The Law in Lockdown and Beyond, with Hannah Beko

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A series of conversations with those in the legal profession navigating the ups and downs of the law during and after lockdown. How has this changed the profession as we've emerged from the global pandemic?

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May 20, 202539 min

Interview with Holly Mieville-Hawkins, Court of Protection Partner and a person centred, solution focused, hypnotherapist

Holly Mieville-Hawkins is a Court of Protection Partner at Anthony Gold. Passionate about all things around deputyships, attorneyships, protecting the vulnerable, mental capacity and Court of Protection.Following her own life experiences, Holly decided to train as a person centred, solution focused hypnotherapist. We had a lot to discuss in our interview! You can connect with Holly on LinkedIn here: Holly Mieville-Hawkins TEP | LinkedInYou can access Holly's work through esse-therapy here: https://www.esse-therapy.co.uk/blog/why-mindful-breathing-helps-reduce-stresshttps://www.esse-therapy.co.uk/client-journey-breakthroughhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/esse-therapy/About your host, Hannah BekoPodcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach, corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing.If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with Hannah on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals.You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.Join us for an upcoming event here - https://hannahbeko.eventbrite.com

May 20, 202526 min

Interview with VA to the legal profession, Danielle Judge of Judge Associates

Danielle was a legal secretary and paralegal before deciding to create her own VA business during lockdown. Danielle is a Virtual Assistant for neurodivergent & academic professionals helping them relieve the overwhelm and the anxiety of too much admin, and she's also been a finalist in the VA of the Year 2023 awards. In this episode we talk about how Danielle supports lawyers and other professionals and also why lawyers don't always reach out for support and instead try to do everything themselves! You can find out more and connect with Danielle on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-judge-va/About your host, Hannah BekoPodcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach, corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing.Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and runs The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way!If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with Hannah on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals.You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.Join us for an upcoming event here - https://hannahbeko.eventbrite.com

May 3, 202434 min

Interview with Ben Grimes, Leadership Coach for Lawyers

In this episode Ben shares his fascinating journey into the US Army where he Blackhawk helicopters and became a military lawyer and then a managing attorney for a large government agency. Always passionate about leadership, Ben is now a coach for lawyers helping them to develop the skills and unlock the confidence to bring their best selves to work, build great teams, and deliver for their clients. We have a lot in common and had a great discussion about why great leadership proves so elusive in law and how and why this needs to change. Ben kindly created some resources for our podcast which you can find here https://www.bkgleadershipcoaching.com/hannahYou can find Ben on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/benkgrimes/About me, your hostHi, I'm Hannah Beko, lawyer, author, coach, corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing.I have also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and run The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way!If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with me on LinkedIn or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals.You can also find my bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle. Join us for an upcoming event - you can find these here: https://hannahbeko.eventbrite.com

April 12, 202431 min

Interview with Luaskya Nonon, Employment Attorney and DEI Consultant

Luaskya Nonon has been an employment attorney for 20 years and, alongside her legal work has created the Diversity Equity and Inclusion consultancy Equity Principle Consulting. This is taken from the front page of her website. I'm in complete agreement with it, and that's why I was so keen to have a conversation with Luaskya.If you keep doing things the way you always have, there should be no surprise when you get the same results.No More Business As UsualIn this episode we dive into Diversity and Inclusion in law firms especially, what's working and what's not. What the future might hold and what forward thinking firms can do now. We also get into mental health and wellbeing and authenticity plus just how versatile a legal education can be. You can find out more and connect with Luaskya at www.equityprinciple.com or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/luaskyanonon/About your host, Hannah BekoPodcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach, corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing.Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and runs The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way!If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with Hannah on Linkedin here / hannahbeko or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals.You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle. Join us for an upcoming event - you can find these here: https://hannahbeko.eventbrite.com

February 16, 202438 min

Interview with Claire Payne, Property Litigation Lawyer, Tribunal Judge and Business Coach talking about working with Wolves

The Law in Lockdown and Beyond Podcast with Hannah Beko, Lawyer, Author, Speaker, Coach & TrainerIn this episode, we talk to Claire about her portfolio career, from leading a property litigation team inside an international law firm to becoming a tribunal judge, founding a business consultancy, being a non-executive director, and now working with wolves! Having followed Claire's journey over the past few years, it was fantastic to hear more about how meeting the wolves inspired her to adapt her mini MBA course to include retreats in the wild with these great creatures. We hear about how wolves operate effectively as a pack, shifting leaders depending on the needs of the group, regulating each other and welcoming new members. What can our leaders and teams learn from their unique behaviour? Legal teams and lawyers often get caught up in hierarchy and titles, how could we adapt our team behaviour to support everyone to play to their unique strengths? You can find out more about Claire's work with the wolves here https://orthelian.com/About your host, Hannah BekoPodcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer, author, coach and corporate trainer and speaker focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing. Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast, which you can find here: https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/p..., and runs The Legal Business Incubator membership for lawyers who want to improve their business development skills in an authentic way! If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with Hannah on Linkedin here / hannahbeko or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk for blogs and resources to support legal professionals.You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

