This week we have a very exciting guest, and a good friend of mine, Oliver Haddock. Olly is a litigator at Radcliffes Le Brasseur. He is also the Founder and Chair of the London Young Professionals Network, and the Chair of the London Young Lawyers Group. In celebration of his huge dedication to young lawyers, he has been shortlisted for the Law Society Junior Lawyers of the Year award at the upcoming Excellence in Law Awards (for which we wish him lots of luck)!

Obviously this episode contains loads of great information about law and young professionals, but my favourite bit was definitely the rapid fire questions at the end. Olly shares so much about his personal journey here, and I’d highly advise you listen to the end!

Some of the key topics we cover in this episode are:

• Networking - why it's important and how to do it
• How the pandemic has affected young professionals
• Can you ever really know what you’re signing up for?
• Where does the pressure come from for lawyers?
• Salary wars: is money the solution?
• Why are we hearing about more mental health issues in professional services now?
• Potential solutions to reduce stress and burnout and improve wellbeing
• Projections for the future of the post-pandemic legal industry
• Dyslexia and learning difficulties - how to succeed if you’re struggling

If you’re keen to keep up with Olly and his amazing work for young professionals, you can do so by following the London Young Lawyers Group and London Young Professionals Network on Instagram.