Jan 23, 2024
Law students – especially those unsure about what they want from
their careers – should proactively seek as much diverse experience
as they can. As Hayden McLoughlin has discovered from working
in-house, one will be much better placed from having taken up such
opportunities.
In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Jerome Doraisamy
speaks with NIOA Group paralegal and QUT law student Hayden
McLoughlin about being open to new ideas and pathways as one
progresses while studying, how he “fell into” an in-house role as a
student, whether in-house work is undersold to students as a
vocational pathway, and what his duties look like in his current
role.
Mr McLoughlin also reflects on the capacity for students to
become better-rounded graduates if they engage in in-house work,
the benefits he has gleaned, challenges he has faced and overcome,
how undertaking a summer clerkship has complemented his in-house
experience, why law students need to seek as broad a remit of
experience as they can, questions one should ask of one’s self, and
why students must go out and seek value.
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