Practicing while Black

Our host focuses on the agency of enslaved African Americans and discusses how those who were enslaved used litigation to seek their freedom.

Our host responds to a question from a listener as to whether the listener should leave his/her current position to work in a law firm. Listeners are invited to submit questions to possibly be responded to on the podcast via www.practicingwhileblack.com

After working at a prestigious law firm, Attorney Marshawn Evans Daniels left to create her own sports firm. She is now a reinvention strategist, life coach, and author of the book "Believe Bigger".

This week's guest, Attorney Don Bell, serves as Director of the Black Talent Initiative at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies where he works to ensure that Congress is fully representative of all Americans.

Attorney Rosezena Pierce developed a passion for the law at age five when she would visit the law firm where her father worked. Her experience as a cosmetologist has helped her to create a niche within the legal profession serving the beauty industry.

Rather than consider one another to be competition, attorneys Demetria Graves and Merissa Grayson came together to create the Elite Firm. The mission of the firm is to provide black celebrities and influencers with full-service legal and crisis management services.

On this episode, our host talks about her experience working through grief. She shares ideas for helping others work through grief or other challenges as they pursue their careers.

On this episode, our host talks about the lessons on inclusion that the legal profession can take from the release of Marvel's "Black Panther" movie.

Attorney Tracy Bempong illustrates the power of networking and how it was instrumental in helping her to land a role as a Federal Law Clerk. She talks about the skills that one can gain as a Law Clerk and how she plans to use those skills in her career.

Attorney Sydnee Mack sheds light in this episode on how she translated her love for golf and sports into her own legal practice. Attorney Mack talks about the importance of pursuing a career that you want and knowing your value in the workplace.