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04.17.2024
The future of DEI programs in the legal industry
The lack of diversity when it comes to race, gender, sexuality, disability and social class within the legal profession is nothing new. However, the last decade has marked a gradual increase in diversity across all fields.
04.10.2024
Users keepers: Pirates, zombies and adverse possession
“Trespassing plus time equals adverse possession,” Paul Golden writes in his new book, Litigating Adverse Possession Cases: Pirates v. Zombies. When someone has occupied or used a piece of property as though they own it for long enough, a court could...
03.20.2024
James Patterson dishes on his new legal thriller, ‘The #1 Lawyer’
James Patterson has written bestsellers in many genres. But as he tells the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles in this episode of The Modern Law Library, he has always been fascinated by legal thrillers, courtroom dramas and crime novels. He even...
03.13.2024
Could automated transcription tools replace human court reporters?
Transcription technology has existed for a while now, but its accuracy has never been that high. Now, artificial intelligence could make automated transcription even more accurate. As the tech becomes better and better, is it possible that it could eventually...
03.06.2024
'When Rape Goes Viral' looks at why cases like Steubenville happen
Three high-profile cases of sexual assault in 2012 followed a basic pattern: A teenage girl was sexually assaulted at a house party by one or more teenage boys while she was incapacitated by alcohol. The attacks were recorded and the...
02.28.2024
NY law prof is calling on ‘Lawyer Nation’ to reform
Ray Brescia, a law professor at Albany Law School, has taken a hard look at the country’s legal system in his new book, Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present and Future of the American Legal Profession. In this episode of The Modern Law...
02.14.2024
'Police & the Empire City' explores race and the origins of the NYPD
In Police & the Empire City: Race & the Origins of Modern Policing, Matthew Guariglia looks at the New York City police from their founding in 1845 through the 1930s as “police transitioned from a more informal collection of pugilists clad...
02.07.2024
Fall in love with legal technology at this year's ABA Techshow
What better way to spend Valentine’s Day than with your favorite lawyers, legal professionals, technologists and thought leaders who will be on hand to teach lucky conference goers about all the latest trends and developments in the field of legal...
01.31.2024
Yale Law's Owen Fiss talks about threats to democracy and 'Why We Vote'
After 50 years as a professor at Yale Law School, Owen Fiss says his students are still idealistic and passionate about the rights won in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. As a young...
01.17.2024
Want to clear a criminal record? This lawyer has an app for that
The impact for people clearing their criminal records can be life-changing, leading to long-term employment and financial security. And research shows that it also helps prevent recidivism. But the path to expungement is not always easy, requiring people with criminal records...
01.10.2024
Access to justice can be achieved, says ‘Law Democratized’ author–but not without change
In 2013, the ABA Journal named Renee Knake Jefferson a Legal Rebel for her work co-founding the Michigan State University’s ReInvent Law Laboratory and rethinking how legal services could be delivered to consumers. In 2024, she’s taking a look back at more...
12.20.2023
How to plan your post-law life
There are lawyers who love the practice of law so much, they’ll only leave it feet first, in a box. But for those who’d prefer to exit the bar before closing time, Kevin McGoff has advice on planning that next...
12.13.2023
What were the top legal tech stories of 2023?
As 2023 draws to a close, the Legal Rebels Podcast looks at the top stories in legal technology for the year. Between the explosion in popularity of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence tools, the continued use of virtual or hybrid working...
12.06.2023
Our favorite pop culture picks in 2023
It's the time of year when The Modern Law Library hosts like to look back on the media we've enjoyed, our annual pop culture picks episode. This year, host Lee Rawles is joined by three ABA Journal reporters: Julianne Hill,...
11.22.2023
How is the true crime genre impacting the way people think about innocence?
Human beings have told stories about violence and victims from our earliest records. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, newspapers and magazines flourished on crime coverage. Hollywood has churned out crime movies and TV shows, based both in fiction and...
11.15.2023
How this lawyer uses TikTok to skewer law firm culture
Legal professionals are not immune to the pull of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts. Some are even using short-form videos to inform clients about their law practice; build their business or brand; or shed light on the...
11.08.2023
Law grad turns culinary passion into TikTok fame and a brand new cookbook
Like many others, Jon Kung figured law school would be a safe harbor to weather the storms of the Great Recession. But after emerging from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in 2011, Kung changed course.Kung, who is...
10.30.2023
