Hired: A Legal Career Podcast

Dr. Rebecca Gill is the LeAnne E. Merlo Presidential Chair in Communications and Entrepreneurship at Wake Forest University. Her research is centered on organizational and occupational identity, with particular attention to entrepreneurial identity and how it is shaped alongside social identities, place, and culture. Dr. Gill joins the pod to discuss what a professional email should and should not say about your personality and professional identity. In addition to examining some best practices to email drafting, Dr. Gill and Jordan review a few catastrophic examples based on actual emails read in the field.

On Episode 202 of Hired, Judge Vickery (District Court Judge in Forsyth County) and Dean Scott (Assistant Dean of the Office of Career and Professional Development) join the pod to share their secrets to networking success. From mindset to conversation topics, these experts provide a thorough primer on the mechanics of networking for law students.

On this newly formatted podcast, Professor Lee explores why the legal profession is so dependent on networking. Alan Bowie (JD '16), Senior Legal Counsel at BIC, and Elizabeth Goodwin (JD '08), Assistant Director of Wake Law's Office of Career and Professional Development, Employer Outreach, stop by to offer their own explanations. Plus, using his own success story as an example, Alan provides thoughtful and detailed advice regarding how to build fruitful and meaningful professional relationships.