Podcasts by Legal Speak
Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what's happening in the legal industry. Each episode tackles a subject that's worthy of a deep dive—from law firm profit hacks to Supreme Court showdowns to the most promising plays in legal tech. Hosted by Law.com Editor-in-Chief Zack Needles and The Recordere's Bureau Chief Alaina Lancaster, Legal Speak offers straight talk from experts, plus an inside-the-newsroom perspective on market-shaping stories.
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How an Eight-Figure Verdict Helped Spur Transformation in This Legal Department from 2023-12-09T15:19
In this episode, Law.com Litigation Reporter Aleeza Furman talks with Temple University Health Network General Counsel John Ryan about how, in the wake of an eight-figure verdict, his ...
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Why Its Exciting to be a Defense Attorney During Polarizing Times from 2023-12-01T23:31
In this week’s episode of Legal Speak, Orrick's Meghan Kelly and Bill Oxley discuss the most surprising findings from their national jury research project.
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Why the DiCello Levitt Trial Center Teaches Lawyers to Stop Spinning the Truth from 2023-11-18T00:01
In this week's Legal Speak episode, DiCello Levitt partners Bobby DiCello and Ken Abbarno share how they train attorneys at the firm's trial center, including helping lawyers learn how to look w...
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How Sidley Austin Is Filling In Pandemic-Era Training Gaps from 2023-11-10T19:01
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Sidley's Dan Clivner and Sharon Flanagan share how the firm is leveraging its leadership and executive development model Built to Lead to ensure associates ar...
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Shipt CLO Linda Seal Explains How Flexibility and Mentorship Empower People to Do Their Best Work from 2023-11-06T21:13:26
In this episode, Linda Seal, chief legal officer of delivery service Shipt, talks about how she seeks to get the most out of her team.
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Live from WIPL 2023 with Lakeshia Ekeigwe from 2023-10-20T18:59:08
Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event gatherers 700+ female speakers and attendees to...
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Live from WIPL 2023 with Leah Yadegar from 2023-10-20T18:35:33
Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event gatherers 700+ female speakers and attendees to...
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Live from WIPL 2023 with Christina Liwski from 2023-10-20T18:19:54
Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event gatherers 700+ female speakers and attendees to...
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Live from WIPL 2023 with Denver Sheridan from 2023-10-19T20:06:40
Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event gatherers 700+ female speakers and attendees to...
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Live from WIPL 2023 with Aswathi Zachariah from 2023-10-18T22:18:54
Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event gatherers 700+ female speakers and attendees to...
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Live from WIPL 2023 with Betty Jang from 2023-10-18T20:32:56
Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event gatherers 700+ female speakers and attendees to...
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Live from WIPL 2023 with Laura Vega from 2023-10-18T20:10:35
Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event gatherers 700+ female speakers and attendees to...
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Live from WIPL 2023 with Liz Lugones&Steph Corey from 2023-10-18T17:55:07
Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event gatherers 700+ female speakers and attendees to...
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Live from WIPL 2023 with Jenny Holmes from 2023-10-18T17:40:20
Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women in-house and outside counsel. This unique event gatherers 700+ female speakers and attendees to...
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Live from the GCC East with Andy Teichholz from 2023-10-06T16:45:53
The General Counsel Conference East has long been the premier forum for general counsel to learn, network and evolve in their roles. This year's conference is being held in Brooklyn, New York a...
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Live from the GCC East with Andrew Guattari and Alex Carraro from 2023-10-06T16:38:04
The General Counsel Conference East has long been the premier forum for general counsel to learn, network and evolve in their roles. This year's conference is being held in Brooklyn, New York a...
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Live from the GCC East with Calie Valore from 2023-10-05T14:03:30
The General Counsel Conference East has long been the premier forum for general counsel to learn, network and evolve in their roles. This year's conference is being held in Brooklyn, New York a...
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Live from the GCC East with Virginia Griffth from 2023-10-05T14:00:41
The General Counsel Conference East has long been the premier forum for general counsel to learn, network and evolve in their roles. This year's conference is being held in Brooklyn, New York a...
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Live from the GCC East with Matt Wheatley from 2023-10-03T16:12:27
The General Counsel Conference East has long been the premier forum for general counsel to learn, network and evolve in their roles. This year's conference is being held in Brooklyn, New York a...
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Live from the GCC East with Joseph Panetta from 2023-10-02T20:46:45
The General Counsel Conference East has long been the premier forum for general counsel to learn, network and evolve in their roles. This year's conference is being held in Brooklyn, New York a...
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Live from the GCC East with Bianca Erb from 2023-10-02T20:10
The General Counsel Conference East has long been the premier forum for general counsel to learn, network and evolve in their roles. This year's conference is being held in Brooklyn, New York a...
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Live from the GGC East with Jason Simon from 2023-10-02T16:22:58
The General Counsel Conference East has long been the premier forum for general counsel to learn, network and evolve in their roles. This year's conference is being held in Brooklyn, New York a...
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It's Time to Pour Concrete: Davis Wright Leader Says Law Firms Need to Double Down on DEI from 2023-09-29T18:30:46
In this week's Legal Speak episode, Yusuf Zakir, Davis Wright Tremaine’s chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, speaks to what it's like to be a DEI leader at a time when the topic is un...
