Course curriculum

    1. What is a growth mindset?

    1. How to build a strong personal brand

    1. Developing resilience: Jake Schogger, Hannah Salton & Akil Hunte

    2. Developing resilience: Legally Braids

    3. Developing resilience: Helen Pamely

    4. Developing resilience: Henry Nelson-Case

    5. How to discuss resilience during interviews: Jake Schogger

    1. How to handle negative feedback: Jake Schogger, Henry Nelson-Case & Helen Pamely

    2. Dealing with rejection: Jake Schogger

    3. Dealing with rejection: Legally Braids

    4. Dealing with rejection: Helen Pamely

    5. Dealing with rejection: Hannah Salton

    6. Dealing with rejection: Henry Nelson-Case

    1. Overcoming imposter syndrome: Jake Schogger, Hannah Salton & Akil Hunt

    2. Overcoming imposter syndrome: Henry Nelson-Case, Helen Pamely & Jake Schogger

    3. Overcoming imposter syndrome during the recruitment process

    1. How to manage stress: Helen Pamely

    2. How to manage stress: Jake Schogger

    3. How to manage stress: Henry Nelson-Case

    4. How to manage stress: Hannah Salton

    5. Managing your wellbeing: Akil Hunte & Hannah Salton

    1. Key learnings: Jake Schogger and Legally Braids

    2. Key learnings: Jake Schogger, Henry Nelson-Case & Helen Pamely

    3. Key learnings: Hannah Salton

    1. Growth Mindset Q&A: Akil Hunte, Hannah Salton & Jake Schogger

    2. Growth mindset Q&A: Hannah Salton, Jake Schogger & Helen Pamely

    3. Growth mindset Q&A: Jake Schogger, Henry Nelson-Case & Helen Pamely

    1. Jake Schogger, Helen Pamely & Henry Nelson-Case (@ThatCorporateLawyer) (September 2023)

    2. Jake Schogger, Helen Pamely & Hannah Salton (September 2022)

Growth mindset: overcoming imposter syndrome and rejection

  • 29 lessons
  • 5 hours of video content

Instructors

Ex-City law firm partner Helen Pamely

Helen Pamely is a former City law firm Partner, turned psychotherapist and executive coach. Helen knows first-hand the challenges of living and working in the high-octane legal world. Blending this experience with her in-depth knowledge of mental health, psychology & performance, she offers unique and powerful insights into how we can become the happiest, healthiest & highest performing versions of ourselves. This enables her to support lawyers to unlock their personal and professional potential.

Corporate/M&A City lawyer Leah Adeniran

Leah trained and qualified at Magic Circle law firm Freshfields, where she also undertook secondments at BAE Systems and HSBC. She now works in Latham & Watkins' corporate/M&A team. Leah’s aim, through her career and lifestyle videos, is to demystify corporate law and widen access to prestigious institutions, particularly for those from non-traditional backgrounds like herself. Check out her YouTube Channel ‘LegallyBraids’ (https://www.youtube.com/c/LegallyBraids) to hear about her experiences.

Career Coach & Ex-Magic Circle Recruiter Hannah Salton

Hannah Salton is a qualified executive coach, career consultant and former corporate graduate recruiter. She spent the first eight years of her career recruiting graduate talent for leading international corporations, including telecoms giant BT and elite law firm Allen & Overy. In 2017 she transitioned to a career in coaching and professional development, specialising in helping graduates achieve ambitious career goals. Through her personalised one-to-one and group coaching programmes, she helps people develop the skills, confidence and awareness needed to secure their dream job. For more information, visit www.hannahsalton.co.uk and connect with Hannah on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-salton-coaching

Ex-City lawyer, author, and founder Akil Hunte

Akil Hunte trained as a City lawyer at CMS, before becoming a music lawyer. He is also a public speaker, a motivational influencer, the author of ‘Unlocking Yourself After Lockdown’, a mentor to dozens of aspiring lawyers, the founder of ‘LinkedIn Skills For Lawyers’ and Non-Russel Group Lawyers, and the recipient of multiple awards.

Commercial Law Academy Founder & Ex-Freshfields Lawyer Jake Schogger

Jake Schogger is a qualified lawyer, career coach, entrepreneur, author, copywriter and consultant. He is the founder and CEO of City Career Series, a publishing company that has sold ~50,000 handbooks designed to help students secure City careers, including the critically acclaimed Commercial Law Handbook and Training Contract Handbook. He also founded Commercial Law Academy. He trained at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and now acts as a legal adviser to start-ups and scale-ups, whilst also working as a career coach and delivering career-related presentations at universities across the UK. In addition, Jake works with tech start-ups and runs a variety of his own businesses. Connect with Jake on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger

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Final year PPE student

Feedback on the commercial awareness content

"Thought-provoking and provided a fresh perspective for the upcoming application cycle, including insights to further my commercial awareness and tips to cultivate my personal brand."

LLM student

Feedback on the employability content

"I feel a lot more confident now for the upcoming application cycle, as I will be using all the tips yourself and the speakers kindly gave."