I joined Thrive as I love the values that we stand and fight for. I wanted to be part of a forward-thinking team, where the wellbeing of each member genuinely matters. Everyone is appreciated and respected as an individual, not a number; We are all totally committed to supporting each other, and to helping the team to grow and develop. The thrive team provide me with the support and flexibility to balance my work life along with my personal life and raising my daughter. At Thrive, you don’t have to make a choice of prioritising your career or your family; you can honestly have it all
Soraya Mehdizadeh
Legal Assistant
About:
I am originally from Hull, but I studied in Leeds where I got my Law degree at Leeds Beckett University. I stayed on after my degree to do my master’s degree and LPC and will be graduating in summer of 2023.
Thrives founder, Jodie Hill was actually my post-grad employment law teacher at university. She was an excellent teacher and got interested in the employment area of law, so when an opportunity to work for her presented itself I was thrilled to join the Thrive tribe.
My hopes for the future are to qualify as a solicitor and I feel Thrive is a great firm to help me eventually achieve that goal. I am currently working as a Legal Assistant which I love. It is my first professional job role in law, and I feel very lucky to have such amazing mentors around me.

Expertise:
- Initial Advice
- Blog writing
- Discrimination
- HR contracts
Qualifications:
- Bachelor or Laws – LLB (Hons)
- Master of Laws – LLM in Professional Legal Practice (graduate next year)
Thriving:
- Member of Junior Lawyers Division
- Member of East Yorkshire Young Labour
- Former member of my 6th Form Debate Team
- Member of the International Law Association
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