Studying Law Around the World

This week on the podcast, I had the privilege of sitting down with Daniel Waldman. Daniel is a partner at Dickinson Wright in Toronto, where he leads a high-stakes commercial and real estate litigation practice representing prominent commercial landlords, international developers, REITs, and financial institutions. Long before arguing precedent-setting cases at the Ontario Court of Appeal, Daniel...

This week on the podcast, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mark Evans. Mark recently completed his historic term as President of the Law Society of England and Wales. Hailing from a small village in North Wales, Mark grew up with no legal connections, the son of a steelworker and a school volunteer. After a 1980s police height restriction closed one door, a work experience placement arrange...

This week on the podcast, I had the honour of sitting down with Rawan Dareer. Rawan is a Sudanese-Canadian lawyer, entrepreneur, and the co-founder and CEO of Hakimu, a pioneering startup building AI-powered legal infrastructure across the African continent. After studying at NYU Abu Dhabi and earning a master's degree in migration studies at the University of Oxford, Rawan completed her JD at...

This week on Studying Law Around the World , I sat down with Josh Rosen, a corporate and securities lawyer and Toronto office lead at Pulse Law. Josh began his career with a unique articling experience that took him across three very different work environments in just ten months. He used those early lessons in adaptability to build a practice advising technology and life sciences companies from i...

ISSN 2819-733X What mistake do junior lawyers make because no one explained this? They pursue a vague goal like working in "international law" without a deliberate strategy, and they assume North American legal culture forces them to choose strictly between private practice and academia. Legal careers are shaped less by credentials and more by communication, and no one teaches that early...

ISSN 2819-733X What mistake do junior lawyers make because no one explained this? They assume that choosing a career in public service means giving up on high stakes courtroom experience, or they walk away from their dream path because the early years require navigating short term contracts. Legal careers are shaped less by credentials and more by communication, and no one teaches that early enoug...

This week on the podcast, I sat down with Sarah Ennor. Sarah is a non-practicing lawyer and the founder of Growth Council. After working in high pressure roles at Gowlings and BMO, a career pivot led to her ADHD diagnosis. She realized the traits she spent years masking were actually her greatest strengths. We talked about neurodiversity in the legal profession, why fear is a terrible motivational...

This week on the podcast, I sat down with Federico Ast. Federico is an economist, philosopher, and the founder of Kleros. He built a decentralized justice system that uses blockchain technology and game theory to resolve cross-border digital disputes online. We talked about crowdsourcing jurors like in ancient Athens, the terrifying reality of AI biases in arbitration, and why the next generation...

This week on Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Milena Klimberg van Marrewijk. Milena is the program advisor on human rights and access to justice at the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Law. Originally from Buenos Aires, she began her international career representing states in investment arbitration in Paris before deliberately transitioning into human rights litigation in New...

ISSN 2819-733X Legal careers are shaped less by credentials and more by communication, and no one teaches that early enough. I make that invisible part of the profession visible. This week on the podcast, I sat down with Shaun Bernstein. Shaun is a journalist turned lawyer who eventually left practice entirely to found a ghostwriting and storytelling agency. After experiencing a severe mental heal...

This week on Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Khadija Wilson. Khadija holds a PhD in pharmacology, is currently a JD candidate at Temple Law, and is the founder of Rooted Advising. She shared her journey moving from Trinidad and Tobago to the United States and how she built a highly specialized career at the intersection of science and patent law. We got into the realities of being a...

This week on the podcast, I sat down with Majo Castro. Majo is the founding attorney of Castro & Legal in Austin, Texas. After leaving Venezuela in 2015 with a law degree that she could not use in the United States, she started completely over. She took a paralegal course, worked as a bartender, eventually earned an LLM, and opened her own boutique firm specializing in cybersecurity, AI govern...

ISSN 2819-733X There is a persistent myth in law school that you must be a math genius to practice tax law. It keeps a lot of great advocates away from a field that desperately needs them. Legal careers are shaped less by credentials and more by communication, and almost no one teaches that early enough. I try to make that invisible part of the profession visible. This week on the podcast, I sat d...

Legal careers are shaped less by credentials and more by communication, and no one teaches that early enough. I make that invisible part of the profession visible. What mistake do junior lawyers make because no one explained this? They assume the law looks exactly the same everywhere. When you only study your local legal system, you start to believe your jurisdiction's way of solving a problem...

This week on the podcast, I sat down with Baru Obračajová. She is a Czech lawyer, legal designer, and the mind behind "Attorney at Code." After years of handling cross-border M&A and ESG transactions, she realized the traditional, hyper-specialized legal path was not for her. She took a free Harvard coding class online, and it completely changed how she viewed the practice of law. To...

This week on Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Aneka Jiwaji. She is a commercial and securities litigator who has been in practice for a decade. After navigating insurance defense, an international firm, and the BC Securities Commission, she recently co-founded JI Law, an all-women boutique firm. We talked about why she decided to start her own practice. It wasn't about lifestyle...

In this week's episode of Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Shani M. King and N. Jeremi Duru. Shani and Jeremi are brilliant legal scholars, law professors, and longtime friends who met as undergraduates at Brown University. Having built formidable careers in child advocacy and civil rights litigation, they recently collaborated on a deeply personal children's book published b...

In this week's episode of Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with José Bottazzo. After building a highly successful career as a litigation partner in Brazil, José made a bold pivot, moving to Toronto to become a leader in legal recruitment. Now the Director of Client Services at Forge Recruitment, he generously shared his insights on how law firms evaluate senior talent, the distinct di...

In this week's episode of Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Demetre Vasilounis. Demetre is a trust and estates lawyer, a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP), and a recognized leader in family wealth and succession planning. After discovering his love for estates during a mandatory articling rotation, he built a thriving practice advising ultra high net worth families. He generousl...

In this week's episode of Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Bruno Maggi. Bruno is a partner at BM Advocados and one of Brazil's leading antitrust and competition lawyers. After an accidental assignment thrust him into cartel defense 25 years ago, he built an incredible career shaping Brazilian competition law and pioneering private damages litigation. He generously shared his...

In this week's episode of Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Liran Kandin. Liran is a dual licensed lawyer in Ontario and New York, an entrepreneur, and the founder of NCA Tutor. Over the past 14 years, he has helped nearly 4,000 internationally trained lawyers successfully navigate the Canadian licensing process. He generously shared his insights on building a flawless reputation,...

In this week's episode of Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Yash Jangid. Yash is an advocate registered with the Bar Council of India, an LLM graduate from Queen Mary University of London, and a passionate voice for the integration of artificial intelligence in arbitration. Having navigated completely different legal systems, he generously shared his insights on bridging cultural...

ISSN 2819-733X One of the most exciting shifts happening in the legal profession right now is the movement away from exhausting mechanical tasks and toward strategic, fulfilling legal work. Legal careers are shaped less by credentials and more by communication, and almost no one teaches that early enough. I want to make that invisible part of the profession visible today. What mistake do junior la...

On the newest episode of Studying Law Around the World, I had the absolute privilege of sitting down with Paul Karvanis. After a 12 year career navigating Bay Street, the private sector, and a crown agency, Paul transitioned into coaching and literally wrote the book on The Happy Lawyer . He generously shared the invisible mechanics of career satisfaction and proved that building a joyful practice...

In this week's episode of Studying Law Around the World Podcast , I sat down with Ceschino Brooks_de_Vita . Ceschino is a former Big Law corporate attorney, a Harvard alum, and the founder of the Legal Tech Guide. Having successfully transitioned from practicing law to legal tech marketing and entrepreneurship, he generously shared his insights on how to cut through the AI marketing hype, the...