Blake Gansborg, a Partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Denver, Colorado office, shares his personal experiences with anxiety throughout his career and what has worked for him in overcoming anxiety. He also reflects on what the le

Sheri Wang (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP)

Aug 24th, 2022 15m 4s

Sheri Wang, Co-Founder of Beyond the A and a Securities Regulatory Lawyer at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto, talks about normalizing the topic of anxiety in the legal profession, the relative hurdles individuals may face in law school

Clinton Tang (Peter A. Allard School of Law)

Oct 21st, 2021 28m 30s

Clinton is currently at a 3L student at the Peter A. Allard School of Law and completed his 2L summer at Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP, a Vancouver-based full-service law firm. In this episode, we talk about navigating through anxiety du

Dave Namkung (Mosaic Executive Search, Smith Legal Search)

Aug 7th, 2021 44m 25s

Dave is the founder and managing partner of Mosaic Executive Search, as well as a partner with Smith Legal Search, a legal recruitment company. He has unique expertise and interest in executive search mandates relating to legal and professional

Colena Der (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP)

Feb 25th, 2021 37m 7s

Colena is a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and also serves as the co-chair of the firm's student committee. In this episode, we talk about anxiety, student recruitment and everything else in between. This was, by far, one of our favou

Joshua Mamdani (Dentons Canada LLP)

Jun 28th, 2020 21m 25s

This past Saturday, we sat down with Joshua Mamdani, Dentons Canada LLP and co-founder of Beyond the A. In this podcast episode, he shares his wisdom on how to thrive as a Summer Law Student, Articling Student and beyond. Josh was recently hire

Vivian Li (MacDonald & Partners LLP)

Apr 13th, 2020 18m 58s

We are thrilled to have Vivian Li on our podcast. She spoke at an in-person Beyond the A event that we hosted over at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and have invited her to join here on the podcast to share her learnings with all of

Rajeev Majumdar (President of Washington State Bar Association)

Apr 2nd, 2020 26m 16s

It was such a pleasure to chat with Rajeev Majumdar, current president of the Washington State Bar Association and the first state bar president of South Asian descent in all of the United States.We went deep in this conversation on his initia

Professor Andrew Benjamin (University of Washington; Faculty of Law)

Feb 3rd, 2020 26m 22s

Dr. Benjamin received his B.A. at the University of Oregon Honors College and his M.A., J.D., and Ph.D., at the University of Arizona.While working with families engaged in high-conflict litigation and lawyers suffering from various mental hea

Edward Ngo (KMK Law; Global Lawyers of Canada)

Nov 22nd, 2019 27m 26s

Edward Ngo is a wills and estates lawyer at KMK Law and a director with the Global Lawyers of Canada. In the era of social media - where we are able to watch others develop and grow in their personal and professional lives - the constant compar

Professor Thomas Telfer (Western University of Law)

Oct 29th, 2019 19m 39s

We were honoured to have Professor Thomas Telfer chat with us about his experiences and teachings on the topic of anxiety and mindfulness.As a member of The Faculty of Law at Western University, his research and teaching interests include bank

Samson Chan (London Drugs)

Sep 8th, 2019 22m 32s

Anxiety is a double-edged sword. It affects one’s performance, and may even become detrimental to finding a fulfilling career in law. The lack of dialogue on the topic at a firm can further exacerbate the experience felt by each individual and

Raminder Hayre (Harper Grey LLP)

Aug 14th, 2019 24m 53s

Raminder is a Litigation associate at Harper Grey with a focus on insurance defence. Prior to law school, Raminder obtained a MBA from Bond University and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of British Columbia. Raminder is a Director of th

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