Vanessa Blum

February 28, 2020 | Law.com

Journalist Eilene Zimmerman, the ex-wife of a Wilson Sonsini partner who died of a drug overdose about five years ago, shares what she learned about Big Law culture in researching her new book "Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction and Tragedy."

By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum

1 minute read

February 25, 2020 | Law.com

Legal Radar offers an entirely new way to stay up to date on federal litigation, client developments and news from across the Law.com network—all in a feed that's free to use and easy to scan on the go.

By ALM Staff

3 minute read

February 21, 2020 | Law.com

Is being a lawyer hard? What happens if a bad client wants to hire you? Why do lawyers keep secrets? On this episode of Legal Speak, we let kids ask the questions.

By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones

2 minute read

February 14, 2020 | Law.com

In this episode, The Careerist Vivia Chen talks with Squire Patton Boggs global managing partner Frederick Nance about the progress—and lack of it—in opportunities for African American attorneys in Big Law.

By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum

1 minute read

February 07, 2020 | Law.com

In-house and law firm leaders tell us what tools make their lives easier, what technologies are over-hyped, and what they're doing to transform the organizations they work for.

By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones

1 minute read

January 31, 2020 | Law.com

In conjunction with the launch of our new website, Law.com International, Lisa Shuchman, senior editor of the site, takes us around the world to explain what the implications of political unrest in Hong Kong, the Coronavirus, Brexit, the growth of class actions in Australia, and much more mean for Big Law and beyond.

By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum

1 minute read

January 24, 2020 | Law.com

This week, we look at the albatross hanging around the necks of so many lawyers: student loan debt.

By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum

1 minute read

January 17, 2020 | Law.com

Third-party funding is a recipe for Big Law attorneys to increase their book of business and make clients happy, says Legalist GC Curtis Smolar, a former Fox Rothschild partner.

By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones

2 minute read

January 10, 2020 | Law.com

A "piling on" of slights and inequities over time drives women from law firms, a study by ALM and the ABA shows. At the same time, men and women vastly differ in how they view the success of firms' policies to address the problem.

By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum

1 minute read

December 20, 2019 | Law.com

We've selected some of our standout episodes from the last year, which covered mental health, Big Law defections, in-house frustrations and cannabis. Take a listen.

By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum

2 minute read