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What the Global 200 Rankings Say About Big Law's Past, Present and Future from 2023-09-22T21:38:22
In this week’s episode, Law.com Editor-in-Chief Zack Needles sits down with Law.com International Editor-in-Chief Paul Hodkinson to talk about the biggest takeaways from this year’s data.
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How and Why Davis Wright Built Its Own GenAI Chatbot from 2023-09-15T21:53:43
In this week’s episode of Law.com's Legal Speak podcast, Law.com legal technology reporter Isha Marathe speaks with Vid Prabhakaran, Davis Wright Tremaine partner and member of its AI steering c...
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How Husch Blackwell's Virtual Office Prioritizes In-Person Connections from 2023-09-08T22:03:32
What the Legal Industry Can Learn From the Rise and Fall of a Lewis Brisbois Spinoff from 2023-08-25T22:45
This week's episode features an interview with Law.com business of law reporters Justin Henry and Jessie Yount, who break down the rise and fall of Lewis Brisbois spinoff firm Daugherty Lordan T...
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How One Attorney's Firm Rallied Behind Him Following an ALS Diagnosis—and What Big Law Can Learn From It from 2023-08-18T21:42:49
In the recruiting phase, law firms can talk all day about flexibility, work-life-balance and the family-style connections among colleagues, but what happens when all those talking points get put...
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How the Billable Hour, Among Other Factors, Pushes Women Out of the Legal Profession from 2023-08-11T18:08:45
In this week’s episode, Elizabeth Manno, partner at Venable and co-chair of the National Association of Women Lawyers research committee, discusses some of the issues attorneys have pointed to t...
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Beyond the Numbers: Clients Want to Know About Culture of Diversity at Law Firms from 2023-08-04T21:29
Clients are pushing law firms to disclose more and more diversity-related information in order to earn their business, according to Lloyd Freeman, chief diversity officer at Buchanan Ingersoll &...
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How Lawyers Can Make 'Living the Dream' a Reality from 2023-07-28T19:04:36
In this week’s episode, Mayer Brown litigator Brandon Renken shares why he challenges his fellow legal professionals to focus on the funny, exciting and joyous aspects of their work as part of h...
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Security and Overreliance: Attorney Address Generative AI Concerns for Legal Industry from 2023-07-21T19:43:47
"Be forward-leaning, but be smart," said Danielle Benecke, the founder and global head of Baker McKenzie's machine learning practice, on adopting generative AI technology.
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Practicing Lawyer, Private Family Man, Public Agitator: Veteran Litigator James Brosnahan Talks Balancing Ambitions from 2023-07-15T00:24
You don’t get to be one of the country’s most prominent litigators without some focus. For James Brosnahan of Morrison & Foerster, his career goal was to go to trial—any trial and any subject. I...
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Is It Time to Recruit From More Law Schools Following SCOTUS Affirmative Action Rulings? from 2023-06-30T20:46:25
In this week’s episode, Lloyd Freeman, chief diversity officer at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, discusses where Big Law firms are moving the needle the most when it comes to diversity, equity...
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Backlash Against Trans People Happening Because 'We're Winning,' Says LGBTQ Advocate from 2023-06-23T18:57:52
In this week’s episode, Dru Levasseur, the director of diversity, equity and inclusion for the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, shares how experiencing discrimination early in his legal career l...
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'No Way to Get This Right': Why Law Firms Are Getting Pushback on Office Returns from 2023-06-20T23:39
In the second part of Legal Speak's conversation with Ira Coleman, chairman of McDermott Will & Emery, about returning to the office, Coleman takes the position of an associate trying to con...
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How Ukrainian Businesses Are Pressing On During the War—and How Law Firms Can Help from 2022-04-19T19:44:27
Why Littler Launched Alternative Staffing Models for Attorneys from 2022-04-08T22:35:31
In this week's episode, Littler Mendelson’s Erin Webber and Scott Forman shared how the firm is shifting to the changing preferences of the talent market.
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What Would Happen If Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Recused Herself in SCOTUS Harvard Admissions Challenge? from 2022-04-02T01:22:06
In this week's episode, longtime Supreme Court reporter Marcia Coyle shared what she learned from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during the proceedings.
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An Outfit Can Change Your Legal Career, Says Bespoke Clothier Dara Lamb from 2022-03-25T23:33:09
Dara Lamb, who specializes in clothing attorneys, shared her advice for how attorneys should dress for a video conferencing square, the courtroom and the boardroom based on the narrative clothin...
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'You're Gonna Have to Be Brave': Arent Fox Leaders Discuss Diving Into the Metaverse from 2022-03-18T22:24:47
Am Law 200 firm Arent Fox made headlines recently by being the first large law firm to buy a digital plot of land in the metaverse, upon which the firm is now building a virtual office. In...
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Live from Legalweek with Diana Stern from 2022-03-14T17:44:44
This week, Legal Speak is live on location at Legalweek 2022 in New York City, where we're interviewing professionals from across the legal industry about their work and how they're helping to s...
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Live from Legalweek it's the Return of Vanessa Blum from 2022-03-10T19:17:32
This week, Legal Speak is live on location at Legalweek 2022 in New York City, where we're interviewing professionals from across the legal industry about their work and how they're helping to s...
