Tackling Domestic Abuse with Scottish Women's Aid | S2E1517 March 2023Megha and Christy are joined by Louise Johnson who is a Legal Issues Worker at Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA). Louise talks to us about the work that SWA carry out to protect women and children who have experienced domestic abuse and how they campaign for change at a national level. We talk about the di...00:41:02
Diversity in Law with Lubna Shuja | S2E1417 February 2023Megha is joined by Lubna Shuja, the President of the Law Society of England and Wales. Lubna is the first Asian, first Muslim and seventh female to become President. We talk about Lubna’s legal journey and the barriers she overcame to get to her position today and why diversity is so important in th...00:36:38
Uncovering the DPLP | S2E1320 January 2023Megha is joined by Dr Jean Wilkie who is the DPLP Director and Professor Susan Stokeld who is the Director of Education at the University of Aberdeen. They talk about the structure of the DPLP, the assessment criteria and how admission to the programme works. Dr Wilkie and Professor Stokeld also emp...00:25:43
Taking Silk with Claire Mitchell KC | S2E1228 November 2022Megha and Melina are joined by Claire Mitchell KC. Claire shares her legal journey into how she was called to the Bar and how she persevered through many rejections and hurdles on the way. Claire talks about her caseload and why Public Law interests her. She shares her top tips for advocacy and the ...00:50:56
Vacation Schemes and Traineeships: Tips from Future Trainees | S2E1114 November 2022Megha is joined by Rahma and Nicola who are future trainees of Brodies and CMS respectively. They talk about their application processes and interviews and how they stayed motivated throughout. They give us some great tips on how to make applications stand out and give us some insight into what exac...00:53:58
Let's Talk About Cannabis Law | S2E1022 October 2022Megha is joined by Nick Earles who is a regulatory lawyer and commercial adviser to the psychedelic industry and is one of the few dedicated legal consultants to the cannabis and psychedelic medicines industry. In this podcast, Nick talks about what drew him into the Cannabis Industry and we talk ab...00:34:10
From The Perspective Of A Prison Lawyer | S2E904 October 2022Megha is joined by James Smith who is a Criminal Defence Lawyer who specialises in Prison Law and Parole at McGreevy & Co. We talk about the stigma and negative perception around prisoners and how this reduces their chance of fitting back into society. James also talks about the extent to which ...00:39:30
Exploring The World Of International Human Rights | S2E820 September 2022Megha and Melina are joined by Ian Duddy who is the Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission. Ian talks to us about how his career at the Foreign Office developed his interest into International Human Rights. Ian also talks about his time as a UK ambassador and how he has had to make difficult ...00:27:12
An Introduction Into International Family Law | S2E705 September 2022Megha and Melina are joined by Derek Parsons who is an Advanced Family Law Practitioner in International Family Law (IFL) with speciality in International Child Abduction, Child Law and Relocation. Derek talks about his legal journey and how his business module led him into a career in Family Law. H...00:32:41
Conversations With A Judge | S2E619 August 2022Megha is joined by Lady Drummond who is a Judge in the High Court in Aberdeen. Lady Drummond shares how her transition has been from being an Advocate to being a Judge and explains some of the differences between the role of an Advocate and her new role as a Judge. As a Judge, Lady Drummond tells us...00:21:39