So Long and Farewell: Asked and Answered’s host is stepping down
After 13 years and 170 episodes, Asked and Answered host Stephanie Francis Ward is hanging up her headphones and switching off her mic. Asked and Answered, the ABA Journal’s first and longest-running podcast, is ending its run—at least for now. In...
10.25.2023
How reckoning with trauma can help you, your clients and the legal profession
“You can’t think yourself out of trauma,” the introduction to Trauma-Informed Law: A Primer for Lawyer Resilience and Healing warns. “An analytical response is insufficient. As lawyers and law students, we have been trained to learn only with our minds. But there...
10.18.2023
How generative AI is already changing contract review
One of the areas that has already felt the effects of ChatGPT and other large language models is contracts. Users can now use these AI-enhanced tools to help them quickly draft, analyze and review contracts. All you have to do...
10.11.2023
Transform your negotiations with a win-win-win mindset, says author
Moving from a “win-lose” mentality to a “win-win” mentality has been a central focus of the field of negotiation and conflict resolution since the 1980s, says Sarah Federman. Working to walk away with a deal that pleases both sides was...
09.27.2023
Tales of 3 generations of Black women intertwine to form 'Memphis'
Admittedly, Tara M. Stringfellow became an attorney simply because her first book of poetry didn’t sell and she needed an income. But after a few years at Crown Castle in Chicago doing family and real estate law, she left, heading...
09.25.2023
Interested in trying AI to write? It's as easy as opening a document
When lawyers hear the term "LLM," their first thought may go to a master of law degree that a person earns after law school. However, the acronym also stands for “large language model,” which is technology that generates and creates...
09.13.2023
What is the future of remote working in the law firm world?
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home and communicating and collaborating via real-time communication tools has become the norm for many law firms and offices. The benefits of such arrangements are obvious. However, some firms, including several of the...
09.06.2023
Complex litigation judge has 50 ideas to simplify the courts
As both an attorney and judge, Thomas Moukawsher has spent the majority of his career dealing in complex litigation. And the Connecticut Superior Court judge would like to make the legal system—well, less complex. In this episode of the Modern Law...
08.28.2023
Investigations of federal judges are rare and should happen more, former clerk says
After almost 40 years on the bench, Judge Pauline Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sued her chief, two judge colleagues and the Federal Circuit Judicial Council, following a court committee interview and a...
08.23.2023
Summer reading and back-to-law-school tips
It’s time for the Modern Law Library’s summer recommendations episode, in which host Lee Rawles shares her pop culture picks with you, plus a re-airing of one of our older episodes with current relevance. This year, that episode is our 2018 interview...
08.16.2023
Changing the culture at law firms to promote wellness and mental well-being
For decades, lawyers who worked in BigLaw could expect some version of the following: Work long hours, including nights and weekends, with minimal free time, giving up almost all semblances of a social life. The reward: money and a potential...
08.09.2023
Trial lawyer’s tales include wins, losses and international intrigue
The year was 1961. Freshly minted attorney James J. Brosnahan had been on the job as a federal prosecutor in Phoenix for two days when he was handed his first trial: a capital murder case. Twelve days into the job,...
07.31.2023
First quarter of 2023 had some of highest activist shareholder activity ever, say equity investor counsel
As stories of some CEOs' outrageous behaviors continue, the amount of activist shareholder activities keeps growing, say Kenneth Mantel and Megan Reda, partners at Olshan Frome Wolosky in New York. They represent investment funds, family offices and people trying to...
07.26.2023
Is family court too flawed to be fixed?
Jane M. Spinak did not set out to write a book arguing for the abolition of family court. She thought she would be making the case for a set of sensible reforms. But the more she dug into the history...
07.19.2023
How GPT and other large language models could change e-discovery
When technologically assisted review first started gaining traction in e-discovery in the 2010s, many of the same superlatives assigned to ChatGPT were used to describe this groundbreaking new process that purported to review documents faster and more accurately than humans....
07.12.2023
Didn't get it in writing? There may still be a way, says author of 'Litigating Constructive Trusts'
“If you don’t have it in writing, you’re out of luck.” That’s the common wisdom you’ll hear from TV judges, helpful uncles, well-meaning friends and even lawyers in your life. But while getting an agreement in writing is a best...
06.26.2023
Attorney for Lawrence v. Texas reflects on LGBTQ rights on 20th anniversary
Winning a 2003 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case expanded a gay lawyer's Supreme Court practice, he says, and looking back, it's his favorite case. Because Paul M. Smith was the editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, clerked for then-U.S. Supreme Court...
