage-vacancies

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Law Firms as Business - Pricing, Profits and Partnership Structure

Season 1 · Episode 16

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 • Duration 26:34

In this episode of ReImagineLaw we speak with two experts who have developed careers in the financial side of law firms: Gillian Cobb (Finance Director (Europe) at Kirkland & Ellis) and Chris Ward (Law Firm finance expert and trainer/consultant on law firm finance). Gillian and Chris explain to listeners the ‘nuts and bolts’ of how law firms make money. How can firms create a profitable business? What are their biggest costs?

The episodes addresses a few key questions. Does the work of the team managing finance in a law firm connect with those managing clients? What are the pressures and challenges within this? Most legal service businesses are ‘partnerships’ rather than a ‘PLC’ – but why is this, and what does it mean for financial management, career paths, and the culture of a firm? Gillian and Chris look ahead at the impact of technology when managing law firm finance and which tools are used to improve client services like e-billing and ‘extranet’ sites.

We always encourage listeners to undertake practical actions after listening to the episode.

Pick a well-known business (in any sector) and then talk to a fellow student or someone in your network. Discuss together how you think it makes money. What generates the most revenue for the business, and what are its largest costs?
Search online for 3 different types of finance jobs in law firms. Consider the skills they look for, and whether these match some of your own strengths?

Useful resources:

The law firm as a business:

https://www.lawcareers.net/Explore/Oracle/31032020-The-law-firm-as-a-business

How do law firms make money?

https://graduate.pinsentmasons.com/law-as-a-business-how-do-law-firms-make-money/

Human Rights Law and Public Interest Lawyering

Season 1 · Episode 15

Monday, November 9, 2020 • Duration 23:59

In this episode of ReImagineLaw we speak with two lawyers who work in the field of public interest law, solicitor Helen Mowatt from the Public Interest Law Centre and employed barrister Matthew Aluwahilia from the Public Law Project. Helen and Matthew talk about how their work takes them to the front line of live social issues ranging from policy issues, to education and homelessness. This episode explores the feeling of being ‘on the front line’ of campaigns and social movements and the rewards that having a career centred around social good can bring.

The episode also discusses what it means to ‘be a human rights lawyer’. Helen and Matthew talk about the challenges they faced in developing careers in this area, the need for proactivity and how to ask for support at certain key moments.

We always encourage listeners to undertake practical actions after listening to the episode.

Stop and think for a moment: what do I care passionately about and what type of impact do I want to have in my career?
At different phases of your career doors will close and you will need to open others. Stretch outside your comfort zone and reach out to someone who does a job you would like to do: “I’ve admired what you do for a long time and am considering a similar career path: do you have 10 minutes for a quick call so I could learn more about your role?”

Useful resources:

Public interest law, what is it? - https://www.pilc.org.uk/
Skills and characteristics of Public Interest lawyers - https://www.thebalancecareers.com/public-interest-law-2164664
Information on being a Justice First Fellow like Matthew Ahluwalia: https://jff.thelegaleducationfoundation.org/
The Public Law Project: https://publiclawproject.org.uk/

A Career as a Barrister

Season 1 · Episode 14

Monday, November 2, 2020 • Duration 21:50

The title Barrister conjours up all kinds of images, and it is easy to think careers as a barrister always take one form. But that is not always the case.

In this episode the ReImagine Law team are joined by Angharad Price, a Welsh, employed Barrister, at the Equality Human Rights Commission. Angharad talks about how her non-traditional background, has been a catalyst for a successful career at the Bar. This episode encourages listeners to think of the variety of ways that barristers practice and Angharad goes through some of the student questions she addressed at this year’s pupillage fair.

This episode encourages listeners to undertake some practical actions after listening to the episode.

Log on to the Supreme Court website and watch a court hearing.
Think about other ways that you can get work experience – it might be different but there are still lots of opportunities to attend online events.

Useful Resources:

The Bar Council – I Am The Bar
Watch a court hearing at the Supreme Court
Have a look at the Chambers Student website and select the Bar tab
Have a look at the student section of the Bar Council website

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The World of the In-house Lawyer

Season 1 · Episode 13

Monday, October 26, 2020 • Duration 23:16

In this episode, Deepak Malhotra, Corporate Adviser and former senior in-house lawyer (General Counsel) explains how he developed his career as an in-house lawyer. He discusses the experience of moving to a role where from day 1 was literally ‘sitting amongst your clients’ in corporate business. Deepak speaks about the critical skills of communication, building trust, influencing, being proactive and how he saw his in-house team’s role as being ‘educators’ of the businesses he sat within. The episode also explores the growth of in-house roles (with 1 in 4 solicitors now working in-house) and how that opens up opportunities to hold for roles in corporate businesses, government, charities and human rights organisations. Finally, Deepak discusses the long-term career options, and the wide range of opportunities that in-house roles can offer to develop different skill-sets.

