Personal Jurisdiction

Leah Litman is a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. She teaches and writes on constitutional law, federal courts, and federal sentencing. Her research examines unidentified and implicit values that are used to structure the legal system, the federal courts, and the legal profession. Leah’s scholarship has appeared in several top law reviews. Her work also appears in popular media, including The New York Times and Slate. 

Leah is also the co-host of Strict Scrutiny, a popular podcast about the United States Supreme Court and the legal culture that surrounds it. Strict Scrutiny has a different voice–one that celebrates the contributions and opinions of women and people of color. She is the co-creator of Women Also Know Law, a tool to promote the work of women and non-binary academics.  Leah also maintains an active pro bono practice. For example, she was part of the litigation team in Garcia v. United States, one of the successful challenges to the rescission of the DACA program, for which the team was recognized as California Lawyers of the Year. 

Prior to her position at Michigan Law School, Leah clerked on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and on the United States Supreme Court. Following her clerkships, she worked at WilmerHale in D.C. She was a Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, and an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Irvine, School of Law.  Leah has won several awards for her teaching--in 2021 Michigan Law students awarded her the L.Hart Wright Teaching Award, and in 2019 she won the Professor of the Year Award while at the UC Irvine School of Law.  

Leah is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School.

Follow Leah on Twitter @LeahLitman and @StrictScrutiny_and @WomenKnowLaw

Listen to the Strict Scrutiny Podcast here and learn more about Strict Scrutiny here. 

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Donya Khadem is a judicial law clerk on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Previously, she was a judicial law clerk on the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison (2015) and the University of Michigan Law School (2019).

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Support the work of Social Change by donating, volunteering your time, and following Social Change on social media to keep updated on the important work they're doing. 

• Visit Social Change online at https://socialchange.site
• Follow Social Change on Twitter @CHIsocialchange,  Instagram @CHIsocialchange and Facebook 

Connect with Todd Belcore on LinkedIn. 

Learn more about the Equal Justice Works Fellowship that Todd was a part of after law school. As an EJW Fellow, Todd worked at the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law in Chicago where he focused on litigating, organizing, educating, and crafting legislation to ensure that individuals with criminal records are not unjustly denied employment or occupational licenses.

Todd is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University School of Law.

Todd also makes an impact by mediating disputes and teaching law students how to transform systems to make them equity-centered via a class called "The New Jim Crow" (that he teaches at Northwestern Law and University of Chicago Law School).

As a result of Todd's commitment to transforming lives and communities, he has received 23 honors, including the ABA's National Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year and the White House's Champion of Change Awards.
 

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Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **This track was shortened for use in this episode. Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

All opinions in this episode are those of Katherine Leung, personally, and not intended to be attributed to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Katherine Leung is a Field Attorney at the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. Katherine is a graduate of Wellesley College (2014) and Harvard Law School (2017). 

Connect with Katherine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherineeleung/ 

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Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. 

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Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.

Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.

Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **This track was shortened for use in this episode. Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Get excited for Season 2 by catching up on the great episodes from Season 1. During Season 1, we talked to: 
🗳Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, Esq.,
✏️Marquette University Law School Assistant Dean of Students Anna Fodor, 
📃ACLU Staff Attorney My Khanh Ngo,
👐 Executive Director of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services Alissa Lietzow
💉AbbVie Corporate Brand Counsel Amy Chapple,
💼Sidley Austin LLP Pro Bono Bono Counsel, Leslie Kuhn Thayer
⚖️Public Defender Courtney Francik, 
🇺🇸Former US Attorney Jordan Matthews, 
📊 Solo Practitioner and Owner of Law Office of Thomas R. Kayes, LLC, Thomas Kayes, 
📚Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC Patent Attorney and DEI Professional Dan Sharpe, and 
🐯Princeton University Athletic Director John Mack.

Allison Freedman and I even interviewed each other in Epsiode 1!

