Written by Jemimah Ayinde.
An easy way to keep up to date with what is happening in the legal sector from a familiar perspective is by following legal influencers. There are a lot of aspiring solicitors, trainees and solicitors sharing their personal journeys of how they got to where they are and how you can follow in their footsteps. Here are 10 influencers you should be following in 2022 and where to find them.
1. Success with Steph (Instagram and YouTube)
Steph is a trainee lawyer at a US firm in London. She has an Instagram page, blog and YouTube channel where she shares her personal journey into the law, her day-to-day experience training at a Global law firm, advice for those seeking training contracts and much more.
Her honesty about her experience is quite refreshing as she offers a level of transparency that is hard to come by in the legal field. She is also super friendly so don’t hesitate to reach out to her if you have any questions.
Shannon is a trainee solicitor at an UK law firm in London. She has a very active Instagram and YouTube account where she talks about her journey into the law and provides great career tips for aspiring lawyers. If you are looking for entry jobs into law Shannon is constantly sharing vacancies that she finds on LinkedIn and through other mediums so definitely follow her and keep your eyes peeled!
3. Tashan Ifill (YouTube)
Tashan is a trainee solicitor at one of the Magic Circle’s firms in London and is currently on an International Secondment. He has a YouTube channel where he vlogs his experience as a trainee lawyer, gives tips on how to secure a First-Class law degree whilst producing some great lifestyle content. His channel shows that it is quite possible to excel in your training contract whilst maintaining an active social life!
4. Dani the barrister (Instagram)
Dani is an aspiring barrister that is currently undergoing her Bar Practice Course. She creates content on Instagram and YouTube where she takes us through her journey to becoming a barrister, her experience with the GDL and her day-to-day life as a BPC student.
She also creates content with LawCareersNet so make sure you look out for her content on their page.
5. Law with Sophie (Instagram)
Sophie is a London based solicitor that creates content on Instagram and has her own blog where she provides guidance and support to aspiring solicitors. On her blog you can find numerous resources to help you in your legal journey including a very helpful law firm research guide.
On her Instagram she talks about how she balances your everyday life with her career as a solicitor and has some great workwear hauls, so if you are looking for inspiration check her out!
Amanda aka Chronicles of a family solicitor is a divorce and family lawyer and a partner at her law firm. She also offers mentoring through her social platforms, where she also has her legal series including the ‘Meet a young lawyer’ and ‘Diversity in law’ series.
If you are interested in family law or want to hear from a seasoned professional about her personal journey into the law and how she has navigated through rejections and promotions in her legal career.
Zainab is a trainee solicitor that creates motivational content detailing your journey into law and her training contract. She also provides great practical tips on how to prepare yourself for your training contract journey. If you are looking for LPC tips and notes, check out the blog links on her Instagram page.
She also contributes content to ‘TheLawyerPortal’ so make sure you look out for her content!
Megan is a trainee solicitor at top 40 law firm. She is very transparent about her journey into law having come from a Non-Russell Group University. Megan creates content on life after University, how she got into law and provides great tips for aspiring lawyers to help them on their journey.
She also has some great, free sources on Cover Letters, Interviews, Law Firm Research and more!
9. Hannahmeigriz (Instagram)
Hannah-Mei is a trainee solicitor in a US law firm in London. She has series content where she gives aspiring law students ‘the 411’ on many legal topics including how to research firms and how to produce top tier legal applications. As a non-law student, she has content on how to excel in your GDL and LPC.
She is also the letschatlaw founder, so be sure to check out their page for some inspiring content.
10. Simranjeet Kaur Mann (Instagram and YouTube)
Simranjeet is a trainee solicitor in a UK Top 20 Law Firm in London. Her content centres around her legal career path and is aimed at aspiring solicitors and can be found on LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram. She produces content on personal development, current affairs and documents her personal journey as a trainee.
Simranjeet has also produced a lot of content on LawCareersNet and can be found all over their YouTube channel talking about different legal topics.
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There are so many influencers out there, try and find influencers at your desired firms or in your desire legal sector and industry. This list is by no means exhaustive so feel free to do your own research.
EXTRA TIP: If you are into podcasts try and search key words on streaming platforms, there are a lot of useful legal/business podcasts out there.
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