Filtering by Author: Katie Cowan

Episode 6: Robin talks second careers, mental health and the importance of morning tea - The New Lawyer Podcast

November 13, 2016  /  Katie Cowan

Well.  This was a rich and important episode.  I spoke with Robin, a now senior solicitor but former mental health practitioner about his career and the issue of mental health in the New Zealand legal profession (you can see why we ran long).  

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categories / Intermediate lawyer
tags / issues: imposter syndrome, advice: get a psychologist, issues: cultural differences, issues: mental health, issues: stigma, mature new lawyers, advice: talk to your employer, area of practice: litigation, issues: transfer to New Zealand, advice: receiving instructions, full service firm, top down change, advice: talk to your friends, issues: suicide, solicitor, second career lawyer, mental health tools

Episode 5: Justice Glazebrook talks gender diversity, how to respond to feedback and expectations of your new lawyer job - The New Lawyer Podcast

October 31, 2016  /  Katie Cowan

Well, what an episode.  Justice Glazebrook of New Zealand's Supreme Court was kind enough to sit down with me and talk in depth about several issues raised in the Pemberton Report for junior lawyers, confidence and imposter syndrome, gender bias and discrimination, and the expectation-vs-reality issue for new lawyers.  

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categories / Judiciary
tags / national firm, issues: imposter syndrome, issues: gender bias, issues: gender diversity, issues: stress management, issues: practice as a woman, advice: male allies, issues: transition from law school to practice, issues: expectations for first job, issues: lack of confidence, advice: mindsets for success, advice: feedback, advice: mentors, issues: work life balance, advice: stare out the window, advice: job change

Episode 4: Sam talks human rights law, moving to London and access to justice

October 17, 2016  /  Katie Cowan

In this episode solicitor of 10 years Sam Benton talks to Katie about his career in human rights law and later regulatory enforcement, moving from New Zealand to practise in the UK, musical theatre, male mental health and access to justice issues.  

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categories / Guested, Intermediate lawyer
tags / location: london, location: wellington, area of practice: litigation, area of practice: human rights law, area of practice: regulatory enforcement, area of practice: professional discipline, area of practice: personal injury law, hobbies, extra curriculars: musical theatre, issues: moral burnout, issues: getting your first job, idealism, issues: values clashes, non-traditional career path, types of work: drafting, types of work: court appearances, types of work: client interviewing, types of work: travel, types of work: reporting, types of work: legal aid, advice: have an outlet, advice: talk to your friends, advice: get a psychologist, lawyer polymaths, issues: mental health, issues: male mental health, issues: burnout, UK practice: getting qualified, UK practice: finding a job, UK practice: working conditions, flexible working, issues: access to justice, issues: legal aid cuts

Episode 3: Senior solicitor Brannavan talks big law, checking your ego, and how to balance creative passions with legal practice.

October 06, 2016  /  Katie Cowan

In this episode Brannavan, a senior solicitor in Buddle Findlay's property and litigation teams in Wellington, talks daily practice in big law, checking your ego, and how to balance creative passions alongside your legal practice.

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categories / Guested, Intermediate lawyer
tags / hobbies, issues: values clashes, area of practice: property, area of practice: litigation, area of practice: insolvency, national firm, issues: grey area law, issues: transition from law school to practice, advice: check your ego, issues: balancing creative life and work, assisting senior counsel, issues: inadequate diversity in law, sri lanka, issues: stress management, advice: confidence, people of colour, advice: how to be a good junior, perfectionism, issues: no buddies

Episode 2: Emily talks advice for new lawyers, stress management and women in law.

October 06, 2016  /  Katie Cowan

In this episode Emily, a property solicitor with six years' experience in Invercargill and Christchurch, talks to Katie about life as a new lawyer, stress management, her experience as a woman in law, and the work of the Christchurch Young Lawyer Committee.

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categories / Guested, Intermediate lawyer
tags / young lawyers committee, law society, small firm, location: provinces, location: invercargill, location: christchurch, full service firm, area of practice: property, area of practice: private client, working hours, hobbies, issues: practice as a woman, issues: how to meet people, advice: secretaries, advice: confidence, issues: stress management, issues: gender bias

Episode 1: Solicitors talk confidence, transition from law school to practice, and working in the provinces

October 03, 2016  /  Katie Cowan

My lovely first guest is Nicole, an S2 in a mid-size provincial firm who loves her work.  

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categories / Guested
tags / medium size firm, area of practice: commercial, area of practice: property, solicitor, location: provinces, types of work: drafting, types of work: legal advice, issues: supervisor management, issues: transition from law school to practice, issues: anxiety, issues: lack of confidence, issues: no buddies, collegiality in the profession, the virtue of: the provinces, the virtue of: affirmation, advice: confidence, advice: when you don't know, scripts, issues: practice as a woman, the virtue of: senior support of juniors, advice: talk to your friends, the friends panel, issues: feeling alone, EAP, mental health tools

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