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Live from Legalweek with George Rudoy from 2022-03-09T21:10:07
Live from Legalweek with Alexis Robertson from 2022-03-09T20:38:54
Live from Legalweek with Michael Eisenberg from 2022-03-09T19:36:48
Live from Legalweek with Jerry Levine from 2022-03-09T19:20:37
Legalweek Preview from 2022-03-09T13:19:10
It's Legal Speak at Legalweek. Zack Needles and Charles Garnar check in with a little preview of what's coming on the podcast all week. Legal Speak will be doing live shows all week at ALM's L...
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'A Very Tight Line': Should Law Firms Continue Doing Business in Russia? from 2022-03-04T23:36:57
Why Judges and Lawyers Are Getting in Trouble on Social Media During COVID-19 from 2022-02-22T20:53:20
Five-Star Hoteling: Looking to Lure People Back, Law Firms Consider Luxury Amenities from 2022-02-11T19:20:59
In this week’s episode, Anthony Davies, chief revenue officer of professional services staffing company Forrest Solutions, says law firms are increasingly looking to make their office spaces a d...
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How—and Why—Two Big Law Attorneys Are Fighting to Destigmatize Psychedelics from 2022-02-01T21:17:30
'I Was an Activist Judge': Judge LaDoris Cordell's Letters Home Inspired Book Revisiting Her Life on the Bench from 2022-01-21T21:20:23
In this week’s episode, retired California Superior Court Judge LaDoris Cordell shares her definition of an “activist judge.”
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'We Knew It Could Work': Quinn Emanuel Founder Talks Firm's New Permanent Remote Work Policy from 2022-01-14T21:42:47
Jury Selection Strategy Was Key to String of J&J Missouri Talc Wins, Skadden's Alli Brown Says from 2022-01-08T00:30:54
How Counteroffers Can Harm Young Lawyers' Credibility and Hinder Their Careers from 2021-12-17T17:52:01
A Warning to the Industry: The Emerging Risks of Cannabis Insurance Litigation and Regulation from 2021-12-10T18:55:04
Work Hard, Be Successful and Prioritize Family: Attorneys Share the Silver Linings of Pandemic Parenting from 2021-12-03T21:16:50
In this week’s episode, a dozen attorney-parents reveal their proudest accomplishments juggling parenting and lawyering during the pandemic.
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'More Heads Chasing Less Work': What Will Happen When Law Firm Demand Dips? from 2021-11-19T21:46:25
'Honest Critique From Mom': Litigators' Families Helped Hone Virtual Technique in Drug Companies' Major Opioid Trial Win from 2021-11-13T02:03:06
How the Charlottesville Trial Could Forecast the Capitol Riot Conspiracy Claims Against Trump and His Allies from 2021-11-05T19:16:38
ICYMI: Attorney and Disability Advocate Haley Moss on Why Remote Work Makes Her 'Incredibly Hopeful for the Future' from 2021-10-29T21:11:48
How Edelson Ensures Diverse Attorneys Don't Feel Like 'A Cog in Someone's Machine' from 2021-10-22T21:19:28
'You've Got One Reputation:' A Former Judge on How to Avoid Getting Bench-Slapped from 2021-10-15T19:39:13
How to Kick Imposter Syndrome Out of the Legal Profession from 2021-10-08T20:09:25
How Peloton Went From Pandemic Pastime to Big Law Culture-Builder from 2021-10-03T11:11:36
'How the Law Views Women': The Challenges Unfolding Against Texas' Abortion Law from 2021-09-24T20:03:37
Why Succession Planning Doesn't Have to Alienate Senior Lawyers from 2021-09-17T21:42:01
'People Want Confidence' In Their Leaders: Why Sidley Makes Succession Planning a Priority from 2021-09-10T21:06:09
ICYMI: Your Legal Writing Could Be Better. Here's How. from 2021-08-27T17:15:39
Is the Legal Profession Experiencing an Existential Crisis? McDermott Chairman Thinks There's a Better Way. from 2021-08-20T19:12:18
How Quinn Emanuel's Silicon Valley Office Leader Is Paving the Way for the Next Generation of Lawyers from 2021-08-13T18:25:32
In this week’s episode, Am Law Litigation Daily editor and columnist Ross Todd talks to Victoria Maroulis, an intellectual property litigator who has led the Silicon Valley office of Quinn Emanu...
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Kent Zimmermann on Balancing Client Demands to Return to the Office With a War for Talent from 2021-07-30T13:18:59
In this week's episode, Law.com business of law reporter Patrick Smith spoke with Zeughauser Group's Kent Zimmermann about how client demands to return to the office could force law firms to cho...
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Haley Moss on Disability as a Diversity Issue and Why Remote Work Makes Her 'Incredibly Hopeful for the Future' from 2021-07-23T17:04:37
Why Higher Salaries Alone Don't Equal Happier—or More Diverse—Associates from 2021-07-16T17:23:34
ICYMI: The Overlooked Mental Toll of Law Firm Staff Cuts on Those Left Behind from 2021-07-02T16:05:13
Here's What You're Doing Wrong in Your Legal Writing from 2021-06-25T23:58:04
General Counsel of the Miami Marlins on the Challenges and Benefits of Managing Legal for a MLB team from 2021-06-22T19:03:43
In this episode of the Legal Innovators Interview Series, host Gina M. Polo of Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney talks with Ashwin Krishnan, Vice President and General Coun...
