Considering Leaving the Law? Who am I if I am not a Lawyer?
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
Release Date: 11/11/2020
Rethinking the way lawyers work - with Raad Ahmed, Founder & CEO LawTrades
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
"We have to re-think culture." Raad Ahmed is the Founder & CEO of LawTrades. Raad is a visionary. Raad is inspiring. He's a personality that likes to march to the beat of his own drum! In this episode, his fun, free-spirited personality shines through. A fascinating guest, he began his journey of entrepreneurship during law school. Raad is captivated by the concept of building his own Utopia. What does a world look like where the power is leaning towards individuals rather than institutions? Enter LawTrades. In Raad's new world, lawyers don't need to rely on law firms for the...
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Creating world-class legal teams – with Mary O'Carroll, Ironclad
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
In this episode, Charlotte interviews Mary O'Carroll, Chief Community Officer, Ironclad. We discuss her career as a Legal Ops pioneer. We hear how it started (pivoting from a career in investment banking) to leading and scaling Google's Legal Ops team, then taking on a new challenge as Chief Community Officer at Ironclad. We cover the emerging CCO roles (Chief Comunity Officer) and what they entail. How Community roles inform product development and company-wide strategy We discuss the importance of building a strong culture in hyper-growth legal teams. How...
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Well-being in the law, with Doug Leonard
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
Doug Leonard has had a fascinating career in, and outside the law Over the span of 35 years, Doug has experience as a law firm administrator, as a business leader, as the Former Chair of the Disciplinary Board, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, experience with the ABA National Well-being Taskforce, and now as a Leadership coach and consultant with a focus on organizational communication. In this episode of the Limitless Lawyer podcast, we connected on the topic of well-being in the law– we explore: Developing empathy as a leader. Creating understanding and awareness around common...
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The Superpowers of Mindset and Personal Brand, with Mel Scott, In-House Counsel, Megaport
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
Learn about Charlotte's upcoming Mastermind:
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Founding a Legal Media Company with Ben White, Crafty Counsel
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
"Crafty Counsel's mission is to bring joy, insight and connection to legal professionals, and in particular in-house, legal, and when we think about in-house legal, we don't necessarily just think about someone who's working full five days a week, employed as a solicitor or attorney or whatever the relevant term and in that jurisdiction, but we include people working in legal operations, compliance, the sort of expanding definition of the legal world. We want to be the media brand for those people." In this episode with Ben White, Founder of Crafty Counsel, we explore: His career...
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Cultivating an Innovative Mindset & Founding a Legal Tech Company, with Tom Dunlop, Summize
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
How does training as a professional athlete, on track for the Olympics set you up to be a Founder in the legal tech space? Meet Tom Dunlop, Founder, and CEO of Summize, a legal tech company. "As soon as you put that pressure on yourself, you increase your chances of failure, significantly, and that's why we foster a huge culture of personal development of continuous improvement at Summize" In this episode we explore: How Tom ended up shifting from a promising sports career to the legal industry How working as an in-house lawyer for high growth software companies propelled him on...
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Building a World-Class Legal Ops Team, with Helen Lowe, Head of Legal Operations at EasyJet
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
“There's a certain energy that you have to have to do a role like this. You have to be ready to engage people constantly and have very similar conversations over and over again to try and make sure they're on the same page as you need them to be.” In today’s episode of the Limitless Lawyer Podcast, we have Helen Lowe, Head of Legal Operations at EasyJet, one of Europe’s most well-known airlines. I am excited to interview one of the most impressive leaders in the Legal Ops space. Helen has had a fascinating career, from audit at KPMG to change management at a nuclear...
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Breaking the Mould and Starting an Award-Winning Law Firm, Alice Stephenson, Founder, Stephenson Law
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
To kick off season 3 of the Limitless Lawyer podcast, we speak with Alice Stephenson, Founder of Alice is a Brit who is now located in Amsterdam. She founded Stephenson Law. She's an innovator, a visionary, and is leading the charge of changing the face of the legal profession and disrupting the way we practice and deliver legal services. We will discuss: Her career beginnings and move from human resources to legal. Experience of working in private practice. Shifting to deliver in-house consultancy work and the difference between practice and in-house work. The...
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Innovation and Legal Design for In-House Legal with Sarah Ouis, Founder at Law But How
LIMITLESS LAWYER with Charlotte Smith
"You really start to become really resourceful when you have nothing to lose." One of my favorite podcast conversations to date! Meet Sarah Ouis, a French-qualified lawyer living in London. She is a breath of fresh air in the legal profession, doing incredible work in the space of legal design. Her legal career begins with an array of challenges. A "fake" legal internship in London. A job in a coffee shop. Sarah unapologetically shares her journey with adversity in such an authentic manner. She has a wicked sense of humor, bursting with creativity, and is a huge inspiration to the...
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Cultivating a Personal Brand and Thought Leadership for Lawyers with Jay Harrington
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"What do I want to be known for? And how am I going to cultivate a network and start to position myself amongst the audience that matters to me?"
info_outlineCharlotte and Natasha – real talk!
We dive into discussing common mindset blocks which come up when considering leaving the legal profession.
We discuss our respective journeys of leaving the law and pivoting out of practicing the law.
- Natasha moved into legal recruiting.
- Charlotte moving from the UK to California.
We talk about the fear that is kicked up, how we start questioning ourselves, and how we managed to navigate through these challenging times.
- Our lawyer brains, perfectionism.
- Who am I if I am not a lawyer.
- What if I can't land a job.
- Uncertainty and fear of failure.
Connect with Charlotte here
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlottesmithlawyercoach/
Connect with Natasha here