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Episode 19: Solicitor Chris talks the joy of innovation, lawyerly risk aversion, and alternative career paths

June 18, 2017  /  Katie Cowan

This episode was all about innovation in law, a topic I and my guest Chris get very excited about.  It includes a brainstorm on how to balance the need for innovation with good ol' lawyerly risk aversion.  In researching for this episode I came across a press release for a 2016 report on innovation in Australasia that includes the sentence, "The majority of Australasian law firms rate themselves as innovative but there is little evidence to support this claim...". However, it is not all bleak; below are some examples of lawyers already thinking differently and doing cool things to modernise how law is practised.  Again, I must emphasise my recommendation that all lawyers read the Marque Lawyers website in its wonderful entirety.  

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categories / Intermediate lawyer, Guested
tags / advice: when you don't know, advice: know yourself, issues: mistakes, issues: risk aversion, innovation, area of practice: im, area of practice: community law, solicitor, non-traditional career path, issues: access to justice, small firm

Episode 18: Julia Batchelor-Smith talks construction law, non-linear careers and hard core self care

June 04, 2017  /  Katie Cowan

In this episode I sat down with the lawyer self care guru herself, Julia Batchelor-Smith, to talk all things self care, balance and contentment (and nerd out about the Construction Contracts Act; apologies).  We covered some GREAT stuff, including non-linear careers, taking time out to do crazy always-wanted-to ventures, parenting and lawyering, microcredentialing (Katie learns a word), how to keep on top of stress, how to manage mistakes, financial literacy and the business of Spanx.

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categories / Guested, Senior lawyer
tags / area of practice: construction, issues: stress management, advice: receiving instructions, issues: part time practice, issues: parenting while lawyering, issues: not fitting, issues: values clashes, issues: work life balance, flexible working, issues: mistakes, advice: love your work, big firms, advice: know yourself, issues: self care

Episode 14: Eric talks Community Law, attitudes to mistakes, and idealism vs realism in legal practice

March 19, 2017  /  Katie Cowan

This episode I interviewed Eric Yu, a third year solicitor at Christchurch's Community Law office.  We talked about so much wonderful stuff, including the virtues of volunteering for Community Law and the breadth of experience you can get there, how to deal with mistakes when they inevitably occur, the imperfect and sometimes unjust nature of our legal system, and how to cope with emotional fatigue and gloom at systemic injustice.  It was so great.

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categories / Guested, Junior lawyer
tags / people of colour, issues: mistakes, issues: access to justice, issues: stress management, types of work: legal aid, area of practice: employment, area of practice: general, issues: values clashes, issues: burnout, issues: despair, advice: confidence, advice: mindsets for success

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

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