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'Associates Are Loving This.' How The Salary Race Is Shaking Up Big Law from 2021-06-17T15:57:55
Let’s Talk Classic Cars from 2021-06-16T04:00
American Modern’s Rick Drewery discusses insuring collector vehicles in this Insurance Speak podcast.
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'Another Avenue Plaintiffs Have Pivoted To': The Rise of SPAC-Related Securities Litigation is New, but Maybe Not Novel from 2021-06-11T17:51:11
It's Year Two of Pandemic Law Firm Summer Associate Programs. Here's How Things Are Shaping Up from 2021-06-04T17:26:05
This week's episode features Law.com Legal Education Editor Karen Sloan's conversation with Yih-Hsien Shen, Associate Director of Career Services at Harvard Law School, about how law firms are ...
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'There Was An Extraordinary Amount of Interest.' These Orrick Associates Are Spending A Year Focused on Racial and Social Justice from 2021-05-21T15:46:39
'These Shouldn't Be on Parallel Tracks': Law Firms Are Cutting Staff Without Considering the Mental Health of Those Left Behind from 2021-05-12T18:56:49
Behind the Am Law 100's Banner Financial Year—and What Lies Ahead for Big Law from 2021-04-30T17:16:02
'A High Holiday For The Cannabis Industry': Pot Lawyer Talks 4/20, Biden Administration Changes, and the Future of Psychedelics from 2021-04-20T17:28:19
This week's Legal Speak features reporter Cheryl Miller's conversation with attorney Dustin Robinson, whose Florida-based law firm is called Mr. Cannabis Law. Robinson and his colleagues r...
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'The Stigma of Working From Home Has Lifted.' How the Pandemic Is Bolstering Associate Development from 2021-04-16T15:36:26
Legal recruiter Keith Wetmore discusses how the shift to remote work may help associates on their path to partnership, and why that change has been particularly tough on lawyers who are just sta...
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How Remote Work Sparked a Reluctant Revolution Across the Legal Industry from 2021-04-09T22:58
'My Child Is Interrupting Me Right Now.' The Challenges of Lawyering and Parenting in a Pandemic from 2021-03-26T16:27:23
On this week's episode of Legal Speak, The American Lawyer reporter Dylan Jackson speaks with Corin Swift, a partner in Sidley Austin’s securities enforcement practice who has been working from ...
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'Test of a Business Model': What the $2.175B Megaverdict Against Intel Means for Patent Monetization from 2021-03-17T20:34:42
'The Terminator Conversation': Legal Tech Isn't Going to Replace Litigators, but It Can Make Them More Valuable from 2021-03-12T23:01:15
'Better Than Expected.' Law Schools and Firms Weigh In On OCI In The Age of COVID from 2021-03-04T15:46:54
'A Billion Dollars at Stake': Breaking Down the Trial That Has Patent Litigators Captivated from 2021-02-26T22:12:33
Hundreds of Law Students are Showing Up For 'Candid Discussions' on Being a Minority in Big Law from 2021-02-19T15:40:39
Akin Gump partners Jaelyn Edwards Judelson and Estela Diaz discuss the firm's online sessions for minority law students that center on breaking into Big Law, and what to expect once they get the...
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'Mindset Shift': How Law Firms Learned to Embrace Remote Lateral Hiring from 2021-02-12T23:25:52
For Women to Climb in M&A, Male Allyship is 'Essential' from 2021-02-05T15:55:03
The co-chair of Cooley's M&A group shares her journey to success and how other women can ascend the ranks of the traditionally male-dominated M&A world.
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Morgan Lewis eData Head Tess Blair Talks Project Management, Outsourcing and Why AI Isn't Sci-Fi from 2021-01-29T16:30:25
'Such a Relief to People': Wilmer's Jamie Gorelick on How Merrick Garland Will Refocus the DOJ from 2021-01-23T00:20:35
Peering Into the Crystal Ball: Litigation Amid COVID, Shifting Power in Washington from 2021-01-15T18:36:08
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'Be Deliberate and Intentional': How Law Firms Can Tackle 2021's Biggest Challenges and Opportunities from 2021-01-08T21:58:08
Zooming Through 2020: COVID-19, Surviving Remotely and a Few Silver Linings from 2020-12-18T20:41
‘Business as Usual Doesn’t Work’: Inside Big Law’s Reckoning on Race from 2020-12-11T23:05:52
It’s now been more than six months since the killing of George Floyd. On this podcast, we hear from diversity leaders at three Am Law 200 law firms: Yusuf Zakir, chief diversity and inclusion of...
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Remote Work Isn't Going Away. Don't Let Your Firm's Strategy Create 'Second-Class Citizens' from 2020-12-04T18:06:30
This week's podcast explores a potential dark side of the legal industry's shift to remote working. Law.com editor Jonathan Ringel and legal recruiter Richard Hsu of Major, Lindsey & Africa disc...
