Sarah Solémalé, Senior Governance Services Manage, FIFA E98

Law In Sport Podcast

LawInSport · Sarah Solémalé, Senior Governance Services Manage, FIFA Sarah Solémalé is the Senior Governance Service Manager at FIFA. Sarah speaks to LawInSport’s founder and CEO, Sean Cottrell, about: - transitioning from art to law; - interviewing and securing a legal role at FIFA; - the differences between the roles and responsibilities of a lawyer in the legal and governance departments at FIFA; - the importance "soft skills" and diplomacy; - the future of sports in Africa and embracing the power of sport; advice on help developing sports in underdeveloped sports markets; - how lawyers can better engage with governments and civil servants; the area of law outside of governance that interest Sarah the most; - how do you decipher what is important information to focus on and the value of peer-to-peer learning; and, - the importance of good mental health, particularly during the pandemic. We thoroughly enjoyed the interview and took a lot away from it. We hope you do the same. The host is Sean Cottrell (@spcott), founder and CEO of LawInSport. For more sports law news, commentary and analysis go to LawInSport.com Upcoming Events: www.lawinsport.com/sports-law-events LawInSport Recruitment: LawInSport Annual Conference: www.lawinsport.com/annual-conference LawInSport Academy Mentoring Scheme: www.lawinsport.com/announcements Follow us on Twitter @LawInSport and Sean at @spcott. Listen to podcast on: Soundcloud: @lawinsport iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lawlnsport-sports-law-podcast or most Android podcast apps.