CILEX to New York Bar: How InHouseW’s Madeleine Weber is Helping Law Students Pass the SQE - S10E26
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What is the purpose of this episode and who is the guest?
This whole process is there to prepate. My core driver is to not force students to buy everything but just students only get what they need. I'm very conscious of what students are dealing with and I try to help as much as possible. When I was working in-house, if there had been SQL, my life would have been significantly easier and I would have just gone ahead with that. So I think that's been good that other legal roles are finally being recognised as being a place where you can qualify.
On today's Legally Speaking podcast, I'm delighted to be joined by Madeline Weber. Madeline is a senior counselor across Amir at Sight Tracker. She has an unconventional route into the legal profession, studying Silex, New York Bar, QLTS, and the SQE2. Madeline also runs In House W, an education platform helping aspiring solicitors prepare for SQE2 through different resources. She is committed. Committed to supporting the next generation of solicitors, having helped over 2,000 over the past few years. So a very big warm welcome to the show, Madeline.
Hi Rob, thanks so much for having me.
Oh, it's an absolute pleasure to have you on the Legally Speaking podcast. And before we dive into all the amazing things you're doing in and around the legal community, we do have a couple of customary icebreaker questions here on the Legal Speaking Podcast, which is what is your favorite beverage and what is your preferred choice of footwear on a typical work day?
Oh, good question. I think. My favourite beverage is it's probably quite basic. I love Fanta. Kitchering fanta every day all day. And footwear, I'm not gonna lie, I wear sketches uh all day, every day, pretty much. Um I go through so many pairs 'cause that's all I walk in and they're just so comfortable.
There we go, Sketches and Fanta. And with that we can move swiftly on to talk all about you. So to begin with, Madeline, would you mind telling our listeners just a little bit about your background and career journey?
I did an L B law degree um quite a few years ago now and um Wanted to qualify as a solicitor, but um I think as many people find, it is quite a struggle. So when I sort of joined the workforce after graduating, the SQE hadn't been introduced yet. Um it was still the sort of um traditional route of doing an L P C and training contract. I really struggled finding a training contract and um by sheer coincidence I ended up working in house. and um ended up working for a software company and managed to qualify through a sort of very weird way, which we can talk about as well later on. And um I've been in in software ever since. I am now a senior counsel responsible for all of Europe, Middle East and Africa of a US SaaS company.
And um On the side as well, I run a business, an educational business that helps people prepare for one of the two SQE exams, namely the SQE two, which is an exam I set as well in order to qualify. So yeah, that's I would say is a a quick summary.
A very quick summary, very impressive. And you know, your tenacity, your resilience, and your willingness to give back certainly impressed all of us on the show and why we're super keen to have you on today. So congratulations. But let's pick off from where you are currently then as senior counselor crossing. What does a typical day look like? Tell us a bit more about what your role involves.
Yeah, of course so we're a small legal team, there's only three of us, so I look after all of Amelia. A typical day, I mean, this is gonna sound like such a cliche answer, but there isn't really a typical day. I deal with anything and everything legal um in my region. Um the majority of that work I would say is contract work because we are a software supplier. So putting in place contracts for the sale of our software is is my bread and butter. So Um in a sort of you know more common day, I will likely review a customer markup of our subscription agreement, I will review data processing agreements, um, I will often have to deal with a lot of NDAs, which we need before we, for example, demo our solution.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this episode and who is the guest?
0:00–5:30
2
What are Madeleine’s favorite beverage and footwear, and why does the host ask?
5:30–8:09
3
How did Madeleine’s unconventional career path lead her to qualify as a solicitor?
8:09–15:49
4
What does a typical day look like for a senior counsel covering EMEA in a SaaS company?
15:49–23:48
5
What part of her in‑house role does Madeleine enjoy the most?
23:48–27:19
6
What research should junior lawyers do before pivoting into an in‑house legal career?
27:19–43:02
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