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'We've Seen People Step Up': An Incoming Big Law Leader Talks Transitioning in Chaos from 2020-11-20T21:12:06
Why SPACs Are the New Black: Inside Corporate Law's Hottest Trend from 2020-11-13T21:22:29
'Incredibly Distracted': Lawyers Grapple With Election Exhaustion and an Uncertain Future from 2020-11-07T00:31:01
Big Law Goes 'Alternative': Can Traditional Firms Disrupt the Disrupters? from 2020-10-30T20:25:37
A Plaintiff-Side View on Big Law Bloat, COVID Cutbacks and the ‘Secret Sauce’ for Landing Mega Settlements from 2020-10-23T21:00:51
'A Big Divide': Why Some Associates Are Struggling as Others Excel—and What Firms Can Do About It from 2020-10-16T23:14:09
Change Is Happening at Susman Godfrey. A Tough Loss, a New Leader and a Plan for Courting Clients from 2020-10-09T20:56
What to Know About the New SCOTUS Term and the Republican Race to Fill RBG’s Seat from 2020-10-02T20:01:11
So much for the wheels of justice turning slowly. These days, developments at the U.S. Supreme Court are moving at warp speed. On this episode, Law.com Supreme Court correspondent Marcia Coyle a...
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'Law Firms Simply Do Not Need the Physical Space They Currently Occupy': Taylor English Duma's Chris Wilson on Why Offices Are Becoming Obsolete from 2020-09-25T21:42:29
'Remoteness Creates Remoteness': Paul Hastings' Chair Talks Keeping Lawyers 'Emotionally Connected' During COVID-19 from 2020-09-18T22:55:17
Virtual Court Is Now in Session: A Judge Takes on the Skeptics from 2020-09-11T20:56:08
This Big Law Litigator Has Real Doubts About Virtual Jury Trials. Here’s Why He’s a Skeptic from 2020-09-04T18:55:55
‘The Practice of Law Can Be Really Lonely’: How Two Litigators Are Providing Podcast Therapy to Fellow Lawyers from 2020-08-28T19:59:15
‘We Got Punched in the Face’: Straight Talk from a Big Law Leader from 2020-08-14T17:22:07
McDermott, Will & Emery chairman Ira Coleman talks with Law.com reporter Patrick Smith about the COVID crisis, the challenges large law firms are facing and what's on the horizon for 2021.
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For Big Law’s Working Moms, Pandemic Could Have a Silver Lining … Seriously! from 2020-08-07T17:45:16
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the lives of working parents. But Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Maaren Shah is one of those working moms who sees a silver lining. On this ...
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You’ve Seen Hulu's ‘Mrs. America' — Now Hear the Real Story from 2020-07-31T18:57:51
Feminist attorney Brenda Feigen, whose story is woven into the Hulu miniseries Mrs. America, joins Legal Speak co-host Vanessa Blum for a conversation about the campaign to ratify the Equal Righ...
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Climbing a Shaky Career Ladder: Rookie Lawyers Learn It's Hard to Plan in a Pandemic from 2020-07-24T21:07:41
The legal profession is facing a new normal due to COVID-19. For law students and newer attorneys, the situation can be even more anxiety provoking. On this episode, Law.com legal business repor...
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‘I Hope We All Keep Up the Momentum and Keep the Strength:’ Black Women Firm Leaders Speak from 2020-07-02T21:30
‘Pictures in My Head’: Black Law Deans Take on Racism in Legal Ed from 2020-06-19T19:59:34
‘It’s OK Not to Be OK’: An In-House Leader’s Take on Guiding Resilient Teams from 2020-06-12T17:13:27
'This Has to Be a Seminal Moment': Black Law Firm Leaders on Inequity, Ire and What Comes Next from 2020-06-05T20:51:07
Times Are Tough! A Shame-Free Guide to Surviving Career Disruption from 2020-05-29T18:25:44
Back to Brick-and-Mortar: Law Firms Reopen S-L-O-W-L-Y in the COVID-19 Era. from 2020-05-22T16:54:18
Calming the Imposter Monster: You Don't Know Everything, And That's OK. from 2020-05-15T17:57:35
Despite three years of law school, passing the bar and snagging a job, lawyers often are plagued by feelings of being ill-equipped to handle the challenges that practicing law throws at them. Th...
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Hold the Phone! The Supreme Court Is in (Virtual) Session from 2020-05-08T18:40:06
On this Legal Speak podcast, Supreme Court correspondent Marcia Coyle checks in with Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner David Bowker, whose May 5 argument in USAID v Alliance for Open...
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Summer of Our Discontent: Big Law Associate Programs Get Major Overhaul from 2020-05-01T20:37:23
Forget swanky lunches, cocktail parties and boat outings. The coronavirus pandemic means this year's summer associate programs, for those law firms still conducting them, are online endeavors at...
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Banner Year to Total Bummer: What’s Ahead for the Am Law 100 from 2020-04-24T18:42:47
American Lawyer Editor-in-Chief Gina Passarella and Executive Editor Ben Seal share key takeaways from the new Am Law 100 report and explain what the numbers mean in light of the COVID-19 crisis...
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'Painfully, Sadly, Far Too Many Bankruptcies': Gibson Dunn Top Litigator on What's Coming Post-COVID-19 from 2020-04-17T21:13:42
In this episode, we hear from Randy Mastro, one of the most recognized litigators in the country, who describes the coming wave of lawsuits. Jenna Greene, editor of Law.com affiliate Litigation ...
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'Take Heart. Be Strong': David Lat On How COVID-19 Has Changed His Life and the Legal Profession from 2020-04-10T20:49:07
David Lat, founder of the blog Above the Law who’s now a legal recruiter, spent 17 days in the hospital—six of those on a ventilator—battling COVID-19. He talks about how he's changed by the exp...
