Legal Talk Network

Be honest. Underneath your steel facade that always looks poised and perfect, you’re drowning in a sea of deadlines, demands, and sleep deprivation. Are you suffering from everyday stress or chronic burnout? And is there a cure? Give yourself the grace to take a breath and listen to some great burnout-busting advice from the Heels in the Courtroom attorneys. We’re feeling the burn too!

Ever feel like your law degree gave you the keys to a shiny new sports car, but you don’t know how to drive? John Simon and three young attorneys from his firm offer reassuring hands-on-the-wheel advice about trying their first cases, taking criticism and learning to trust your instincts. Consider this episode a driving lesson from a trusted mentor who will help you navigate the stress and insecurity of life in the fast lane as a young trial attorney.

Legal experts discuss the role of data in understanding and implementing civil legal aid. Guests James Sandman, president emeritus of the Legal Services Corporation; David Udell, executive director of the National Center for Access to Justice (NCAJ); and Logan Cornett, director of research at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS), join LSC Emerging Leaders Council member Jason Tashea to offer their perspectives on the importance of data collection for increasing access to justice.

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Dave Scriven-Young talks with Beth Kaufman of Schoeman Updike Kaufman & Gerber LLP and Professor Lara White from Tulane University Freeman School of Business about the 2021 Women in Litigation Joint CLE Conference as well as the work they are doing to get more women into lead trial roles.

Lawyerist Lab member, Julio Oyhanarte shares about how his popularity on TikTok helped grow his business.

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Thanks to Conroy Creative Counsel, Postali, Rankings.io, and TextExpander for sponsoring this episode.

Attorneys Lary Zucker and Sara Mazzolla from the law firm Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin discuss risk management guidelines and accident prevention in the amusement, sports and entertainment industries.

Special thanks to our sponsor, AM Best Company, Best’s Insurance Professional Resources, including Qualified Member attorneys, adjusters and expert service providers.

In the late 1980s, law school groups for gay and lesbian students met off campus in case members didn’t want the school community to know their sexual orientation. And there were so few female faculty at law schools, if two or more were seen together talking, male faculty would ask what they were up to. So if they were actually up to something, such as persuading their dean to adopt a faculty parental leave policy that was longer than a few weeks, they would meet off campus, too.

Special thanks to our sponsor, LawPay.

With today’s tight, post-pandemic labor pool, trained, quality legal intake professionals are scarce. Law firms are increasingly turning to outsourced intake, receptionist, and onboarding services. 

Jeff Mosler, CEO of Nexa Receptionist Holdings LLC (you probably already know their Alert Communications brand) explains how law firms leveraging the flexibility of a turnkey, pretrained outsourcing platform can maximize marketing investments, answer calls in just three rings, and carry potential clients from a curious call to a signed retainer. Stop wasting marketing dollars on lost leads.

Even for established firms, an outsourced platform – with the ability to engage by phone, web chat, email, and text – can help firms engaged in one-time, mass tort cases as needs ramp up then scale back. For big firms or small, a trained, on-call pool of legal intake specialists could be the answer.

Special thanks to our sponsors Law Clerk, Alert Communications, LawYaw, and Scorpion.

More than half a million jobs in cybersecurity go unfilled each year, showing a major need for more individuals to enter this ever-growing field. Think you might be up to the challenge? John and Sharon talk with Rob Lee about training available through the SANS Institute and the current hottest areas in the profession. Rob also offers recommendations, both for young people hoping to orient their college education toward cybersecurity and professionals looking to make a career shift into the field. 

Rob Lee is the chief curriculum director and faculty lead at the SANS Institute.

Special thanks to our sponsors CaseFleet and PInow.

Bill Burnett & Dave Evans talk about their book, Designing Your Life, and share with us tips on taking charge and designing the life you want to live If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, ! Thanks to ,  , and for sponsoring this episode.