Alex Wilson on becoming a barrister, cancel culture and the Black Women In Law organisation
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ITV News presenter Julie Etchingham is back with another series of Ask A Woman - the podcast that seeks enlightening answers from bright, powerful, fascinating and funny women.
Criminal barrister Alex Wilson joins Julie this week to chat about her journey into law.
In the episode, Alex discusses:
2:46 - being mistaken for a defendant in court more than once
11:07 - how losing a close friend to knife crime inspired her journey into law
13:50 - navigating Oxford University
20:21 - convincing her family to become a criminal barrister
24:20 - what Boris Johnson needs to do to make a stand against racism
32:05 - how young women are changing the world
38:00 - why she's embarrassed by how the public treated Meghan Markle
40:25 - what she wants to achieve with her group Black Women in Law
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Published 07/13/21
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