SIWIKE “Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier”: the podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Law”

Law to immigration to entrepreneur and tech with Josh Schachnow SIWIKE Podcast (JoshS-001)

Luki Danukarjanto — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:00:00 -0500

In this podcast episode, the SIWIKE Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier Podcast welcomes a new guest host, Josh Schachnow, an immigration lawyer and founder of Visto.ai. Josh shares his journey into law and how he fell into immigration law by chance but found it fascinating. He also talks about his experience starting his own firm and teaming up with techies to create Visto, a tech company that helps with immigration. The conversation also touches on law school experiences and expectations, fitting in as a "non-traditional" lawyer, and the growth of the immigration law field in Canada.

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TIMESTAMPS:
01:17 Growing up and Being Drawn to Law
6:56 Business Leading Up to Law
8:44 Law School Experience
12:44 Getting a Job
16:09 First Lawyer Experience
18:50 Getting to Immigration Law
22:07 Transition from Law to Tech
27:05 SIWIKE

focusinspired #SiwikePodcast #law, #immigration, #tech Special Guest: Josh Schachnow.

From Law, to Armed Forces and to Publishing - Scott Fraser SF-001 MENTOR CORNER

Luki Danukarjanto — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0400

Law, Armed Forces and Publishing: Scott Fraser SIWIKE Podcast SF 001 Mentor Corner.

On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Frank discuss Law, Armed Forces and Publishing. Frank is the president and publisher of Dundurn Press (https://www.dundurn.com/). Dundurn Press is an independent book publisher located in Toronto, Canada.

We speak about:
00:48 - Scott as a kid, growing up in Cobourg Ontario
01:55 - Being socially quiet, not having many friends
02:50 - Was a precocious reader
06:25 - Parents didn't think he'd be a high achiever
09:10 - His decision to go to university
10:04 - Wanting to go to Law school ASAP to make money
12:39 - Thinking about joining the military
16:29 - Military giving him focus
20:26 - Enrolling in the Chang School publishing program
24:05 - Feeling confident about his career journey
25:05 - His SIWIKE
29:55 - You are not your behaviour

Connect with Scott at https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-fraser-3969783b/
Or find out more at https://www.dundurn.com/

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The challenges of switching from accounting to law - Deron Fung DF-001 MENTOR CORNER

Luki Danukarjanto — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400

Deron is a corporate lawyer in private practice.

He shares some of the challenges from switching from accounting in his undergrad.

02:28 How he became interested in accounting and choice of "mathy" careers after not being interested in the science path

07:43 How law came afterwards as he didn't have many lawyer role models growing up

09:38 Choosing his undergrad wanting work experience from coop and finishing the program early

14:10 Landing his coop term largely through attending a conference

20:47 Doing his CPA.

21:00 Then moving from business to law school and the difference between the CPA exams and LSAT

24:09 Doing poorly on his first practice LSAT and thinking he wouldn't continue as a lawyer

25:05 Applying to Ontario law schools

26:59 Experiencing imposter syndrome in law school

30:24 Law firm hiring processes.

35:00 Matching areas of interest when getting into law full time

38:05 His SIWIKE

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Connect with Deron here
https://www.linkedin.com/in/deronfung/

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http://instagram.com/lukidanu Special Guest: Deron Fung.