Our guest in this episode is Gordon Chung, a future trainee at Baker McKenzie. 

In the first half of this episode, Gordon explains how taking advantage of a series of small opportunities helped him get to where he is today. We also discuss how he motivated himself to keep going, strengthened his application to make himself stand out and leveraged his background to find a firm that suited his strengths.

In the second half of this episode, we walk through Gordon’s actionable advice on interviews and assessment centres. 

This episode is hosted by: Jaysen Sutton.
The music in this episode is created by: Ichabod Todd.
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Episode #23: Leveraging Small Opportunities and Specific Interests

Our guest in this episode is Azumah Cofie, a future trainee at Covington & Burling. 

In this episode, Azumah openly talks about how he overcame fears that his stammer didn’t make him suited to commercial law. He also explains how he embraced his African background during his vacation scheme.

Not only that, but in this episode, Azumah explains how he bounced back after receiving 11 straight rejections, how he learnt to be confident, and how he didn’t take no for an answer in the application process.

This episode is hosted by: Jaysen Sutton.
The music in this episode is created by: Ichabod Todd.
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Episode #24: Embracing Your Identity

Our guest in this episode is Jonty Bouskill, a customer success manager at Wazoku.

In this episode, we discuss how Jonty pursued his interest in legal technology and became a legal tech consultant at Neota Logic, which included working within Allen & Overy’s Fuse. You'll learn more about what legal technology is, its benefits, and the challenges in the adoption of legal tech within law firms. Jonty also explains how you can learn more about legal technology if you have an interest in this space.

This episode is hosted by: Jaysen Sutton.
The music in this episode is created by: Ichabod Todd.
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Trainee Talk Episode #25: Exploring Legal Technology

The Corporate Law Academy is an online learning platform for aspiring lawyers. Our podcast, Trainee Talk, is a series of interviews with current and future trainee solicitors at various law firms to discover how they got to where they are.

Visit our website here: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/

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