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Episode 8: Coroner Elliott talks the virtues of barristership, therapeutic jurisprudence, and being wrong

December 11, 2016  /  Katie Cowan

In this episode I talk to Coroner Marcus Elliott about his career and his writing.  His career includes barristers' chambers, small firms, large firms, the Royal Commission of Inquiry following the Christchurch earthquakes, the legal departments of County Boroughs in the UK, a pub, and now the Coronial Court, so there is much to cover.

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tags / UK practice: finding a job, issues: practice as a woman, barrister, issues: stress management, issues: career change, issues: mistakes

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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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

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