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Alternative careers in and outside of law
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What can you do instead of law?
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What does this course offer?
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What transferable skills do law graduates and lawyers develop?
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Law-related roles: legal tech, legal recruitment, and knowledge management
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Creative roles: journalism, copywriting, and corporate PR
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Commercial roles: start-ups, business development, customer success, and other professional services
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Education roles: teaching, lecturing, training, coaching and academia
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Operations roles: operations and project management
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Politics and the Civil Service
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Neil Tanna: Hogan Lovells → Barclays secondment → Co-founded tech start-up
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Introduction to Neil Tanna
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Neil's journey into the City
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What Neil liked about being a City lawyer
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Why Neil left the City
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What Neil is doing now
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How Neil's legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Neil's final thoughts
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Hannah McCarthy: studied in Dublin → communications → political internships → New York bar → Twitter legal team → Masters in public policy → Freshfields TC → Kirkland & Ellis corporate → Journalism
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Hannah's journey into the City
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What Hannah liked about being a City lawyer
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Why Hannah left the City
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What Hannah is doing now
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How Hannah's legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Michael Hey: studied economics and law in Australia → internship in Tokyo → Freshfields TC → in-house law at a fintech start-up → strategy and operations at Revolut
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Michael's journey into the City
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What Michael liked about being a City lawyer
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Why Michael left the City
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What Michael is doing now
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How Michael's legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Michael's final thoughts
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Neel Sapat: non-law student → Allen & Overy → growth and operations at a fintech
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Neel's journey into law
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What Neel liked about City law
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Why Neel left City law
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How Neel approached changing careers
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What Neel's growth/operations role involves
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How Neel's legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Neel's final thoughts
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Luke Mitchinson: Freshfields (Project Finance) → Ropes & Gray (Private Equity) → Legal Recruitment
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Luke's journey into the City
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Moving from one practice area to another as an associate
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What Luke liked about being a City lawyer
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Why Luke left the City
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What Luke is doing now
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How Luke's legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Luke's final thoughts
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Giles Thompson: functionally illiterate → set up multiple side hustles → regulatory paralegal → Herbert Smith Freehills TC → qualified as a media lawyer → head of growth at legaltech start-up
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Giles' journey into the City
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What Giles liked about being a City lawyer
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Why Giles left the City
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What Giles is doing now
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How Giles' legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Giles' final thoughts
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Serena Tierney: private practice → in-house in Switzerland at sports marketing multinational → Diageo → Disney & ABC television → Head of IP at O2/Telefonica → City firm partner → freelance legal consultant
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Serena's journey into law
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Why Serena moved in-house
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The differences between working in-house and private practice
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Serena's experiences working in-house at large global corporations
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Andrew Thompson: Harbottle & Lewis → Founded leading media and entertainment firm Lee & Thompson → Represented The Spice Girls and David Beckham
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Andrew Thompson's career journey
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Why Andrew chose West End firms over City firms
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Why Andrew decided to found and grow a law firm
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Andrew's experience of founding, running and growing a large law firm
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Andrew's career highlights
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Amy Parkinson: City lawyer → in-house at Man United → Hong Kong → Fintech lawyer
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Introduction to Amy
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Working in-house at Manchester United
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Why Amy left City law
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Working as a fintech lawyer at a boutique tech-focused law firm
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James Richardson: Hogan Lovells → W&I insurance → In-house at a start-up → Side hustle
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Introduction
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James' journey into the City
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What James liked about being a City lawyer
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Why James left the City
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What James is doing now
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How James' legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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James' final thoughts
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Jasmine Fisher: Barrister → Freshfields → Freelance lawyer → Boutique law firm → Creative director (property development)
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Introduction
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Jasmine's journey into the City
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What Jasmine liked about being a City lawyer
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Why Jasmine left the City
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What Jasmine is doing now
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How Jasmine's legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Jasmine's final thoughts
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Daniel Lo: Politics degree → Side hustle → Dentons (Canada) → In-house at PE firm (Hong Kong) and UBS (Singapore) → Chief Legal Officer at crypto company (Singapore)
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Daniel's journey into the City
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What Daniel liked about being a City lawyer
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Why Daniel left the City
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What Daniel is doing now
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How Daniel's legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Daniel's final thoughts
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Jake Schogger: drummer → law and business student → founded publishing company → Freshfields TC → freelance portfolio career → freelance lawyer → founded careers platform
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Jake's journey into the City
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What Jake liked about being a City lawyer
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Why Jake left City law
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What Jake is doing now
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How Jake's legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Jake's final thoughts
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Mia Siddique: non-Russell group uni → influencer → training contract → in-house at a law firm
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Mia's journey into private practice
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What Mia liked about private practice
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Why Mia left private practice
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What Mia is doing now
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Mia's final thoughts
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Iain Russell: Science degree → Patent attorney
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Iain's journey into law
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What is a patent?
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What is a patent attorney?
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How to become a patent attorney
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Why Iain loves his job
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Alice Toop: shunned City law → trained as a solicitor in Bournemouth → qualified as a notary public → runs a legal services business
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Alice's journey into law
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Why Alice opted against City law (despite coming top of her year at Warwick)
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Alice's role as a notary public
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Alice's role as a legal business owner
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Alice's final thoughts
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Tessa-Jade Heise: Bar Practice Course → Solicitor's Agent → Pupilage → Barrister → International Arbitration → Working abroad
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Tessa's background and journey into law
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Why Tessa avoided City law
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Completing the Bar Practice Course
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Working as a solicitor's agent
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Completing pupilage
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Working as a barrister
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Working in international arbitration
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Working abroad
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Tessa-Jade's final thoughts
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Gretchen Lennon: 7 years at US law firm → moved to Switzerland for ski season → consultant lawyer → founded law firm
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Gretchen's journey into law
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Why Gretchen left private practice
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Working independently as a freelance legal consultant
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Founding and running a law firm
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John-Paul MacNamara: criminal solicitor → barrister → university lecturer
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John-Paul's journey into law
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Careers in criminal law
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A day in the life of a criminal solicitor
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A career centred on advocacy
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Solicitors v barristers
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Pros and cons of a career in criminal law
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John-Paul's career highlights (and lowlights)
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Katy Troop: non-law degree → VoucherCodes.co.uk → Ashurst → Government Legal Department
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Katy's journey into law
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Why Katy left the City
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The Government Legal Department recruitment process
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How the Government Legal Department is structured
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What working as a Government lawyer involves day-to-day
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Working with Ministers
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The pros and cons of working for the Government Legal Department
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Chris Bridges: TMT solicitor → legal operations → Chief Operating Officer
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Chris' journey into law
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Why and how Chris stopped practising as a lawyer
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What do operations roles involve?
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Chris' role as Chief Operations Officer
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How Chris' legal skills have helped in a non-legal context
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Dominic Kerr: City lawyer → strategy consultant → technology sales
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Dom's journey into City law
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What Dom enjoyed about being a lawyer
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Why did Dom leave law?
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How Dom got into consulting
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Different types of consulting role
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Dom's day-to-day as a strategy consultant
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Skills that were highly transferable from law to consulting
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What Dom liked and disliked about strategy consulting
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Working in technology sales
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Other job opportunities across the technology sector
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Skills that were transferable from law to technology sales
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What Dom enjoys about technology sales
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James Kinsley: City lawyer → Working abroad → Offshore lawyer
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James' journey into law
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Why did James leave City law?
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How did James secure an offshore legal role?
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What working as an offshore lawyer involves
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James' final thoughts
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Tessa-Jade's final thoughts
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