u/Emergency-Moose-88

I'm currently a postdoc and considering changing career to law. I've entertained this for years, but am burning out in academia. I'm not sure how competitive I would be? I'm interested in criminal law possibly CPS, but also open to kinda any area (I would be doing my GDL so hopefully I would figure it out soon).

My profile:

Undergraduate: UCL, first-class, Spanish and Latin American Studies

MPhil/MSt: Oxbridge, Latin American Studies, top dissertation in cohort

DPhil: Oxbridge, Spanish (fully funded, lectureship during final year, etc)

Postdoc: UCL

I've won various academic prizes at a national and international level for my postgrad work, fluent in Spanish. I've been teaching and publishing at Oxbridge and now UCL again.

In terms of advocacy experience, I don't have anything explicit, although I'm about to start training to become a Samaritans listener. Working with students also brings a lot of pastoral experience.

I know this seems silly, but for 1200 episodes this show has been part of my life. JorDan saw me through moving continents, break-ups, finishing 4 degrees, and really growing up into the politically aware adult I am today. From single and trying to finish my undergrad, to settling down and my PhD. So many of us have lived with them in our ears for so long. I thought, rather than giving into the sadness, it might be nice to think about all the moments in which this show was there for us.

I particularly remember a long bus ride between Cambridge and Oxford, a few months before COVID, struggling with my mental health and listening to KF feeling like I had two people just keeping me company in the background.

Thank you Jordan and Dan for everything.

I am trying to convince him this is a bad idea but he is too convinced. We are Irish.

Edit: He wants to wear white tie with tail coat, something only royals or elites wear