Being a West End Actor and a Commercial Lawyer two sides of the same coin - S5E12

Published: Jan. 17, 2022, 3 a.m.

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This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Karl Wilson.

After training to become a lawyer with Linklaters and qualifying into their Capital Markets team, Karl took a year out to pursue his other passions and attended the Royal Academy of Music. He later embarked upon two years of professional actor training at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.\\xa0

Since then, Karl has managed to combine his passion of the law and acting last year enjoying a six month run in the West End in Agatha Christie's courtroom drama witness for the prosecution.\\xa0

Karl is currently on secondment working as a lawyer via Linklaters platform for contract lawyers, Re:link.\\xa0

In this episode, we discuss the following:

  • Where his interest in law started from
  • His training and experiences with joining Linklaters
  • \\xa0How Re:link helped Karl be able to pursue his passion for music and arts while pursuing law at the same time
  • The pros and cons of contracting\\xa0
  • How to become a contract lawyer\\xa0

\\xa0Connect with Karl via LinkedIn

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