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Zoom GC Aparna Bawa Opens Up About Big Gains and Some Growing Pains from 2020-04-03T22:44
Hundreds of millions of people have flocked to the video conference platform Zoom to conduct business, to attend school and to socialize during the coronavirus pandemic. On this episode, Zoom's ...
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For Big Law, Is COVID-19 The Great Recession All Over Again? from 2020-03-27T21:12:39
In today's episode, you'll hear from Bill Brandt, founder of DSI Civic, a financial restructuring firm. Brandt, who for 35 years has helped handle workouts, turnarounds and restructurings for ne...
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How We're Surviving as a Shut-In Workforce: 'Know Where Your Mute Button Is' and Be Patient from 2020-03-20T20:55:12
Pressure’s On: Big Law Targeted by Student Activists from 2020-03-13T18:16:12
In this episode, we explore law student activism and how future attorneys attending law schools at Harvard, Yale, New York University and elsewhere are using their leverage to protest some of Bi...
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Cancellations, Crisis Planning and Clorox: COVID-19 Strikes Legal Community from 2020-03-06T20:50:18
The coronavirus has upended legal operations at law firms, in-house departments and law schools in the U.S. and abroad. In this episode, you’ll hear from Law.com journaiists who are closely cove...
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Once Optimistic, Addicted in the End: What We Can Learn from One Partner's Demise from 2020-02-28T19:10:15
Eilene Zimmerman, a journalist and the ex-wife of a Wilson Sonsini partner who died of a drug overdose about five years ago, talks to Gina Passarella, editor-in-chief of Law.com affiliate The Am...
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Explain It to Me Like I'm an 8-Year-Old, Counselor! from 2020-02-21T19:38:06
Is being a lawyer hard? What happens if a bad client wants to hire you? Why do lawyers keep secrets? On this week's podcast, we put law firm partners to the test of answering questions from the ...
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'I Knew What Life Was Like': How This Managing Partner Thrived Amid the Whiteness of Big Law from 2020-02-14T19:37:37
This week's episode is the first in a series from The Careerist Vivia Chen focused on the shortage of African American lawyers, especially in Big Law, where only about 2 percent of partners are ...
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Tips, Tools and Biggest Bummers: What Lawyers Really Think About the State of Legal Tech from 2020-02-07T18:32:54
The Legal Speak team pulled aside several speakers at Legalweek 2020 to ask what tech tools make their lives easier, what technologies are over-hyped, and what they’re doing to transform the org...
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Beyond Borders: What Lawyers Need to Know About the Global Legal Market from 2020-01-31T20:12:29
This week, we’re globe-trotting, as we look at the key international issues affecting the business of law. In conjunction with the launch of our new website, Law.com International, Lisa Shuchman...
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'It Was a Constant, Daily Stressor': This Law Grad Got $221K in Student Loans Wiped Out. Who's Next? from 2020-01-24T19:12:24
Kevin Rosenberg, a 2004 graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, who recently convinced the New York's chief bankruptcy judge in the Southern District to discharge more than $200,000 h...
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‘Big Law Loves Litigation Financing’: Legalist’s GC Breaks It Down from 2020-01-17T20:46:23
In this week's Legal Speak podcast from Law.com, host Vanessa Blum talks with Curtis Smolar, general counsel of litigation finance startup Legalist. Smolar, an experienced litigator, discusses h...
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Tear Down the Window-Dressing: Big Law Policies That Actually Support Women from 2020-01-10T20:51:43
We take a close look at the culmination of factors that drive women attorneys out of Big Law and—importantly—how to stem the exodus. Law.com reporter Dylan Jackson talks with Michelle Browning C...
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All Things Re-Considered: Hot Legal Topics in 2019 from 2019-12-20T20:41:24
As 2019 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at some of our standout episodes during the past year. Among the topics were mental health challenges within law firms, including with staff. W...
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OK, Boomer. Here's What You Need To Know About Legal Tech Trends from 2019-12-13T18:06:10
Time waits for no one. So in this episode we're exploring changes in legal tech that developed this year and what we can expect in 2020. Zach Warren, editor-in-chief of Law.com affiliate Legalte...
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All The President's Judges: The Impact of Trump's Record-Setting Appointments from 2019-12-06T21:29:20
This week we're focused on the historically high number of judges appointed to the federal bench by President Trump. As of late November, the Senate had confirmed a total of 48 of Trump’s nomina...
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Bonus Episode: ‘The Butterfly Effect’ of Building Lawyer Resilience from 2019-11-27T14:38:34
Adam Markel, a former practicing lawyer who now writes and speaks about mental health fitness, talks with Gina Passarella, editor-in-chief of Law.com affiliate The American Lawyer, about making ...
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Failures and Flameouts: Why Law Firms Collapse from 2019-11-22T18:44:15
The bankruptcy of LeClairRyan in September presents the common tale of a once-thriving law firm that ends up in ruin. A firm that in its heyday had $163 million in gross revenue, LeClairRyan joi...
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This Big-Law Veteran Hit Rock Bottom. Here’s How She Got Sober. from 2019-11-15T19:06:43
This week, Lisa Smith, a former associate at Shearman & Sterling who later worked in business development for Pillsbury Winthrop and Patterson Belknap, talks with Gina Passarella, editor-in-chie...
