
The Law in Lockdown and Beyond, with Hannah Beko
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?
Episodes
41 episodes
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...
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34:33

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 ...
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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 port...
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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 betw...
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27:56

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 cha...
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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 work...
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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 ...
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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 meet...
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Friday Conversation with Emma Cowell, Consultant Solicitor and Mentor to Junior Lawyers
For this episode, I had a great discussion with Emma Cowell. In this episode, Emma shares her journey from "usual practice" into a combination of floristry and consultancy. She talks about the pressures on junior lawyers. &nb...
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Friday Conversation with Sarah Giles, former head of HR, now confidence and resilience coach
For our first episode of 2022, I was delighted to be joined for a chat by Sarah Giles. Sarah and I met a few years ago and were united in our shared passion for lawyer wellbeing.In this episode, Sarah shares with me why she deci...
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Friday Conversation with Steve Lawlor, Mental Health Lawyer and MD of Lawlor's Law Limited
In this episode of Friday Conversations, I had a great conversation with Steve about what a Mental Health lawyer is and the sorts of work he gets involved with. I asked Steve to tell us how he "decompresses" after a day dealing wi...
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Friday Conversations, interview with Viktor Osasu, banking & finance lawyer and mentor
In this episode of Friday Conversations, I had a fantastic chat with Viktor Osasu a banking and finance lawyer, mentor to junior lawyers and speaker on fishing for talent in unconventional pools. Viktor discusses how we can "fish for ta...
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Friday Conversation with Helen Conway, Coach, Trainer & Supervisor
In this episode of Friday Conversations, I was delighted to be joined by Helen Conway a retired Judge, coach, trainer & supervisor.Helen speaks passionately about her belief in the importance of supervision for certain areas of the ...
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Friday Conversation with Hannah Beko on Spring goal setting and planning for 2021
This solo episode celebrates the coming of Spring 2021. How can you use this time of the year to "start again" and set some goals, whether personal or career-related?For the blog post on the same topic please
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Friday Conversation with Charlotte Turnbull, Employment Lawyer specialising in workplace wellness
In a special episode for #TimetoTalk on 4 February 20201, Charlotte and I discussed workplace wellness, why organisations should care, and what they can do to be proactive in relation to employee wellbeing. You can connect with Charlott...
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Friday Conversation with Rukshana Begum, Justice's Legal Advisor in Training - Overwhelm
For our first episode of 2021, I was delighted to be joined by Rukshana to talk about overwhelm. We all have a lot to cope with, now more than ever. It feels like a permanent state of affairs, and we don’t know when an...
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Friday Conversation with Helen Rendle, Events Manager for the Legal Industry
In these strange times, where the events industry has been one of the hardest hit, Helen shares her thoughts on how the industry has evolved and taken advantage of the technology available, so that events can still go ahead, safely. Pod...
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Friday Conversation with Elizabeth Rimmer, CEO of LawCare
It was a pleasure to catch up with Elizabeth and discuss all things mental health and wellbeing in the legal profession. Elizabeth shared a little about her pandemic journey, how LawCare has grown over the last 20 years, and been supporti...
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27:57

Friday Conversation with Rho Thomas, Trade Mark Lawyer & Personal Finance Coach
I was delighted to welcome Rho as our first US guest on the podcast. We talked about her exciting work with lawyers on developing their skills around personal wealth and finance but also touched on some really interesting points about loc...
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Friday Conversation with Stefanie Smith, Paralegal ACILEx at Tiger Law UK
I enjoyed talking to Stefanie about her move into a completely new role (and new firm) during pandemic times and how she's settling in well to Tiger Law. We talk about the innovation of the legal market with exciting new firms like Tige...
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25:49

Friday Conversation with So Yung Wong, Trainee Solicitor at McMillan Williams
So Yung and I met in the early part of lockdown and I've been impressed by her drive and enthusiasm for her own learning and personal development throughout her period of furlough and returning to complete her training contract. In this e...
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38:09

Friday Conversation with Hannah Beko, the next stage of the pandemic
This solo episode was recorded the week of my 40th birthday and of the announcement that we are to resume working from home for perhaps the next 6 months. We discuss the different feelings lawyers are experiencing from relief to a continu...
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Friday Conversation with Amandeep Khasriya and Katherine Maxwell of Moore Barlow
In this special episode I was joined by Amandeep and Katherine at Moore Barlow to discuss some hot topics at the moment. Diversity & Inclusion, which Moore Barlow are doing fantastic work on at the moment, furloughing and returning st...
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Friday Conversation with Lewis Baxter, law student, speaker and not for profit founder
In today's episode recorded in the same week as World Suicide Prevention Day, Lewis and I discuss past mental health challenges and how these can bring about positive change and inspiration. As the founder of "chit-chat" Lewis has used lo...
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Friday Conversation with Hannah Beko, Lawyer Coach & Trainer
Today's episode marks the return to school and our "new normal" post lockdown in September 2020. In my first solo episode, I talk about my lockdown journey and how I see the future of the legal profession being changed for the better post...
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