Jonny Parker on developing outside interests to make you a better lawyer

11/17/22 • 26 min

In this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law Scott Brown speaks to Jonny Parker, Legal Counsel at what3words. Jonny trained at international law firm Taylor Wessing and is also the co-founder of a challenger beer brand - YABBA which launched in May 2021.

Jonny shares some of the lessons he learned in law including:

· The ‘right time’ might not be the right time for you. You can deviate from the traditional routes through legal training to explore different options and find what works best for you.

· Appreciate the value of your passions and outside interests, in terms of how they can make you a better person and a better lawyer.

· Don’t get bogged down in the finishing touches. Sometimes that extra time to make a project ‘perfect’ can be too costly and inefficient.

Jonny also reveals that his favourite pastime is surfing, and explains how he finds time for that in and around a demanding career in law. He also talks through the work that went into launching his beer brand.

Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment.

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11/17/22 • 26 min

Lessons I Learned in Law - Jonny Parker on developing outside interests to make you a better lawyer

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Scott Brown (0:02)

Hi, I'm Scott Brown, and this is Lessons I Learned in Law, a podcast brought to you by Heriot Brown In-House Legal Recruitment. We are specialists in placing lawyers in fulfilling careers in-house. On each episode, I'm fortunate to be joined by a leading legal professional as they share their top three lessons that they've learned during their career so far. We hope that these give you an insight in the direction that you could take in your career, and you finish each

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