'You Can Be Kind And Understanding And Successful'

Emma Sadleir, 34, is a social media lawyer, #COSMOHustle speaker and founder of The Digital Law Company, an agency that helps you protect yourself in the ever-expanding online world. She talks about carving out a career in a changing digital space

Ten years ago, social media didn’t even exist.

Not knowing what’s next is the biggest challenge of a career in social media law. Most people who study law like certainty and rules; I like to run my business by feel. Ten years ago social media didn’t exist; today it’s my business. You never know the direction you’re going to head in, but it’s about staying current. If you think of social media as a book, we’ve only just begun reading the table of contents.

Social media has reframed freedom of expression.