Protégé: The reality behind preparing for life as a barrister
Protégé: The reality behind preparing for life as a barrister
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Making the decision to join the bar is adventurous and exciting on paper but in theory it’s a lot of major financial decisions, stressful exams and strong support networks. In this episode, a new barrister discusses how she navigated all of this on top of personal struggles and raising a young child to make it into the bar.
In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Naomi Neilson is joined by barrister Emma Fitzgerald to discuss her journey from solicitor to barrister and the struggles that came with it, from making extremely tough financial decisions like selling her house through to managing her mental health through stressors like the bar exams.