How Fitzrene Headley gets the job done
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One of the most elegant barristers at the English Bar tells me about how she dresses for court, tackles being perceived as an 'angry (black) female barrister' in court, and how she deals with expectations of perfectionism and instances of patronising behaviour by others.  This episode was produced by Jessica van der Meer with help from Naomi Adedokun and Jessica Browne-Swinburne.
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