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Welcome to Humans of Law! Join our mission to uncover the real people and the real stories behind the brands, suits, titles and news headlines. Each episode explores what it means to be human in the legal industry, and features guest speakers from all walks of life sharing their stories. Humans of Law is a podcast produced by Flex Legal, and award-winning online platform connecting lawyers and paralegals to the busy legal teams who need them. Learn more at: flex.legal
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Sally Penni MBE is a practicing barrister at Kenworthys Chambers in Manchester, and is a fantastic final guest of our second series of Humans of Law! Sally is also a Bencher at Gray’s Inn, host of the Talking Law podcast, an author, a non-exec director, and the founder of Women in the Law UK. Sally's work both inside and outside of the courtroom often touches on diversity, and much of her life's work to date has been focused on increasing representation within the legal sector. Sally's wid...
Oscar Davies is a practicing barrister at Lamb Chambers, with a broad practice area covering areas such as commercial, employment, property, and much more. Oscar made headlines last year when they became the UK's first barrister to publicly identify as non-binary, and use the gender neutral “Mx” as an honorific at their chambers. Since then, Oscar has become something of an LGBT+ legal icon, and was recently named in the British LGBT Awards as making a Top 10 Outstanding Contribution to LGBT+...
Tom Dunlop is CEO of Summize, a cutting-edge lawtech company specialising in automated contract review. Tom is a fascinating and multi-talented individual, and was a semi-professional badminton player before qualifying as a lawyer and founding legal tech companies. The competitive streak and burning need to win that Tom developed in sport have entirely informed his entrepreneurial mindset. Despite his young age, Tom's determination to to reach continuously greater accomplishments is infectiou...
Dan Kayne is Founder of the O Shaped Lawyer, and General Counsel at Network Rail. Having qualified in private practice with Dechert LLP, Dan eventually made the transition to an in-house role at Network Rail in 2007. Recently, he has attracted significant attention for his work through the O Shaped Lawyer, which he founded in 2019. They are a campaign group, calling for reforms to the training and development of lawyers, in the hopes of creating a more positive and human-centric legal industr...
Kiran Radhakrishnan is the Head of Norton Role Fulbright's Newcastle Hub, and NRF Transform (EMEA). Having qualified with NRF's London Corporate in 2014, Kiran took charge of the Newcastle Hub when it opened in 2016. He later took on additional responsibilities as NRF Transform's Commercial Director for Europe, Middle East and Asia, where he oversees the Innovation, Legal Design and Legal Technology teams. Kiran's background makes for captivating discussion with Mary Bonsor, as they bo...
Melissa Kelly and Deborah Baxter founded The Modern Family Law Company with the aim of doing things better. Having both worked as solicitors with local authorities, Melissa and Deborah know how psychologically taxing legal work can be. The Modern Family Law Company flipped that script, and aims for better outcomes for legal practitioners and clients alike. In this episode of Humans of Law, Louise Anderson speaks with Melissa Kelly and Deborah Baxter about their legal backgrounds, the mental ...
In this episode of Humans of Law, Mary is joined by Alice Stephenson, Founder and CEO of Stephenson Law. Alice has forged her own unique path in the legal space. After stepping away from law firm life in frustration, she vowed to found her own firm that does things a little differently - Stephenson Law. Whilst working alongside some amazing clients, she's been a regular and passionate critic of the legal industry's pernicious status quo. Her candid and often humorous social media posts...
In this extra special episode of Humans of Law, Louise is joined by our first ever panel. It consists of Daniel Onafuwa, Hattie Rawlings, and Rhiana Assi, who are all young aspiring solicitors. The conversation tackles how each of them are trying to find their way into an incredibly competitive legal industry, whilst overcoming the challenges of the last few years. Each of our guests is taking a different path into law, and they all come from different backgrounds. Amongst other things...
In this instalment of Humans of Law, Mary speaks with Catie Sheret, General Counsel at Cambridge University Press. Catie has had an incredible interesting legal journey. After qualifying with Linklaters, she spent almost 20 years working in a number of Senior in-house roles at education publisher Pearson. In 2018, she took a leap of faith and moved to Cambridge University Press. Catie has a staggering amount of experience managing legal teams, which makes for a rich and interesting discussi...
