When I Grow Up I Want To Be – A Lawyer [PODCAST]

Episode 21 of the Exam Study Expert podcast: “When I Grow Up I Want To Be – A Lawyer”.

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Continuing our “When I Grow Up” season, hear from successful young barrister James Sharpe on what it takes to break into the competitive field of law.

–        What life is really like as a lawyer

–        The importance of “getting the grades” at school, and how a love of learning helps

–        Staying open to the right path

–        Getting into competitive universities, and what studying History is really like at an elite University 

–        Extra curricular passions: theatre, politics, getting used to rejection, and finding the delicate balance with study time 

–        Studying law and the law conversion course

–        How to take your first steps in professional law: vacation schemes, mini-pupillages

With credit to Alan Donegan at the Pop Up Business School (https://www.popupbusinessschool.co.uk/), from whom I shameless borrowed the analogy about Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream.

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William Wadsworth is a Cambridge University educated psychologist and learning science researcher. He got top 0.01% exam results in the UK as a student over 10 years ago, and ever since has been obsessed with helping subsequent generations of students ace their exams, through the science of studying smarter, not harder. Half a million students in 150+ countries follow his advice through this site and the Exam Study Expert podcast, and he’s the best-selling author of the “ingenious” guide to test-taking strategy, Outsmart Your Exams. To get in touch with William, including to find out more about his transformational 1:1 coaching sessions, please click here.

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