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For our season finale, we decided to focus on an area of topic close to home - the rights and protections on Man’s best friend - Animals.

This week we sit down with Edie Bowles, Co-Founder of Advocates for Animals - the UK’s first Animal Protection Law Firm. In the episode we discuss what is Animal Protection Law, the professionalization of Animal Protection over recent years, and what it was like starting up your own law firm.
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We all know how important how Human Rights are, but have you ever considered the stakes of adjudicating Human Rights cases on the international level?
This week we sit down with Leila Bezdrob, former trainee at the European Court of Human Rights and Nantes University French Law Grad & Cardiff University English Law Graduate. In this episode we discuss Leila’s experience in working for one of the highest courts of Europe, the mentorship relationship working for a judge, the agility of the ECHR in adapting to the pandemic, and the symbolic as well as legal role taken by the courts.

Outside the ECHR, we discuss the difficulty of penetrating the Human Rights legal careers market and the ways one can build a reputation within it, as well as Leila’s dual-degree background and the experience of not only learning two different legal systems, but also 2 different methods of learning.

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This week we sit down with Antonia Welch, a freelance Legal PR and communications consultant.

In the episode, we discuss what Legal PR and how it differs from traditional PR, why it’s important for firms to have Legal PR especially in the context of a merger, and how young lawyers can start getting involved.

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We're back! With a fresh brew this season, we kick off by spilling the tea on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) with Jadesola Sodipo, a recently qualified barrister at the CPS.
In the episode we discuss what the CPS is and its mandate, the life of an employed barrister, and the struggles of the pupillage process.
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Today’s episode focuses on corporations, but from a different angle than you’re used to. Typically you hear about corporations and human rights in the context of corporate exploitation and immoral behavior. But what about corporations themselves having human rights? Can they? Should they? WILL THEY?

Well we at LegalTea decided to go to the expert Professor Nick Friedman to find out. Nick is a Fellow and Associate Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Cambridge. Prior to this, Nick was a Corporate Lawyer in New York as Cravath. Aside from teaching, Nick researches how the inter-relationship between corporate law and public law, combining his corporate experience with his public law passion and knowledge.

In the episode we discuss the origin and history of the corporation, their treatment in Criminal Law and the unintended consequences in Human Rights, and whether corporations can actually be a moral agent.

This is a special episode to me because Nick was my professor back at Oxford and I credit the man for teaching me how to write essays properly which without I doubt I would have made it as far as I did in my career. I hope you enjoy the episode and get as much out of it as I did.

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