Episode 2: Becoming an Employer of Choice

Refreshingly Honest Chats With Lawyers

In our latest episode of Refreshingly honest chats with lawyers’, we discuss the topic of becoming an employer of choice. Joining us in the episode we have two extremely qualified guests from law firms that have done just that: Mairi Probin, Chief Culture and People Officer at the MAPD group and James Brown, Founder and Managing Partner at Hall Brown Family Law

Topics on the agenda include what firms should do to become an employer of choice, whether flexibility should be a prerequisite for all law firms (not just those wanting to become an employer of choice) and the difference between cultural fit and personality fit.
About Duane Cormell
Duane is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Realm Recruit. Duane set up Realm in 2015 with the aim of developing careers and sustainably growing law firms through a refreshing, values-driven approach to legal recruitment. Since moving to recruitment after obtaining a degree in Law, Duane has amassed more than 10 years of legal recruitment experience and uses that knowledge to help law firms, lawyers, and aspiring lawyers alike.

About Mairi Probin
Mairi Probin is the Chief Culture and People Officer at the MAPD group, (Making A Positive Difference). Mairi is a specialist in employee engagement and culture development, and she has worked across a number of sectors from manufacturing to financial services as well as the legal sector.

Mairi has helped large companies debut in the top half of the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For and helped Iceland get a second-place finish in the Best Big Company to Work For list in 2013.

About James Brown
James, together with Sam Hall, founded Hall Brown Family Law in April 2016. The firm is now ranked in Tier 1 of Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and independently verified as one of the country’s Best Law Firms by The Times newspaper for the last three years.

James is named a Leading Expert in the independent directory Chambers and Partners and a leading individual in Legal 500.
About Realm Recruit
At Realm Recruit, we believe in treating lawyers like people, not candidates. And we believe in treating law firms like valued partners, not just transactional customers.
Through our refreshing approach, we help to develop careers and sustainably grow law firms.
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