Season 3 Episode 1: A High Flier's Guide to Graduate School Success and Empowering One’s Community

One day, you’re sitting in one of the best law firms in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, living up to your dreams of contributing to cases that spark your heart. The next minute, the spark seems to start diminishing, there’s a global pandemic that literally has everyone at a standstill. 

Today, we are catching up with Imade Iyamu, an MBA candidate at Columbia Business School. In 2019, Imade worked as an associate at Banwo & Ighodalo Legal, a leading law firm in Lagos. Between handling the demands of being a Lagos lawyer and assuaging her conscience that wanted her to be more and do more, she found herself attending info sessions that grad programs had organized in Lagos.

Listen to this episode to see what it takes to create a high-flyer profile and position yourself for your grad school experience while impacting communities you care about. 

Guest: Imade Iyamu
Co-host: Chukwuebuka Amaji
Host: Ebelechukwu Monye