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Who are we interviewing:
\nAlison Colley \u2013 Solicitor and Founder of Real Employment Law Advice and host of the podcast \u2018The
\nEmployment Law and HR Podcast\u2019
\nHow did she get here?
\nI qualified as a Solicitor (known as lawyer in the US) in the UK in 2006 and worked for traditional
\nlawyers\u2019 firms, where I specialised in employment law and providing legal advice to employers and
\nemployees.
\nAfter becoming disillusioned with the traditional career path, stuffy slow pace of change and
\npresenteeism required in the profession I found the \u20184 hour work week\u2019 by Tim Ferris whilst
\nwondering around bored on my lunchbreak and from this I was led into the world of
\nentrepreneurship, passive income and taking control of my destiny.
\nFor several months after reading the 4 hour work week I came up with a vast number of hairbrained
\nschemes completely unrelated to the legal profession, not having the confidence to consider that I
\ncould start my own legal firm. Eventually, realising I was not quite ready to give up on my profession
\nand passion for helping to solve problems I set about starting my own legal practice.
\nIn November 2013 I started Real Employment Law Advice as a Sole Practitioner completely from
\nscratch with no client base and no investment or capital.
\nI started the firm with the objective of providing a new service to my local community and with the
\nvision of starting something different to the traditional Solicitors brand.
\nMy objective was (and remains) to provide legal services in a new way, disrupting the market by
\nutilizing technology to deliver service and provide information on a variety of platforms throughout
\nthe UK.
\nI now have a team of 4 staff, including two other Solicitors and we work with clients throughout the
\nUK on everything from contracts to HR best practice through to representation in the Employment
\nTribunal and Courts.
\nPodcasting
\nFew Solicitors in the UK are podcasting, and I was a relatively early adopter (August 2014), and have
\nmaintained consistency throughout this time. The podcast now regularly gets between 7,000- 8,00
\ndownloads per month from all over the world and I focus on the law, HR and best practice for
\nemployers, managers and HR professionals.
\nAs a result of the success of the podcast I was interviewed by the Guardian for an article on their
\nwebsite about podcasting for business.
\nContact Info
\nCheck her out at\xa0http://alisoncolley.co.uk/ or connect to her company:\xa0https://www.linkedin.com/company/real-employment-law-advice/
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