December 19, 202327 min

Interview with Texas PI Attorney Lesley Holloway on law, life, parenthood and mentoring

What a pleasure it was to speak with Lesley about her experiences of running a PI practice during and post lockdown and how they came out "fighting" for their clients when the courts reopened.We also discussed perceived differences between the profession in the UK and US (and no most of us UK lawyers don't take 8 weeks holiday and finish at 2pm as a rule :-))To watch the video version, please visit https://youtu.be/OsX-jglWb4o You can find out more about Lesley here https://www.lesleyholloway.com About your host, Hannah BekoPodcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing in law firms.Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk.You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

October 23, 202329 min

Friday Conversations with Darren Francis - Do clients care about our working hours?

Client Listening Expert Darren and Lawyer, Coach/Trainer & Author Hannah Beko, discuss the expectations lawyers put on themselves to work long hours and how clients really view it - is it really what they expect? How have things changed post-pandemic? Do lawyers put the pressure on themselves to be all things to all people unnecessarily, damaging their own mental health and well-being at the same time as potentially reducing client service excellence?You can connect with Darren here Darren Francis | LinkedIn Working long hours under pressure increases the risk of lawyer burnout and if you'd like to receive our guide to Boundaries & Burnout (the legal epidemic) you can find this at https://authenticallyspeaking.co.uk/g...About your host, Hannah BekoPodcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing in law firms.Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk.You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

September 15, 202329 min

Friday Conversations with Darren Francis - Do clients care about working hours?

In this post pandemic world, have the expectations of clients changed? Do they care what time their lawyers work until? Are they more aware of different working patterns and do some clients actively promote the use of usual working hours rather than expecting their lawyer to work late? In this episode, I speak with Client Listening expert Darren Francis about his thoughts on this topic which clients have raised with him when he's engaged by firms to conduct client listening interviews. About your host, Hannah BekoPodcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills and mental health and wellbeing in law firms.Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/build-your-legal-business/id1569422462If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk.You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle.

November 21, 202243 min

Friday Conversation with Emma Davies, vice president of Cilex and author of Take My Hair (but not my humour)

I really enjoyed my conversation with Emma about her experiences of qualifying through ilex, her mental and physical health struggles and how this shaped her response to lockdown/the pandemic. Emma talks a little about her book Take My Hair (but not my humour) and how humour (and friendship) helped her through a breast cancer diagnosis. Do connect with Emma on Linkedin here https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-davies -0b678b22/ where you can find out more about Cilex and order a copy of her book! About your host, Hannah BekoPodcast host Hannah Beko is a lawyer coach and corporate trainer for the legal profession focusing on leadership skills in law firms. Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/build-your-legal-business/id1569422462If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk.You can also find Hannah's bestselling book, "The Authentic Lawyer, How to Create More Success in Your Practice and More Balance in Your Life" on Amazon and Kindle. In this episode we mention the Women in the Law UK Day Event in March 2023, you can find details here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/witluk-conference-celebrating-international-womens-day-tickets-469853874587

September 17, 202230 min

Friday Conversation with Rebecca Penfold, Criminal Defence & Regulatory Barrister

I was delighted to record this episode with Rebecca talking about her experiences of working throughout the pandemic, how she feels more isolated now than in lockdown, and the challenges facing the criminal Bar at the moment. After meeting Rebecca at my Manchester launch of The Authentic Lawyer book, we also discussed Authenticity in the Law and how she believes this has impacted her own work, plus how she takes care of her mental health and wellbeing, especially in challenging times. You can find Rebecca on Twitter @RebeccaLPenfold. About your host, Hannah BekoPodcast host Hannah Beko is Head of Mission at Legal Studio Solicitors, a self-employed lawyer coach, corporate trainer for the legal profession, and author of Amazon best-selling book The Authentic Lawyer. Hannah has also created the Build Your Legal Business Podcast which you can find here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/build-your-legal-business/id1569422462If you are a legal professional, please feel free to join our free Facebook Group for networking, tips and support - Legally Speaking, a group for the legal profession https://bit.ly/fblawyersDo connect with Hannah on Linkedin here https://linkedin.com/in/hannahbeko/ or visit www.authenticallyspeaking.co.uk. Join Hannah for upcoming online and in person events by following the Eventbrite page here https://lnkd.in/dH-DJQT