This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna is joined by Sana Shafi. Sana is a Trainee at Travers Smith, popular law blogger, Presenter of the #StriveSpeaks Podcast, regular panellist at various diversity events, and Founder of Strive Consultants which in the space of one year has gone onto become a winner of the Legal Diversity Awards 2020 and a Finalist at the British Muslim Awards.STRIVE aims to redefine diversity beyond categories of race and gender and make representative diversity in the City a reality. STRIVE exists to address the imbalance of diversity in City Law, to identify and nurture potential, and to ensure that there is an equal playing field. STRIVE helps students by providing free training, mentoring & resources to help them get Training Contracts. Sana also runs a successful law blog called CynandLaw, which provides advice to aspiring solicitors on how to apply to Training Contracts and Vacation Schemes. In this episode, we discuss:Applying for training contracts and dealing with rejectionsCompleting a training contract at Travers SmithDealing with the current coronavirus situation - transitioning to working from homeFuture plans and aspirations Strive - as a platform to support students, using contextual recruitment Sana's passion for blogging and documenting her own journey on LinkedInSupport the show