In this episode of Humans of Law, Louise is joined by Simranjeet Kaur Mann, Trainee Solicitor at Womble Bond Dickinson, and legal influencer / educator. Simranjeet Kaur Mann is a rising star on the legal scene. She's a hugely popular influencer in her own right, and is attracting thousands of followers to her social media pages and YouTube channel. Her style is honest, personal, and sincerely aimed at explaining her experiences of the realities of the legal industry to her followers. W...
Humans of Law is back! In our first episode of Series 2, Mary speaks with Sarah Goulbourne, Co-founder of gunnercooke. Sarah and Mary have a brilliant chat about legal entrepreneurship, and what it's like to found a company in the legal space. Sarah celebrates the highs, and shares some of the lows she hasn't put on social media. She also discusses alternative law firm models with Mary, and they explore how and why they're becoming increasingly attractive to legal professionals. _____ Huma...
In this special bonus episode of Humans of Law, Mary and Louise round off our first series by reflecting back on the first 8 episodes. Mary and Louise discuss the major themes of the first series, including what they've learnt, what their favourite moments were, and offer a few optimistic looks forward to the premiere of series 2 in a few short weeks. The usually unheard voice of producer James also makes a guest appearance. _____ Humans of Law is a podcast produced by Flex Legal, a...
In episode 8 of Humans of Law, Mary rounds off Series 1 by talking to Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare. Elizabeth has a fascinating perspective on law. Having previously worked as a Clinical Negligence Solicitor, she deeply understands the pressures placed on those within the legal industry. Now, as CEO of LawCare, she is working to have those pressures recognised by the industry. Elizabeth's work with LawCare is truly groundbreaking, and offers impartial free support to legal professionals ...
Episode 7 of Humans of Law sees Louise talk with the inspirational Holly Moore, Solicitor Apprentice at ITV and founder of thatlawblog. Holly is carving out a name for herself as an unstoppable trailblazer in the legal world. Not only was she the UK's first ever Solicitor Apprentice, but she will be amongst the first cohort of SQE-qualified Solicitors in the country. Louise has a great conversation with her about bravery, how Holly has built up her bravery in the workplace, and the importanc...
Our sixth episode of Humans of Law sees Mary talk with Barry Matthews, Founder of the Social Mobility Business Partnership. As Founder of SMBP, Barry has arguably done more than anyone else to open doors to the legal industry for people from low-income backgrounds. His personal journey through life and into the legal industry has given him a perspective that few other senior legal professionals have. In this episode, Mary and Barry discuss that journey, and explore why opening doors to outs...
The fifth episode of Humans of Law sees Louise talk with the incomparable Helen Lowe, Head of Legal Operations at easyJet. Helen has an incredibly unique perspective on lawyers and the legal world, which makes for some great discussion. Helen talks about why she finds lawyers so interesting, what the legal industry gets wrong, and her completely fascinating "stranded on a mountain" exercise for lawyers and legal counsel. _____ Humans of Law is a podcast produced by Flex Legal, an award-win...
Our fourth episode of Humans of Law features Mary talking with the delightful Maeve Storey, Head of Crowdjustice. Crowdjustice is an incredibly interesting organisation that is completely redefining access to justice around the globe. Crowdjustice is an online platform, directly tailored to crowdfunding small legal cases that would otherwise never see the light of day. The conversation with Maeve touched on a whole range of interesting topics around access to justice, crowdfunding, and how i...
The third episode of Humans of Law sees Louise talk with Keily Blair, Head of Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation London at Orrick. This episode touches onto some really interesting areas, such as how Keily negotiates with cyber-criminals, how it feels to be at the cutting-edge intersection of law and technology, and why it's so important to read cookie notices on websites. _____ Humans of Law is a podcast produced by Flex Legal, an award-winning digital platform that connects interim lawy...
The second episode of the Humans of Law podcast sees Mary talk with Chrissie Wolfe - Founder of the notorious Law and Broader. The conversation delves into some philosophical territory - is law a force for good? The chat also touches on the benefits of legal mentoring, and why 12 Angry Men is Chrissie's favourite legal film. _____ Humans of Law is a podcast produced by Flex Legal, an award-winning digital platform that connects interim lawyers and paralegals to the clients that need their ...
In our first episode of the Humans of Law podcast, Louise talks with Alex Smith - Global RAVN Product Lead at iManage. The conversation touches on a whole range of areas, including Alex's unconventional journey into the legal world, his mission to digitise the often analogue legal industry, and his thoughts on legally themed films. _____ Humans of Law is a podcast produced by Flex Legal, an award-winning digital platform that connects interim lawyers and paralegals to the clients that need ...
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