06.21.2023
'My Mom, the Lawyer' explores women's work and personal lives through the eyes of their children
While directed at young children, a lawyer's book also speaks to lawyers who are moms, letting them know that being both can be a busy but fulfilling life. As Michelle Browning Coughlin, of counsel at ND Galli Law in Louisville, Kentucky,...
06.14.2023
What could AI regulation in the US look like?
In the United States, there has been very little movement toward establishing a regulatory framework at the federal level for artificial intelligence. Why is that? ChatGPT, the large language model released by OpenAI, is one of several such tools that have...
06.07.2023
SCOTUS faces ‘a catastrophic loss of institutional legitimacy,’ warns author
In his new book, The Supermajority: How the Supreme Court Divided America, Michael Waldman identifies three times the U.S. Supreme Court caused a public backlash against itself—and warns the court may be well along the path to a fourth massive public...
05.29.2023
The NextGen bar exam includes an expansion of skills testing, so how will candidates study?
With the current exam, candidates have a 90% chance of passing, if they follow the advice of their law schools’ academic support staff. When the National Conference of Bar Examiners launches a revamped version of the bar exam in 2026, called...
05.17.2023
Pre/Dicta takes a radically different approach to predictive analytics than others
There are plenty of judicial analytics and litigation prediction tools on the market. They may have differences in execution and focus, but the general rule of thumb is that they look at a judge’s past rulings and opinions to predict...
05.17.2023
‘The Shadow Docket’ shines light on an increasingly uncommunicative Supreme Court
In The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic, University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck argues the U.S. Supreme Court is expanding its powers at the expense of the rule of...
05.10.2023
End of the Cold War launched new efforts to build the rule of law
As chunks of the Berlin Wall were being torn down by jubilant crowds on November 9, 1989, James Silkenat was serving his term as chair of the ABA International Law Section. But he is the first to admit he did...
04.24.2023
Through overseas currency exchanges, California deputy DA helps online romance scam victims get their money back
In the criminal justice world, pig butchering refers to bacon—but not literally. Instead, it’s a term used to describe scamming someone online out of all their money through promises of romance and cryptocurrency windfalls, says Erin West, a prosecutor in...
04.19.2023
Author and lawyer explores English family's ties to Nazi Germany in 'The Mitford Affair'
Heather Terrell, who writes under the pen name Marie Benedict, has written about novelist Agatha Christie in The Mystery of Mrs. Christie, and in Lady Clementine, she looked back on the life of Winston Churchill’s wife, Clementine Churchill. Now, in her historical...
04.12.2023
What the Silicon Valley Bank failure means for our financial institutions
Many of us still get a chill running down our spines when we hear about bank failures and bailouts. After all, it was less than 15 years ago when we went through one of the worst economic disasters in history,...
04.05.2023
‘Never Far from Home' brings readers from NYC projects to 90s hip-hop scene to Microsoft offices
Bruce Jackson grew up shuttling between Brooklyn and Manhattan public housing projects. His journey led him to Hofstra University, then Georgetown Law. He ditched a white-shoe firm job to launch a career in entertainment law, and represented some of the...
03.29.2023
Why NYT v. Sullivan mattered in 1964 and is under attack today
The 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan protected the civil rights movement, established the “actual malice” standard, and is the basis for modern American libel law. But in recent years, criticism of the case has grown among conservatives, with U.S....
03.27.2023
Many young people arrested for Chicago carjackings have been exposed to violence daily, lawyer and pastor says
As rises in Chicago carjackings continue to increase fear among many residents, Cliff Nellis, an attorney and pastor who founded the Lawndale Christian Legal Center, says his nonprofit group represents a fair amount of young people charged with the crime.
03.22.2023
How Casetext utilized the latest GPT technology to create an AI legal assistant
In November, when OpenAI unleashed the newest, most advanced version of its chatbot, ChatGPT, it immediately captured the imagination. So far, it’s been a hit. Casetext launched CoCounsel earlier this month, and it functions as a legal assistant, helping users draft...
03.08.2023
In ‘Her Honor,’ trailblazing women judges take center stage
When Lauren Stiller Rikleen was approached in 2020 by the ABA Judicial Division to help compile autobiographical stories from women judges in America, a powerful motivating factor for her was to capture stories of the barriers the judges overcame in their own...
02.27.2023
Family law gave this lawyer some ideas about what clients really want
Jessica Bednarz has spent much of her career representing people, researching access-to-justice issues and using that knowledge to try to find better ways to deliver legal services. That includes using what’s known as “design thinking” for developing client service programs.

