This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast,  our host Rob Hanna is joined by Shaheen Mamun. Shaheen is a Lawyer, Legist, Leader who was recently Shortlisted as 'Lawyer of the Year' by the Modern Law Awards in 2020 & Millennial Entrepreneur! He co-founded The Black Antelope Group, alongside Simao Paxi-Cato, to provide Business to Business services in the Legal, Coaching, and Consultancy Sector.They support their Clients in achieving their objectives through a range of services that combine intelligence and awareness, communication, learning and decisive action: the traits that the Antelope symbolises and represents.Black Antelope Law - 'Expert. Objective. Accessible'As an Award-Winning Lawyer Duo, they added their voice to the debate over the fusion between both the Solicitor and Barrister professions by establishing an embedded model in Black Antelope Law.Their product is their people. They aim to meet the proficient demand for high quality and sophisticated representation. They were the first BSB Entity to be awarded a certificate of well-being from the Bar Council for addressing Mental Health at the workplace.They have gone strength to strength by being recognised on the Honour Roll for the 2018 UK Social Mobility Awards, shortlisted for the Equality and Diversity Award at Modern Law Awards 2020, listed as the 'Best Business Immigration Law Firm - England' by the SME Awards 2020 and awarded Excellence in Cyber Law Services at the Innovation & Excellence Awards 2019 - Corporate LiveWire.In this episode, we discuss:Shaheen's legal experiences prior to setting up Black Antelope LawDeveloping a client base as a trainee Black Antelope law and its divisions - Black Antelope coaching and Black Antelope ADRTackling the common perception of being a lawyer with a BAME backgroundAppointment to The Law Society's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion CommitteeMentoring and why it is so significant in the competitive field of law Role of a criminal law Magistrate Support the show