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Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what's happening in the legal industry. Each episode tackles a subject that's worthy of a deep dive—from law firm profit hacks to Supreme Court showdowns to the most promising plays in legal tech. Hosted by Senior Litigation Reporter of the Daily Report Cedra Mayfield and Senior Staff Writer for the American Lawyer Patrick Smith, Legal Speak offers straight talk from experts, plus an inside-the-newsroom perspective on market-shaping stories.

Dec 20, 2019

As 2019 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at some of our standout episodes during the past year. Among the topics were mental health challenges within law firms, including with staff. We also looked at Big Law defections to boutiques, in-house frustrations with outside counsel, and the growing...


Dec 13, 2019

Time waits for no one. So in this episode we're exploring changes in legal tech that developed this year and what we can expect in 2020. Zach Warren, editor-in-chief of Law.com affiliate Legaltech News, talks with James McKenna, chief information officer at Fenwick & West and president of the International...


Dec 6, 2019

This week we're focused on the historically high number of judges appointed to the federal bench by President Trump. As of late November, the Senate had confirmed a total of 48 of Trump’s nominations to the federal appeals courts, more than any other president at this stage of his presidency. To explore the impact...


Nov 27, 2019

Adam Markel, a former practicing lawyer who now writes and speaks about mental health fitness, talks with Gina Passarella, editor-in-chief of Law.com affiliate The American Lawyer, about making small life changes to achieve self-care in the demanding profession of practicing law.


Nov 22, 2019

The bankruptcy of LeClairRyan in September presents the common tale of a once-thriving law firm that ends up in ruin. A firm that in its heyday had $163 million in gross revenue, LeClairRyan joins the heap of other Big Law failures. To explore the similarities in these insolvencies and how other law firms can avoid...