Many successful people cannot enjoy their work because they are plagued with feelings of self-doubt and of being an imposter.
In this insightful and practical one-hour webinar, Mary Prior KC of 36 Crime (part of The 36 Group) explores what imposter syndrome is, why it affects so many people and how you can overcome it. Drawing on real-life examples and her own experience in a demanding profession, Mary shares practical strategies to recognise and challenge impostor syndrome and build self-confidence.
This session is essential for anyone in the legal sector who has ever questioned their own success and provides you with the tools needed to rid yourself of imposter syndrome, helping you to not only achieve more in your working life but to also enjoy it.
This webinar is suitable for practitioners from all legal disciplines.
This webinar is suitable for all levels
- What is imposter syndrome, and who does it affect?
- What are the different types of imposter syndrome?
- How can we recognise the signs in ourselves?
- What factors contribute to feeling like an imposter?
- How can workplace culture create or reinforce imposter syndrome?
- What is the difference between confidence, competence, and leadership?
- How can we stop self-doubt?
- What practical steps can we take to overcome imposter syndrome?
- Stop comparing yourself to others.
- Spend less time on social media.
- Listen to your feelings – they’re valuable signals, not weaknesses.
- Refuse to let imposter syndrome hold you back
This live webinar contains a 45-minute presentation from Mary Prior KC and a 15-minute Q&A session where you can ask any questions you'd like directly to Mary. You can download your own copy of the presentation and resources to refer to during and after the live webinar.
You will be able to actively listen to the course and ask questions to the speaker.
This live webinar provides you with 1 hour of learning.
Attendees will receive a CPD certificate upon completion of this course.
The live webinar begins at 13:00 and our Q&A session starts at 13:45
The £59 +VAT price includes:
- 45-minutes of topical content
- 15-minute interactive Q&A
- comprehensive notes
- CPD Certificate
Of course! Once you select the live webinar, you will have the option to select the number of tickets you want to purchase, then you can follow the instructions on the screen. Once your payment has been processed, you will then be asked to assign the tickets to those attending. Each delegate will then receive an email with instructions on how to finalise their booking.
Simply get in touch with info@formediagroup.co.uk to request an invoice, you will need to let us know which live webinar you are booking and how many attendees you need to book.
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Mary Prior KC
Mary is an exceptional advocate. She is formidable, hard-working and very down-to-earth. She is tactically very astute and is especially good with vulnerable witnesses.’ Legal 500
‘Mary is one of the best silks around. She is a fantastic advocate – jurors love her. She breaks complex concepts down very easily and enables a jury to follow her arguments with ease. Her client care is also brilliant.’ Legal 500
‘Mary is a strong advocate in front of a jury or in submissions to a judge. From the early outset, she has a clear direction for her cases. All of her work is very well prepared.’ Legal 500
“Mary is an enormously experienced advocate with formidable advocacy skills – she is adept at building a relationship with the jury and dealing with difficult and often vulnerable clients. She has a powerhouse reputation at the Bar” Legal 500
Mary is a jury advocate. She takes hugely complex facts and presents them in a clear and concise way so that juries can understand the evidence. She gains the trust of the most vulnerable witnesses and defendants and enables them to be heard. She is often instructed in difficult and challenging cases, sometimes described as hopeless cases. She has an extremely high success rate in her cases.
In the last three years she has dealt with many cases with national and international media interest. These have included dealing with horrific murders of children which have involved sadistic torture and brutality. She defended one of the defendants in the Court of Appeal’s analysis on whole life murder cases. R v Stewart, Couzens, Tustin, Hughes and Monaghan. She has also received a Chief Crown Prosecutor’s Commendation for her work on the murder of Finley Boden.
Mary has special expertise in questioning children, those with mental and physical health difficulties. She enabled a child with cerebral palsy to give evidence and to be heard. She has a forensic ability to evaluate and consider thousands of pages of bank statements, telephone messages and social media and to enable the jury to consider what matters. She exposes holes and gaps in evidence.
Mary has taken her experience in rape cases to deal with serious multi-complainant sexual offences.
Mary has a busy private practice defending allegations of rape for those whose career or livelihood would be more significantly impacted by a conviction. This has included Doctors, teachers, the clergy and businessmen.
Mary is a sought after lecturer for advocacy and trial strategy. She regularly lectures to Solicitors, to the police and to other agencies.
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