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The Unlikely Story of How An Insolvency Lawyer Built A Global Trademarks Company

There is an element of serendipity in the story of Nehal Madhani and his company Alt Legal. Even though he had been an insolvency lawyer who had never practiced trademark law, an early attempt at entrepreneurship — and at registering his own…

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LTW 2021.05.28 – Justin Kan’s Mea Culpa, Nuix IPO, and more

This Week’s Top Stories Are:   00:00 – Panelist Introductions 03:02 – Justin Kan’s Mea Culpa (Selected by Bob Ambrogi) 12:49 – Law is a Team Sport in a Digital Age (Selected by guest panelist Jeff Brandt) 23:19 – Survey Sheds Light on Why…

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How One Company Aims to Change the Paradigm for Law Practice Management

One of the most dynamic areas of legal tech right now is practice management, which has seen a surge of investments and acquisitions over the past year. And one of the companies that best represents that trend is Paradigm, which was founded two years…

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EP 038 – Bridges, Tunnels and Doors

In this episode I want to do something a little different and invite you to think about how three visuals – bridges, tunnels, and doors – are great vehicles for thinking about how to navigate challenging moments you encounter in your day, and at the…

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LTW 2021.05.21 – What Does AI Really Mean, UNITAD ID’d as Model for Accountability, and more

We are joined this week by two guest panelists, Roy Strom and Julie Sobowale. This week’s Top Stories: 5:10 – Security Council Arria Formula Meeting Highlights UNITAD Innovation and Partnership as Model for Accountability (Selected by Molly McDonough)…

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How Law Schools Should Teach Tech, With April Dawson

There is broad agreement that if law schools are to adequately train students for careers in law, then technology is a critical part of the curriculum. Despite this, many law schools get a failing grade when it comes to teaching tech. So how, exactly,…

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LTW 2021.05.07 – The Week’s Top Stories

EP 037 – Stuck Inside Our Routines

Routines are a great vehicle for change. But sometimes we get so caught up in whether we’re doing the routines right that we can find ourselves unintentionally stuck inside of them.    And what I mean by that is we can get trapped in our…

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Supreme Court Justice Ann Timmer on Arizona’s Sweeping Regulatory Reforms

Last August, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. In ordering that change, as well as a package of additional reforms, the Arizona Supreme Court acted on the recommendations of a task force that had…

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Ep 010: Hiring and Retaining Diverse Talent in the Law Firm

This week, we’re joined by Alston + Bird’s Chief Legal Talent Officer, Liz Price, and by Siobhan Handley, Chief Talent Officer at Orrick, about the changes their firms are implementing to retain diverse talent in big law.

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