Legal Practice Series - Life as an Investment Funds Lawyer | Magic circle lawyer | Linklaters

Hey everyone! Welcome back to my channel.
My name is Nadine and I am a future Magic Circle Trainee.
I created the platform Legally Diverse, to help aspiring solicitors reach their career goals a lot quicker than I did!
In this Instagram live, I conducted a Q&A session with Investment Funds Associate Karen Boadu.
We covered a range of topics including:
- Training contact experience
- Investment funds as a practice area
- Magic circle myths
- Gaining work experience
- Overcoming imposter syndrome
-Tips for aspiring solicitors
- Much more!
I hope you find the Q&A helpful!
If you do, please Like, Comment and Subscribe to my channel!
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Timestamp
00:31 - Legal journey overview
01:04 - Vacation schemes, work experience or direct TC application ?
04:59- Why links
07:01 - Training contract experience
09:47 - Why investment funds and what is it?
13:13 - Trainee to Associate shift
14:59 - Learning on the job
16:26- Magic circle myths
19:20 - Some differences between the solicitor and barrister profession
22:09 - Advice for aspiring lawyers
24:44- What to do if you don’t have a mentor?
26:26- Keeping up to date with investment funds news
27:57 - What have you learnt throughout your legal journey : sponsors / relationships/ imposter syndrome / confidence
33:16 - Winter vac scheme or summer vac scheme
35:28 - A- level subjects
38:08 - Questions you can ask a lawyer during work experience
39:35 - Does you experience have to be at a well known law firm
41:53 - Did you face any set backs because of your race
44:48 - Transitioning into a legal career
46:37 - Advice for someone who wants a career in law
49:56 - How to get past imposter syndrome
51:46 - Thanks
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Additional resources
- Benefits of doing a vacation scheme - / cu69jbmm-jw
- 5 reasons why you should be active on LinkedIn - / cwgognbpblk
- How to develop your commercial awareness - / clhnyqapep4
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Disclaimer: I made this channel so that I could share with you my own personal views and experiences. My hints and tips are gathered through research, experience and the feedback I have received whilst navigating through my legal journey. Please note that I am not an expert, so please also do additional research specific to the firm or process you are applying for.

[@zahrazare2545]

Loved this video! Really helped me to gain an insight into the firm from different perspectives! Thank you so much x

[@LegallyDiverse]

Aww thank you so much Zahra, really glad to hear. Please do let us know if you have any follow up questions for either of us :)

[@BirdDogRealEstate]

Great conversation and very insightful!

[@LegallyDiverse]

Thank you so much! More to come :)

[@ladyofhalos]

I’m going to train with a funds team, and this is honestly so helpful. Your enthusiasm is infectious! And thank you for the advice with imposter syndrome. I feel like I’ve struggled so much with this when I was in law school. I didn’t apply to vac schemes in really good firms because I thought I wasn’t good enough and shouldn’t even try. 🥲 Seems like a common thing with poc women, and I regret that quite a bit. Thanks for the video :)

[@LegallyDiverse]

Hey B, thank you so much for your comment, I'm really glad you found the video helpful. We wanted to make sure that we broke things down as much as possible. With regards to imposter syndrome you are so so right! I feel like we have this complex whereby we think we don't deserve to be in certain spaces or will not be welcomed in certain spaces because we will automatically be viewed as inferior, when in reality that is often not the case. Imposter syndrome is something we have to continuously overcome, and I hope you are overcoming it. Best of luck with your training and don't forget to always go for what you want. If you don't knock, the door won't open xx