Whether you're a law student or a practicing attorney, there are so many great insights in these episodes. We hope you'll support Personal Jurisdiction by sharing your favorite episode with your friends and colleagues. 📩

We'll see you soon for Season 2. In the meantime, drop us a line at personaljxpod(at)gmail.com! We'd love to hear from you!

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John Mack is a graduate of Princeton University (2000) and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (2012). 

John is the Director of Athletics at Princeton University. Learn more about John here: https://alumni.princeton.edu/stories/john-mack-princeton-athletic-director 

Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mack-7b66194

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Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.

Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **This track was shortened for use in this episode. Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Dan Sharpe is a Patent Attorney and DEI Professional at Bookoff McAndrews in Washington, D.C. Dan is a graduate of Princeton University (2007) and the University of Virginia School of Law (2012). 

Connect with Dan on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-sharpe-922b389/

If you'd like to learn more about implicit bias, Harvard's Implicit Association Test is a good starting point and is used by many law school clinicians.  https://edib.harvard.edu/implicit-association-test-iat. In addition, the American Bar Association has helpful resources based on Harvard's IAT. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/initiatives/task-force-implicit-bias/implicit-bias-test/

Dan recommends the following article as well:  https://www.vox.com/2014/4/21/5637068/reviewers-will-find-more-spelling-errors-in-your-writing-if-they

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Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.

Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **This track was shortened for use in this episode. Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Tom Kayes is a graduate of Pomona College (2007) and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (2013). He is a solo practitioner and owner of the Law Office of Thomas R. Kayes where he practices civil rights litigation. Check out Tom's firm here: https://www.kayes.law

Follow Tom on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/kayes_tom?s=20 

And on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kayes-7644557/ 

Tom recommends the following book: Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits! by Greg Crabtree. Check it out here: https://simplenumbers.me/the-books/

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Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.

Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **This track was shortened for use in this episode. Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Jordan Matthews is currently Of Counsel at the law firm of Jones Day in Chicago. She is a graduate of Yale University (2006) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (2009). Jordan was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois from September 2014 - March 2021. 

Here's some history on Chicago's iconic Merchandise Mart: https://www.themart.com/about/history-and-future/ 

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Our new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here.

Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.

Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **This track was shortened for use in this episode. Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Courtney Francik is a graduate of Harvard College (2011) and the George Washington University Law School (2015). She is currently an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Baltimore, Maryland. On the state side, Courtney was an Assistant Public Defender first in the Law Office of the Shelby County Public Defender in Memphis, Tennessee from 2015-2018, and later in the Maryland Office of the Public Defender from 2018-2019. 

As a student at GW Law, Courtney worked in the Neighborhood Policy and Law Clinic. Learn more about GW Law's clinics here: https://www.law.gwu.edu/clinics 

Courtney discussed the cash bail system. Learn more about this important topic below:

• Adureh Onyekwere, Brennan Center for Justic, How Cash Bail Works, https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-cash-bail-works (last accessed 10/29/2021).
• Lea Hunter, Center for American Progress, "What You Need to Know About Ending Cash Bail" available here: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/criminal-justice/reports/2020/03/16/481543/ending-cash-bail/ (last accessed 10/29/2021).

We're sure that you can tell that Courtney was a very prepared podcast guest. Preparation is key to everything! Below are a few articles about the importance of preparation:

• Farnam Street, "How to Do Great Things" - "When someone repeatedly does great things it is because they prepared in advance to advance to recognize, work on, and fill in the blanks when necessary. This is the essence of intelligent preparation." - https://fs.blog/great-things/ 
• Herbet Lui, Fast Company, "Your Brain is on Overload. This is How to Augment Your Intellectual Capacity." https://www.fastcompany.com/90661984/your-brain-is-on-overload-this-is-how-to-augment-your-intellectual-capacity?utm_source=pocket_mylist

We're still a fan of paper To Do lists but we also love the app ToDoist. It's simple and functional. Check it out here: Https://www.todoist.com 

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Our previous logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.

Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **This track was shortened for use in this episode. Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html