Legally Speaking Podcast - How Can We Make Family Law More Accessible? - Emma Nash - S5E22

How Can We Make Family Law More Accessible? - Emma Nash - S5E22

03/28/22 • 40 min

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This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Emma Nash, founder of the 'Family Law Language Project' and Family Law Partner at Fletcher Day.
Aside from Emma's busy work life as a Family Law Partner, she is a strong advocate for reform within the family justice system. Emma is a strong believer in making family law easier to understand and more accessible to everyone.
In this episode, we discuss the following:

A typical workday in the life of a family law partner at Fletcher Day
The purpose and importance of the ‘Family Law Language Project’
How social media platforms can be used to help re-educate the public and professionals on appropriate language
The role of media in portraying family law cases
The reforms that will be beneficial for the family justice system
How the Divorce Dissolution Separation Act will affect the way family lawyers practice

Out now on the Legally Speaking Podcast website and all major audio platforms!
Sponsored by Clio: Clio is a legal case management software that works in partnership with the Law Society of England and Wales and is an approved supplier of the Law Society of Scotland.

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A typical workday in the life of a family law partner at Fletcher Day
The purpose and importance of the ‘Family Law Language Project’
How social media platforms can be used to help re-educate the public and professionals on appropriate language
The role of media in portraying family law cases
The reforms that will be beneficial for the family justice system
How the Divorce Dissolution Separation Act will affect the way family lawyers practice

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The ‘Fertility in the Workplace’ Miniseries, featuring Natalie Sutherland and Somaya Ouazzani, delves into how fertility in the workplace can be addressed more openly and how law firms can do a better job at acknowledging the challenges faced around fertility. The series looks into tackling fertility issues as a lawyer, in addition to family planning and becoming parents.
Natalie Sutherland is a Partner at Burgess Mee, a Family Law Firm and their first fertility officer. Natalie has experience handling surrogacy matters, based in the UK and internationally.

Somaya Ouazzani is the CEO and Founder of Mimoza Fleur, a boutique executive search firm, in the legal sector. Somaya was previously a family and divorce lawyer, at Kingsley Napley, and Russell-Cooke LLP.

In the fourth minisode of the series, Rob, Natalie and Somaya discuss why lawyers leave firms when thinking about starting a family or after becoming parents... Should lawyers be prioritising either family planning or their career?

For further details, check out the episode show notes on Legallyspeakingpodcast.com.

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How Social Audio Increases Accessibility to Mentorship - Dayo Akinrinade - S5EP23

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How is the social audio industry taking mentorship by storm? Well, social audio app 'Wisdom' is showing you how!
This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Dayo Akinrinade, Founder of Wisdom. As well as being a successful business owner, Dayo aspires to fill diversity gaps, having been recognised as representing her passions by joining the founding team of OneTech and Africlick, a cultural dating app targeting 1 billion Africans globally.
On top of that, in 2019 Dayo was named in the Financial Times Top 100 Most Influential Ethnic Minority Leaders in Tech.

Her most recent venture, Wisdom, is a social audio app that connects knowledge-seekers to mentors. The model focuses on allowing users to talk with live experts on dozens of topics from wellness to business to food and fitness

In this episode, we discuss the following:

How to start in the social audio industry
Her inspiration behind building a successful social audio app called Wisdom
Why is mentoring important
How to become a mentor and why you should be one
The opportunities for legal professionals in social audio

Out now on the Legally Speaking Podcast website and all major audio platforms!

Sponsored by Clio: Clio is a legal case management software that work in partnership with the Law Society of England and Wales and is an approved supplier of the Law Society of Scotland.

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