In late 2017, when Lawyers Weekly launched its inaugural podcast, the brand was securing 4,000 downloads per month. Now, at the end of 2023, there are more than half a dozen different shows under the broader LW network, with an average of four episodes per week across different streams and demographics, an average of over 53,000 downloads worldwide per month this year, and listeners on every continent.

The legal profession has continually evolved in recent years, with 2023 being a particularly big year for junior lawyers and grads navigating the changing legal landscape as it embraced tech and faced economic uncertainty.

Here are the 10 most downloaded Protégé Podcast episodes for 2023, in descending order:

10. Protégé: From police prosecutor to law student

9. Protégé: A 29-year-old firm director on defining success

8. Protégé: What makes a good advocate?

7. Protégé: Planning your career direction from an early stage

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6. Protégé: Putting emotion back into legal teaching

5. Protégé: Know your values before choosing career direction

4. Protégé: ‘Be unapologetically yourself’

3. Protégé: Emerging lawyers must understand the criminal justice system

2. Protégé: ‘I’ve overcome so much already’

1. Protégé: Writing better job applications 101