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Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Life After Law Firm Leadership from 2019-11-08T18:59:10
This week, we’re exploring what comes next for law firm leaders at the end of their tenure. Law.com reporter Patrick Smith talks with Terry Pritchard, a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, w...
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Mega Firm's #MeToo Mess: How DLA Piper Is Handling a Sexual Assault Scandal from 2019-11-01T20:15:26
DLA Piper has come out swinging against allegations of sexual misconduct from a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. But the strategy has its risks. On this episode, Law.com reporter Dan...
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Boots to Suits: The Path from JAG Corps to Big Law and Beyond from 2019-10-25T20:12:14
This week, we’re taking a look at the sometimes rocky transition for military lawyers who want to go into private practice. You'll hear from Law.com reporter Karen Sloan who talks with three att...
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5 Tips for Working With Men and More Career Insight from Women Lawyers from 2019-10-18T20:52:36
In this episode, we've got great advice for women—and men—on how to find success and satisfaction as a lawyer. Podcasting from ALM's Women, Influence and Power in Law conference in Washington, D...
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What (and Who) to Watch at SCOTUS: Unpacking the New Term With Mayer Brown’s Nicole Saharsky from 2019-10-11T18:56:52
Law.com Supreme Court correspondent Marcia Coyle chats with Mayer Brown partner Nicole Saharsky about the big cases teed up on the Supreme Court's 2019-2020 docket. With a simmering impeachment ...
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Stressed Out, Left Out: Law Firm Staff Suffering in Silence from 2019-10-04T18:45:28
As part of our Minds Over Matters project, Law.com reporter Dylan Jackson interviews three industry pros who talk about how legal professionals, including marketing directors, business developer...
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What Bugs In-House Lawyers About Outside Counsel? Here’s What They Said—And More. from 2019-09-27T18:21:25
More Grit, Less 'Polish.' What It Means to Be a First Generation Lawyer from 2019-09-20T17:26:59
The legal industry has been confronting its diversity problems lately. But the identity of the first generation lawyer can sometimes be overlooked. On today's program, we hear from Traci Martine...
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Inside Quinn Emanuel’s Plan to Dominate Cannabis Litigation from 2019-09-13T18:25:19
Litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan announced its launch of a dedicated cannabis practice in August. On this Legal Speak episode, Quinn partner Robert Becher speaks with Law....
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Steven Brill on 'Disdain, Horror' and Other Adventures in 40 Years of The American Lawyer from 2019-09-06T19:18:31
As The American Lawyer, an affiliate of Law.com, turns 40 years old this year, we take a look at the publication’s impact on the legal profession—especially Big Law—since the magazine’s debut in...
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Bonus Episode: Forget Reefer Madness, Pot Law Goes Mainstream from 2019-09-05T16:12:03
Specializing in cannabis law was once viewed as a controversial career move for an attorney. But the Listen
Lawyer Resilience in a Pressure-Cooker Profession. It’s (Probably) Not What You Think. from 2019-08-16T19:02:42
In this week's episode, we explore the idea of lawyer resilience. Adam Ma...
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Good-Bye Big Law, Hello Boutiques. Why These Young Lawyers Are Sold on Smaller Firm Careers from 2019-08-09T18:34:12
Big Law is making strides in trying to improve the experience for young lawyers who are demanding a better work-life balance. But for some lawyers, there is no substitute for practicing in a bou...
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‘Partners in Life’: How Manatt CEO Donna Wilson and Blank Rome’s Linda Kornfeld Make It Work from 2019-08-02T18:55:33
Donna Wilson and Linda Kornfeld are a Big Law power couple—engaged to be married, raising a teenage daughter and thriving in their respective careers. In this Lega...
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Ready to Ride the Litigation Finance Wave? More Lawyers and Clients Say ‘Yes’ to Funding from 2019-07-26T18:33:31
Litigation funding is having a moment. So what does the growing use of outside funding mean for law firms, clients and the court system? On this Legal Speak...
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Jerk Partners Beget Jerk Partners: Ending Big Law's Cycle of Dysfunction from 2019-07-19T16:34:01
Are you a jerk partner? If so, we’re betting there’s a supervising attorney in your past whom you’re channeling. In today’s episode, we're focused on the cycle of dysfunction in which terrible-b...
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What David Lat Learned about Big Law—and Himself—at Above the Law from 2019-07-12T20:23:22
Above the Law, the blog that launched in 2006, has served as a font of cynicism about the legal profession from its inception. But founder David Lat has this to say about the current state of Bi...
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What the NLJ 500 Tells Us About Law Firm Hiring, Diversity and Competition from 2019-06-28T17:57:23
What's the fastest growing segment of lawyers? How are law firm mergers changing the map? And who's leading the way on gender diversity? On this Legal Speak episode, we break down the Listen
Bonus Episode: Spotlight on the Supreme Court's Big Census Ruling from 2019-06-27T21:09:34
Law.com's Tony Mauro and Marcia Coyle, veteran reporters covering the U.S. Supreme Court, sit down for a brief chat about the justices' decisions June 27 in the census and partisan gerrymanderin...