This episode encourage listeners to undertake some practical actions after listening to the episode.

Consider what interests you most. Do you want to be a deep, niche specialist in an area of law, or have a broader, commercial role?
In your network, ask if anyone knows a solicitor who has an in-house legal role and seek an introduction. Ask them what they enjoy about the role, and compare this conversation with another contact who works in private practice.

Useful resources:

Look at websites such as the ‘Association of Corporate Counsel’ where there are career resources and information about in-house roles.
Explore what opportunities exist for in-house training contracts, and the different government or corporate entities which offer them.

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Standing Out When Job Hunting

Season 1 · Episode 12

Monday, October 19, 2020 • Duration 20:25

In this episode, Kishan Mathy (trainee solicitor, insta @sqbrkt) speaks about how he tried to stand out from peers in a competitive job market, seeking a role at a City law firm, especially as he did not ‘tick all’ the traditional boxes; e.g. his academic grades. Job hunters can focus too much on the employer they want to work for and rarely look from the point of view of the clients of the organisation they are seeking to join. However, focusing on the ‘client angle’ can both demonstrate great commercial awareness and differentiate you from the rest. Kishan explains how he showed curiosity to explore, research and gain experience in a range of industry sectors which interested him – where the organisations were the clients of law firms. In subsequent interviews, these broader experiences allowed Kishan to speak from experience about trends in industry sectors, showing the broader industry understanding which law firms often seek from future trainees.

This episode encourages listeners to undertake some practical actions after listening to the episode.

To stand out, be curious about sectors of industry or public sector bodies which interest you – which might be clients of law firms. Attend talks and speak to people who work in those organisations, so that when you have interviews with law firms you can speak about these broader commercial topics and the range of people you have spoken to and the insights it has given you
Meet people who are actually doing the job you are aspiring to gain – get ‘beyond the marketing brochure’!
Look at LinkedIn profiles of peers you meet – what do you notice from their profiles that they have studied, or experiences they have sought out? How is it different to your own?

Resources

Attend school, college or university careers fairs and events, be proactive and ask questions (prepare some in advance).
LinkedIn and Google search.
Law firm websites – look at which industry sectors they focus on to guide you on which industries their main clients may be in.

Tips and Tricks From ‘Second Career’ lawyers

Season 1 · Episode 11

Monday, October 12, 2020 • Duration 28:01

Anyone can say that they have transferable skills, but demonstrating these skills in the context required of you can be the challenge. In this episode, the ReImagine Law team consider law as a second career. What are the challenges and advantages of undertaking law as a second career, and what lessons can be learnt for aspiring lawyers who are on their first career. Our two guests Robert de Souza and Christine Ohuruogu highlight the value of talking to others, understanding the landscape and embracing an adaptable journey.

This episode encourages listeners to undertake some practical actions after listening to the episode.

Reflect on skills that you may have obtained from other experiences / jobs / volunteer positions.
Speak to others and build your networks on Linked In. Use this as a method to be confident when being adaptable.
Look into what pro bono opportunities are available to you. Use it as a platform to develop your drive and commitment.

Useful resources

LawWorks are a national charity who help to Coordinate pro bono opportunities, they may be able to point you to pro bono opportunities in your area.
LawCareers.Net: https://www.lawcareers.net/
The University of Law is one of a number of legal providers. Have a look at their website for ideas.
Have a look at the Chambers Student Guide 2021.

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Genuine Inclusion: Retention Not Just Recruitment

Season 1 · Episode 10

Monday, October 5, 2020 • Duration 23:05

Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. The profession has made some improvement in relation to recruitment but how do we retain lawyers from all backgrounds within the profession? The ReImagine Law team are joined by Debo Nwauzu (founder of the Black Lawyers Directory) and James Alao (Clifford Chance). James and Debo discuss a number of themes including; the challenges with the breadth of the phrase 'BAME' when trying to identify specific challenges around inclusion, how possible it is to bring your whole self to work, and the importance of work allocation to enable equality of opportunity.

This episode encourages listeners to undertake some practical actions after listening to the episode.

Speak to people from the 'inside out' to understand and learn what the culture is really like within an organisation. Then consider, what suggestions you could make to create a greater sense of inclusion in a team of which you are a member?
Make yourself aware of 'unconscious bias' and how that might be impacting your style as an colleague / manager / fellow student, and how you create inclusive team cultures. We all have it, and can reduce it through awareness.

Resources

Read the bias page on the Pearn Kandola website
Watch this YouTube video titled: "How can racism at work: The danger of indifference help?" by Professor Binna Kandola OBE
Read or listen to the Book "Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People" by Mahzarin R Banaji.
Consider undertaking the Project Implicit Test run by Harvard University where you can test and see where your own unconscious bias may lie by taking Implicit Association Test/s: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html

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