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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.

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It's Time to Pour Concrete: Davis Wright Leader Says Law Firms Need to Double Down on DEI

Sep 29, 2023

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Yusuf Zakir, Davis Wright Tremaine’s chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, speaks to what it's like to be a DEI leader at a time when the topic is under legal fire.

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What the Global 200 Rankings Say About Big Law's Past, Present and Future

Sep 22, 2023

In this week’s episode, Law.com Editor-in-Chief Zack Needles sits down with Law.com International Editor-in-Chief Paul Hodkinson to talk about the biggest takeaways from this year’s data.

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How and Why Davis Wright Built Its Own GenAI Chatbot

Sep 15, 2023

In this week’s episode of Law.com's Legal Speak podcast, Law.com legal technology reporter Isha Marathe speaks with Vid Prabhakaran, Davis Wright Tremaine partner and member of its AI steering committee; and Dan Szabo, the firm’s director of enterprise projects, about DWT’s very own chatbot that looks a whole lot...

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How Husch Blackwell's Virtual Office Prioritizes In-Person Connections

Sep 8, 2023

In this week's Legal Speak episode, the managing partner of Husch Blackwell’s virtual office discusses the pros and cons of practicing law remotely and how it’s changed the way he operates.
 

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