Legally Vocal Apperio

In this episode of Legally Vocal, Nino speaks to Ben White, founder of Crafty Counsel.

Ben and Nino explore the similarities in their careers: both starting as corporate lawyers who moved into in-house roles before founding their own businesses within the legal industry. In doing so, they discuss the inevitable tension in trying to maintain work-life balance while building a successful ‘now or never’ business.

Ben also shares his insights into why a sense of community, and fun, is increasingly important to London’s GC community. He also tells us a bit more about the inaugural CraftyFest, which promises to deliver both these things, along with a little dash of glitter.

In this episode Nino speaks to an old friend Casey Flaherty, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at LexFusion.
Casey shares his thoughts on why in-house lawyers and outside counsel are more similar than they think. He also talks about his passion for solving the fundamental problem of delivering legal expertise at scale and pace.
Nino and Casey also discuss how a 'savings-centric' approach is counterproductive to the legal department adding value to the business. Instead legal teams should focus on how they can spend funds better.

In this special International Women’s Day episode of Legally Vocal I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Alexis Alexander (General Counsel at Liberis).
Alexis runs Legal and Compliance at Liberis, is a mum to twins and a ten-month-old baby, and enjoys regularly running at least 12km distances. Alexis believes her high stamina and mental grit is helped by being authentic and not having to hide her true self, as well as taking time to recognise her own achievements and gain perspective.
Alexis and Stephanie also discuss unconscious and cultural biases, the value of interpersonal relationships, and how informal networks and mentors can provide a safe space for women in legal to use as a sounding board to help #breakthebias.

In this special International Women’s Day episode of Legally Vocal I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Amy Wang (Trainee Solicitor at RVU).
Having completed her first year of training Amy and Stephanie speak about whether the concept of gender neutrality is still relevant and whether changing from an industry that traditionally seeks individual success will ever be able to truly find equality.
They also speak about the concept of proteges and how the role of mentoring requires organisations to dedicate more time from women in senior leadership positions to help #breakthebias.

In this special International Women’s Day episode of Legally Vocal, I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Priscilla Osoba (Projects Solicitor at Burges Salmon LLP).
Priscilla was the winner of the Under-35 Lawyer of the Year Award at our Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2019 for her work with BCultured, the firm’s first BAME network and challenged the inequality that can be found in an input vs output, billable hours culture.
Priscilla and Stephanie also speak about having allies and how challenging stereotypes around projecting confidence can help #breakthebias.

In this special International Women’s Day episode of Legally Vocal, I. Stephanie Boyce (President of The Law Society of England and Wales) speaks to Stephanie Corey (Co-Founder at UpLevel Ops and Founder of CLOC).
Stephanie shares her perspective of ‘falling into’ the female-dominant world of legal operations and how she has seen female leadership develop faster in this specialisation, compared with other areas of legal. They explore how soft skills are being leveraged by leaders in smaller, more nimble organisations.
They also speak about the positive impact of workplace flexibility, which was necessitated by the pandemic, and how this legacy can ultimately help to #breakthebias.