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Welcome to the Law.com Podcast Center, featuring ongoing discussions and professional insights on the latest trends impacting the industry.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak at Legalweek 2024: American Arbitration Association President and CEO Bridget McCormack + the 300th Episode

Last week, Legal Speak was live on location at Legalweek 2024 in New York City, where we interviewed professionals from across the legal industry about everything from the practical applications of generative AI to the benefits of sharing ideas and advice with both colleagues and competitors.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak at Legalweek 2024: Baker McKenzie's Danielle Benecke and Zonghui Wei; Salesforce's Léo Murgel and Nuix's Stephen Stewart

Last week, Legal Speak was live on location at Legalweek 2024 in New York City, where we interviewed professionals from across the legal industry about everything from the practical applications of generative AI to the benefits of sharing ideas and advice with both colleagues and competitors.

Law.com | Podcast

Here's What to Do When Your Firm Is Mulling a Merger

In this week's episode, Law.com Editor-in-Chief Zack Needles chats with Melinda Wallman, a London-based partner at recruiting firm Macrae about how mergers impact legal professionals'—and particularly diverse legal professionals'—careers.

Law.com | Podcast

'Just Scratching the Surface': The Next Evolution of Generative AI in Legal

In this week's episode, Baker McKenzie's Danielle Benecke returns to the podcast to discuss where the legal industry stands with generative artificial intelligence as the technology matures.

Law.com | Podcast

'I Lost Everything': An Anti-Corruption Judge on Her Escape From Afghanistan

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Judge Lida Kharooti, who served as a judge on Afghanistan's anti-corruption serious crimes court for 13 years, shares how she fled the country when the Taliban took over.

Law.com | Podcast

How Jurists Joined Forces to Help Women Judges Evacuate Afghanistan

In this week's episode, Judge Toni Clarke shared how international coalitions helped women judges escape Afghanistan when the Taliban took over.

Law.com | Podcast

How an Eight-Figure Verdict Helped Spur Transformation in This Legal Department

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 legal department decided to revamp its approach to litigation.

Law.com | Podcast

Why It's Exciting to Be a Defense Attorney During Polarizing Times

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.

Law.com | Podcast

Why the DiCello Levitt Trial Center Teaches Lawyers to Stop Spinning the Truth

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 within.

Law.com | Podcast

How Sidley Austin Is Filling In Pandemic-Era Training Gaps

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 are not falling through the cracks.

Law.com | Podcast

Shipt CLO Linda Seal Explains How Flexibility and Mentorship Empower People to Do Their Best Work

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.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak Live From WIPL 2023, Part 5

The Legal Speak podcast interviewed attendees of Law.com and Corporate Counsel's Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) in New Orleans about how the industry can support the growth and development of women.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak Live From WIPL 2023, Part 4

The Legal Speak podcast interviewed attendees of Law.com and Corporate Counsel's Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) in New Orleans about how the industry can support the growth and development of women.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak Live From WIPL 2023, Part 3

The Legal Speak podcast interviewed attendees of Law.com and Corporate Counsel's Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) in New Orleans about how the industry can support the growth and development of women.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak Live From WIPL 2023, Part 2

The Legal Speak podcast interviewed attendees of Law.com and Corporate Counsel's Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) in New Orleans about how the industry can support the growth and development of women.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak Live From WIPL 2023, Part 1

The Legal Speak podcast interviewed attendees of Law.com and Corporate Counsel's Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) in New Orleans about how the industry can support the growth and development of women.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak Live From General Counsel Conference East 2023, Part 4

Last week, the Legal Speak podcast interviewed attendees of Law.com's General Counsel Conference East in Brooklyn, New York, about what brought them to the conference, as well as what they learned from conversations with colleagues and from the various seminars during the event.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak Live From General Counsel Conference East 2023, Part 3

Last week, the Legal Speak podcast interviewed attendees of Law.com's General Counsel Conference East in Brooklyn, New York, about what brought them to the conference, as well as what they learned from conversations with colleagues and from the various seminars during the event.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak Live From General Counsel Conference East 2023, Part 2

Last week, the Legal Speak podcast interviewed attendees of Law.com's General Counsel Conference East in Brooklyn, New York, about what brought them to the conference, as well as what they learned from conversations with colleagues and from the various seminars during the event.

Law.com | Podcast

Legal Speak Live From General Counsel Conference East 2023, Part 1

This week, the Legal Speak podcast interviewed attendees of Law.com's General Counsel Conference East in Brooklyn, New York, about what brought them to the conference, as well as what they learned from conversations with colleagues and from the various seminars during the event.

Law.com | Podcast

It's Time to Pour Concrete: Davis Wright Leader Says Law Firms Need to Double Down on DEI

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 under legal fire.

Law.com | Podcast

What the Global 200 Rankings Say About Big Law's Past, Present and Future

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 Global 200 law firm rankings.

Law.com | Podcast

How and Why Davis Wright Built Its Own GenAI Chatbot

In this week's episode, Law.com legal technology reporter Isha Marathe spoke with Vid Prabhakaran, Davis Wright Tremaine partner and member of its AI steering committee; and Dan Szabo, the firm's director of enterprise projects, about DWT's very own chatbot that looks a whole lot like ChatGPT.

Law.com | Podcast

How Husch Blackwell's Virtual Office Prioritizes In-Person Connections

In this week's Legal Speak episode, the managing partner of Husch Blackwell's virtual office discusses the pros and cons of practicing law remotely and how it's changed the way he operates.

Law.com | Podcast

What the Legal Industry Can Learn From the Rise and Fall of a Lewis Brisbois Spinoff

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 the startup.

Law.com | Podcast

How One Attorney's Firm Rallied Behind Him Following an ALS Diagnosis—and What Big Law Can Learn From It

This week's episode features an interview with Nick Warack, an attorney who received an ALS diagnosis while working at Davis Wright Tremaine. Warack talks about how, in the midst of crushing unknowns, his firm and coworkers provided him unwavering support in the aftermath of the news.

Law.com | Podcast

How the Billable Hour, Among Other Factors, Pushes Women Out of the Legal Profession

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 that could explain the steady and significant attrition of women from law firms relative to the number of women entering the profession as associates.

Law.com | Podcast

Beyond the Numbers: Clients Want to Know About Culture of Diversity at Law Firms

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 & Rooney.

Law.com | Podcast

How Lawyers Can Make 'Living the Dream' a Reality

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 his "Unlawful" podcast.

Law.com | Infographic Podcast

Security and Overreliance: Attorney Addresses Generative AI Concerns for Legal Industry

"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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