Welcome to Girls Take on Law! We’re Gabrielle and Lauren, Future Trainee Solicitors. We’re two girls who are taking on the legal world, striving for success, overcoming obstacles and having fun in the process! In this podcast no topic is off limits. We’ll be sharing stories, giving advice and inviting guests on, to discuss all things from Undergrad, LPC, Paralegal Life, TC Applications, Assessment Centres, Networking, Rejections and the Social side of being young professionals in Law. Those topics are just to name a few, but this is going to be a light-hearted & chatty podcast, giving you a true insight into us as people, how we got to where we are, and how you can get there too! We became friends through our Legal Instagram accounts, so feel free to follow our journeys more closely @_gabriellewall & @Laurendoeslaw and of course @girlstakeonlaw
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Future goals, regrets, & what we'd tell our younger selves
Season 1 Finale! In this final episode of our first season, we answer a dilemma from a listener who is finishing year 11 and is ready to start her legal journey. We advise on things we wish we'd have known back then, what we'd change or regret about our own journeys, and why your future goals/pathway shouldn't be set in stone. We share our top tips and advice on how to approach a legal career from this age/sixth form, and the 'musts' you need to be doing. Finally, we touch upon our own personal and career goals for the next 5 years, as well as the next steps for the podcast itself. We hope you've enjoyed Season 1, thank you so much for the support and feedback, and we'll see you in Season 2 - The Guest Season!
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3 May 2021
Our top tips to ace an Assessment Centre
Your full guide to acing a Training Contract Assessment Centre. In this episode we share our experiences of Assessment Centres, what we did right, and also what we did wrong (learn from our mistakes!). We go into depth about interviews, group tasks, presentations, and written in-tray exercises - we've both had experience of in-person AC's and virtual ones too, so all bases are covered. Finally we touch upon those competitive vibes from certain candidates on the day, how to deal with them, and how not to fall into the trap of being one of them. Wishing you all the best of luck in gaining your Training Contracts!
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26 Apr 2021
Dealing with a breakup during the LPC?! Dating, heartaches & thriving in your career
This week's episode is a bit more chatty and personal than the previous episodes...we answer a dilemma which asks for help on how to deal with a breakup during the LPC, and how to not let it affect your studies. We know how tough these scenarios can be, so whether you're going through something similar during your undergrad, LPC, or even just your day to day job, hopefully our tips and tricks can help you get through those heartaches! We share what it's like being a young legal professional in the dating world, and open up about some of our dating stories. It's a super fun episode filled with break-up stories, dating fails, and all things single positivity!
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19 Apr 2021
Making the most out of your Uni experience! Our dos, don'ts, and everything in-between...
Within this episode, we chat about making the most of your time at University. We open up about our personal times there, discussing all the nitty gritty, from studying, lectures, and employability, to making friends, societies and nights out! It just so happens that we were complete opposites when it came to the educational side of Uni...we'd recommend taking a leaf out of Lauren's book, but have a listen and you'll see why! We covered all bases here, shared our regrets, and, what we'd do again in a heartbeat. Hopefully you'll learn from our experiences, and gain a complete guide of dos and don'ts to takeaway with you on your own journey.
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12 Apr 2021
Help! My Manager has a grudge against me?! Office Politics & TC's
In this week's episode we received our juiciest dilemma to date, all about office politics, wanting to change seats during a TC, but having a manager known for holding grudges. We share our tips on what conversations are worth having, and how to approach these difficult situations professionally. Gabrielle responds to the second dilemma, advising on her experience of gaining a TC as an internal candidate and how to overcome the hurdles this presented. We finish the episode with our top interview tips, & the most bizarre questions we've ever been asked, including what cocktail we'd describe ourselves as and why!
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5 Apr 2021
Finding your Feet and Gaining Confidence in the Legal World
This week we respond to our first ever email dilemma all about starting your first legal role, and our tips on how to achieve confidence within this. Junior legal roles can help confirm if a career in law is for you or not, and the skills and insights you obtain in them are invaluable to that career. We discuss the pressures of securing a TC during your undergraduate degree, and how there's no right or wrong time to gain that TC. Everyone is on their own path, and if you don't have one yet, that's okay, we share the positive side of this and how to utilise legal and non-legal experiences after graduating, to get you where you want to be. Finally, we touch on grades and their importance...are they the be all and end all?!
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28 Mar 2021
Work Hustle Culture and Striking that Balance
In this episode, we discuss the importance of having a work/life balance and our tips on how you can set those boundaries and strike that balance. We also go into depth about the work hustle culture, social media's portrayal of this, and what we honestly think about it!
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19 Mar 2021
Rejection and Resilience
Welcome to the very first episode of Girls Take on Law! This week we're discussing all things rejection and resilience, as well as opening up about our own set backs. In this episode we share the rejections we've had, the positives of having these, and our advice on how to cope with them. Unfortunately, in the legal world, rejections are inevitable and its likely you'll receive at least one in your career, but its not about the rejection itself, its about how you respond to it!
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8 Mar 2021
Intro Episode
Welcome to Girls Take on Law! We’re Gabrielle and Lauren, Future Trainee Solicitors. We’re two girls who are taking on the legal world, striving for success, overcoming obstacles and having fun in the process!
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