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Ep 157: How to Start Your Own Law Firm and Have the Practice You Always Wanted, with Carolyn Elefant

She has been called the patron saint of solo and small law firms. For two decades, Carolyn Elefant has helped solo and small firm lawyers start and build their law practices. You know her as the creator of , the longest-running blog on solo and small…

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Ep 156: How Legal Departments Can Use Data to Drive Smarter Decision-Making, with Jeffrey Solomon of Wolters Kluwer

As head of managed services and analytics at , oversees a database that tracks over $150 billion in legal spend data. Legal departments are able to use this data in multiple ways, including to benchmark outside firms’ billing rates and to evaluate…

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Ep 155: As Time By Ping Raises $36.5M, Exclusive Interview with CEO Ryan Alshak

As , a company devoted to helping lawyers break free from timekeeping, announces its Series B raise of $36.5 million, cofounder and CEO joins LawNext for an exclusive interview about the financing, the company, and its mission to help lawyers break…

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Ep 154: Former Tesla Lawyer Laura Frederick on How to Teach Contracting Skills for the Real World

Is there a better way to train lawyers to draft and negotiate contracts? Laura Frederick thinks so. This former Tesla and BigLaw commercial contracts attorney is the founder of , a learning platform that trains lawyers and professionals how to draft…

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Ep 016: Celebrating Black History Month with Roger A. Fairfax, Dean and Professor of Law – American University Washington College of Law

In celebration of Black History Month, this podcast episode we were joined by Roger Fairfax, Dean and Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law, for a discussion on the law school pipeline, diverse representation in law school…

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Simon Corbett on 2022 International PR Trends and Tactics

Host Valerie Chan speaks to Simon Corbett, Founder and CEO of The Jargon Group, regarding his insights on international PR trends he’s seeing, such as social responsibility and transparency, as well as using creative and multi-channel PR campaigns to raise visibility and engage stakeholders.

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Ep 153: From Radical to Trailblazer: How Innovative GC Jeffrey Carr Disrupted the Legal Department, Part 2

In this second of a two-part interview, we continue our conversation with , a trailblazing general counsel who describes his career as decades spent on the radical fringe of reforming legal services delivery. Many of his ideas for revamping legal…

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Ep 015: Current Events: Rooney Rule and Supreme Court Nominations

As we close out this year’s football season, Jon and Bryan reflect on the NFL’s Rooney Rule, and the impact it has had.

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Ep 152: From Radical to Trailblazer: How Innovative GC Jeffrey Carr Disrupted the Legal Department, Part 1

One of the most innovative general counsel ever, describes his career as decades spent on the radical fringe of reforming legal services delivery. Yet many of his ideas for revamping legal departments, once viewed as radical, have now become…

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Ep 151: The State of the E-Discovery Industry, with Doug Austin

Two years into the pandemic, what has been its impact on e-discovery and what lies ahead for the industry? The takes a deep dive into these questions, surveying lawyers, consultants, software and service providers, and others to paint a picture of…

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