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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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Was It Ever A Profession? A Look at the History of Law Firms as a Business with RJon Robins

Jan 24, 2025

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Patrick Smith talks with author and small-firm guru RJon Robbins about the history of law as a business, whether that has become more of a focus lately and whether, regardless of what attorneys say, the law has always been a business like any other.

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Annual Self-Check: Testing For Bias On The Bench

Jan 17, 2025

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Judge Josh Thacker, who presides over the Spalding County State Court in west central Georgia, opens up about a tradition he engages in every Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day to help ensure he remains unbiased on the bench.

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