The Law in Lockdown and Beyond, with Hannah Beko

Hannah Beko

A series of conversations with those in the legal profession navigating the ups and downs of the law during and after lockdown.  How has this changed the profession as we've emerged from the global pandemic?  

  1. 05/20/2025

    Interview with Holly Mieville-Hawkins, Court of Protection Partner and a person centred, solution focused, hypnotherapist

    Holly Mieville-Hawkins is a Court of Protection Partner at Anthony Gold. Passionate about all things around deputyships, attorneyships, protecting the vulnerable, mental capacity and Court of Protection. Following her own life experiences, Holly decided to train as a person centred, solution focused hypnotherapist. We had a lot to discuss in our interview!  You can connect with Holly on LinkedIn here: Holly Mieville-Hawkins TEP | LinkedIn You can access Holly's work through esse-therapy here:  https://www.esse-therapy.co.uk/blog/why-mindful-breathing-helps-reduce-stress https://www.esse-therapy.co.uk/client-journey-breakthrough https://www.linkedin.com/company/esse-therapy/ About your host, Hannah Beko Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach, corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing. If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko  or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals. You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle. Join us for an upcoming event here - https://hannahbeko.eventbrite.com

  2. 05/20/2025

    Interview with VA to the legal profession, Danielle Judge of Judge Associates

    Danielle was a legal secretary and paralegal before deciding to create her own VA business during lockdown.  Danielle is a Virtual Assistant for neurodivergent & academic professionals helping them relieve the overwhelm and the anxiety of too much admin, and she's also been a finalist in the VA of the Year 2023 awards.  In this episode we talk about how Danielle supports lawyers and other professionals and also why lawyers don't always reach out for support and instead try to do everything themselves!  You can find out more and connect with Danielle on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-judge-va/ About your host, Hannah Beko Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach, corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing. Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and runs The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way! If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers Do connect with Hannah on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko  or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals. You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle. Join us for an upcoming event here - https://hannahbeko.eventbrite.com

  3. 05/03/2024

    Interview with Ben Grimes, Leadership Coach for Lawyers

    In this episode Ben shares his fascinating journey into the US Army where he Blackhawk helicopters and became a military lawyer and then a managing attorney for a large government agency.   Always passionate about leadership, Ben is now a coach for lawyers helping them to develop the skills and unlock the confidence to bring their best selves to work, build great teams, and deliver for their clients.   We have a lot in common and had a great discussion about why great leadership proves so elusive in law and how and why this needs to change.  Ben kindly created some resources for our podcast which you can find here https://www.bkgleadershipcoaching.com/hannah You can find Ben on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/benkgrimes/ About me, your host Hi, I'm Hannah Beko, lawyer, author, coach, corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing. I have also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and run The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way! If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers Do connect with me on LinkedIn or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals. You can also find my bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.  Join us for an upcoming event - you can find these here:  https://hannahbeko.eventbrite.com

  4. 04/12/2024

    Interview with Luaskya Nonon, Employment Attorney and DEI Consultant

    Luaskya Nonon has been an employment attorney for 20 years and, alongside her legal work has created the Diversity Equity and Inclusion consultancy Equity Principle Consulting. This is taken from the front page of her website. I'm in complete agreement with it, and that's why I was so keen to have a conversation with Luaskya. If you keep doing things the way you always have, there should be no surprise when you get the same results. No More Business As Usual In this episode we dive into Diversity and Inclusion in law firms especially, what's working and what's not.  What the future might hold and what forward thinking firms can do now.  We also get into mental health and wellbeing and authenticity plus just how versatile a legal education can be. You can find out more and connect with Luaskya at www.equityprinciple.com or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/luaskyanonon/ About your host, Hannah Beko Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach, corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing. Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and runs The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way! If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here   / hannahbeko  or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals. You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.  Join us for an upcoming event - you can find these here:  https://hannahbeko.eventbrite.com

  5. 02/16/2024

    Interview with Claire Payne, Property Litigation Lawyer, Tribunal Judge and Business Coach talking about working with Wolves

    The Law in Lockdown and Beyond Podcast with Hannah Beko, Lawyer, Author, Speaker, Coach & Trainer In this episode, we talk to Claire about her portfolio career, from leading a property litigation team inside an international law firm to becoming a tribunal judge, founding a business consultancy, being a non-executive director, and now working with wolves! Having followed Claire's journey over the past few years, it was fantastic to hear more about how meeting the wolves inspired her to adapt her mini MBA course to include retreats in the wild with these great creatures.  We hear about how wolves operate effectively as a pack, shifting leaders depending on the needs of the group, regulating each other and welcoming new members.  What can our leaders and teams learn from their unique behaviour? Legal teams and lawyers often get caught up in hierarchy and titles, how could we adapt our team behaviour to support everyone to play to their unique strengths? You can find out more about Claire's work with the wolves here https://orthelian.com/ About your host, Hannah Beko Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach and corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing. Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and runs The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way! If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here   / hannahbeko  or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals. You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

  6. 12/19/2023

    Interview with Texas PI Attorney Lesley Holloway on law, life, parenthood and mentoring

    What a pleasure it was to speak with Lesley about her experiences of running a PI practice during and post lockdown and how they came out "fighting" for their clients when the courts reopened. We also discussed perceived differences between the profession in the UK and US (and no most of us UK lawyers don't take 8 weeks holiday and finish at 2pm as a rule :-)) To watch the video version, please visit https://youtu.be/OsX-jglWb4o You can find out more about Lesley here https://www.lesleyholloway.com About your host, Hannah Beko Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing in law firms. Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk. You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

  7. 10/23/2023

    Friday Conversations with Darren Francis - Do clients care about our working hours?

    Client Listening Expert Darren and Lawyer, Coach/Trainer & Author Hannah Beko, discuss the expectations lawyers put on themselves to work long hours and how clients really view it - is it really what they expect? How have things changed post-pandemic? Do lawyers put the pressure on themselves to be all things to all people unnecessarily, damaging their own mental health and well-being at the same time as potentially reducing client service excellence? You can connect with Darren here Darren Francis | LinkedIn Working long hours under pressure increases the risk of lawyer burnout and if you'd like to receive our guide to Boundaries & Burnout (the legal epidemic) you can find this at https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/g... About your host, Hannah Beko Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing in law firms. Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk. You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

  8. 09/15/2023

    Friday Conversations with Darren Francis - Do clients care about working hours?

    In this post pandemic world, have the expectations of clients changed? Do they care what time their lawyers work until? Are they more aware of different working patterns and do some clients actively promote the use of usual working hours rather than expecting their lawyer to work late? In this episode, I speak with Client Listening expert Darren Francis about his thoughts on this topic which clients have raised with him when he's engaged by firms to conduct client listening interviews.  About your host, Hannah Beko Podcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing in law firms. Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/build-your-legal-business/id1569422462 If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyers Do connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk. You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

See All (43)

About

A series of conversations with those in the legal profession navigating the ups and downs of the law during and after lockdown.  How has this changed the profession as we've emerged from the global pandemic?  

Information