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ABA Journal Podcasts - Legal Talk Network episodes:

The future of DEI programs in the legal industry

Users keepers: Pirates, zombies and adverse possession

James Patterson dishes on his new legal thriller, ‘The #1 Lawyer’

Could automated transcription tools replace human court reporters?

'When Rape Goes Viral' looks at why cases like Steubenville happen

NY law prof is calling on ‘Lawyer Nation’ to reform

'Police & the Empire City' explores race and the origins of the NYPD

Fall in love with legal technology at this year's ABA Techshow

Yale Law's Owen Fiss talks about threats to democracy and 'Why We Vote'

Want to clear a criminal record? This lawyer has an app for that

Access to justice can be achieved, says ‘Law Democratized’ author–but not without change

How to plan your post-law life

What were the top legal tech stories of 2023?

Our favorite pop culture picks in 2023

How is the true crime genre impacting the way people think about innocence?

How this lawyer uses TikTok to skewer law firm culture

Law grad turns culinary passion into TikTok fame and a brand new cookbook

So Long and Farewell: Asked and Answered’s host is stepping down

How reckoning with trauma can help you, your clients and the legal profession

How generative AI is already changing contract review

Transform your negotiations with a win-win-win mindset, says author

Tales of 3 generations of Black women intertwine to form 'Memphis'

Interested in trying AI to write? It's as easy as opening a document

What is the future of remote working in the law firm world?

Complex litigation judge has 50 ideas to simplify the courts

Investigations of federal judges are rare and should happen more, former clerk says

Summer reading and back-to-law-school tips

Changing the culture at law firms to promote wellness and mental well-being

Trial lawyer’s tales include wins, losses and international intrigue

First quarter of 2023 had some of highest activist shareholder activity ever, say equity investor counsel

Is family court too flawed to be fixed?

How GPT and other large language models could change e-discovery

Didn't get it in writing? There may still be a way, says author of 'Litigating Constructive Trusts'

Attorney for Lawrence v. Texas reflects on LGBTQ rights on 20th anniversary

'My Mom, the Lawyer' explores women's work and personal lives through the eyes of their children

What could AI regulation in the US look like?

SCOTUS faces ‘a catastrophic loss of institutional legitimacy,’ warns author

The NextGen bar exam includes an expansion of skills testing, so how will candidates study?

Pre/Dicta takes a radically different approach to predictive analytics than others

‘The Shadow Docket’ shines light on an increasingly uncommunicative Supreme Court

End of the Cold War launched new efforts to build the rule of law

Through overseas currency exchanges, California deputy DA helps online romance scam victims get their money back

Author and lawyer explores English family's ties to Nazi Germany in 'The Mitford Affair'

What the Silicon Valley Bank failure means for our financial institutions

‘Never Far from Home' brings readers from NYC projects to 90s hip-hop scene to Microsoft offices

Why NYT v. Sullivan mattered in 1964 and is under attack today

Many young people arrested for Chicago carjackings have been exposed to violence daily, lawyer and pastor says

How Casetext utilized the latest GPT technology to create an AI legal assistant

In ‘Her Honor,’ trailblazing women judges take center stage

Family law gave this lawyer some ideas about what clients really want