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Talking SCOTUS With Paul Weiss Partner Kannon Shanmugam. What to Watch as 2018-19 Term Wraps Up from 2019-06-21T17:44:28
On this Legal Speak episode, Law.com Supreme Court correspondent Tony Mauro and attorney Kannon Shanmugam break down...
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‘We’re All Individuals!’ Big-Law Branding in a Cookie-Cutter World from 2019-06-14T17:33:43
How does one big law firm distinguish itself from the rest? Branding pro Siobhan Burns at Clarity in New York has worked with some of the biggest in Big Law to help create brands that convey ind...
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Can You Hear the 'Heels of Justice'? This In-House Duo Is Turning Up the Volume. from 2019-06-07T18:25:30
On this Legal Speak episode, in-house lawyers Katherine Minarik and Sarita Venkat talk about their podcast, 'Heels of Justice," where they spotlight the stories of trailb...
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The Law Firm Generation Gap: A Millennial and a Baby Boomer Talk It Out from 2019-05-31T15:41:28
We asked a lawyer six years out of law school and a veteran litigator to share their perspectives on billable hours, work-life balance, professional development and what gets in the way of const...
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Big Law's Nemesis: Meet the Lawyer Who’s Driving a Gender Reckoning from 2019-05-24T19:13:34
David Sanford, who has brought gender bias cases against major firms on behalf of women partners, talks with The Careerist Vivia Chen about leveling the playing field in Big Law and the changes ...
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Tips from the Top: 8 GCs Share How to Get Ahead from 2019-05-17T16:51:02
It’s an exciting time to work as an in-house lawyer. But if that’s your goal, how do you set yourself up for success? In the final podcast of our GC Speak series, Law.com...
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Confronting the Mental Health Crisis in the Legal Profession from 2019-05-10T16:15:17
Law.com’s Minds Over Matters project seeks to shed light on the mental health challenges in the legal profession. In this episode of Legal Speak, you'll hear from Law.com journalists who have co...
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A Big Law Cannabis Partner on Ethics, Clients and What It Takes to Build a Practice from 2019-05-03T18:54:20
On this Legal Speak episode, Fox Rothschild partner Joshua Horn talks with Law.com reporter Cheryl Miller about wha...
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Big Law’s Worst-Kept Secret: Discounts from 2019-04-26T18:15:23
Reductions to the sticker price of legal services—whether taken off at the outset of an engagement or as write-downs when it comes time to collect the bill—end up costing Am Law 100 firms some $...
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Get Ready to Rumble When Crisis Strikes Your Law Firm from 2019-04-19T18:24:10
In this week’s podcast, Mike France, a former Big Law attorney-turned-partner at advisory firm Brunswick Group, talks about the fight—yes, fight—that he says law firms need to prepare for when r...
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What Do GCs Really Want? Here’s What They Say. from 2019-04-12T16:45:44
Law.com reporter Caroline Spiezio talks to former in-house leaders at top companies who are candid about what law firms need to do for their clients.
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From Big-Law Practice to TV Justice: Tanya Acker's Path from 2019-04-05T18:26:15
A 1995 Yale Law School graduate, Acker was a litigator at a number of major law firms, but these days she's a judge on Hot Bench, created by Judge Judy Sheindlin.
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'Witness to History': A Federal Judge on Growing Up White in the Segregated South from 2019-03-29T18:50:27
William Alsup was born in Jackson, Mississippi and came of age during an era when segregation was accepted by most whites. Today he's a federal judge in San Francisco. In this Legal Speak episod...
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Ex-Big Law CMO Wants Law Firms to Shake Up Their Marketing from 2019-03-22T19:02:13
What separates a successful communications strategy from a forgettable one? Who should law firms have in mind when they ...
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JD, Meh! Here’s What It Really Takes to Make It as a GC from 2019-03-15T20:03:11
Being an effective GC requires more than being a skilled lawyer. It takes business savvy.
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Big Law Associate Hiring is Static—And That's a Good Thing from 2019-03-06T20:09:35
In this week's podcast, we hear from Law.com legal education editor Karen Sloan about some surprises—and some market stability—gleaned from this year's Go-To Law Schools report, including change...
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A Year in the Life of a Law Firm Mega Merger from 2019-03-01T19:38:42
It’s been one year since partners at U.S.-based Bryan Cave and London-based Berwin Leighton Paisner voted to combine, creating a firm with more than 1400 lawyers and offices across the globe. On...
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GCs in Crisis! It's Never Quite What You Planned For from 2019-02-22T20:02:09
For Episode 2 of our GC Speak series, Law.com reporter Caroline Spiezio interviews former GCs about the biggest crises of their in-house careers. Stasia Kelly, for...
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‘All of You Naysayers Were Wrong:’ An Associate with Autism Tells Her Story from 2019-02-15T17:22:46
In this episode, Law.com reporter Dylan Jackson talks with Florida lawyer Haley Moss about how she's managing her workload as a new associate and defying assumptions about autism.
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Did You Always Want to be a GC? No, No, No and No. from 2019-02-08T18:24:15
These lawyers didn't expect their careers to go the in-house route. Turns out, it was a good fit.
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Move Over Big Law. It's Time for an 'Alternative.' from 2019-02-01T16:55:12
This week, we explore how the $10.7 billion alternative legal services provider industry is disrupting the traditional client-law firm dynamic.
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