For this lawyer, becoming more flexible was a benefit of the pandemic
Patrick Krill, a lawyer who has a consulting business focused on addiction, mental health and well-being in the legal profession, left all s...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts
Business
ABA Journal: Asked and Answered
Listen to the ABA Journal Podcast for analysis and discussion of the latest legal issues and trends the first Monday of each month.
Episodes
20 of 100 episodes
Saying yes has been part of this law school dean's strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic
As the dean of Pennsylvania State University's law school during the COVID-19 pandemic, and at a time of significant social unrest, Hari Oso...
A year after his COVID-19 recovery, Above the Law founder David Lat makes some big changes
In May 2020, lawyer and author David Lat was starting his recovery from a life-threatening bout with COVID-19. A little over a year later, L...
The pandemic brought this lawyer to legal commentary, and the work includes sponsorship deals
Emily D. Baker wanted a diversion from 2020, so she started doing her own legal commentary about pop culture, with topics including a pair o...
The pandemic has not slowed down Howard Bashman of How Appealing
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has caused there to be fewer court filings in some jurisdictions, Howard Bashman's blog, How Appealing, conti...
Public defender with Patreon for FOIA lawsuits shares her thoughts on lawyers and social media
When she's posting online, Beth Bourdon is not like most other lawyers, and she says that's probably why she has more than 50,000 Twitter fo...
Law prof focuses on positives from the COVID-19 pandemic
Rather than focus on the restrictions of teaching via Zoom, Peter H. Huang zeroed in on how he could use the platform in innovative ways. Th...
What it's like to argue before the Supreme Court during COVID-19
Jeffrey L. Fisher has argued more than 40 U.S. Supreme Court cases, and he relies heavily on the justices' body language during arguments. B...
Law prof finds ways to connect remotely amid historic election and COVID-19 restrictions
April Dawson, an associate dean and professor at the North Carolina Central University School of Law, misses seeing her constitutional law s...
How to maximize your business development during the COVID-19 crisis
Plenty of lawyers in private practice worry about business development during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there may be more opportunities to...
How is the lawyer known as 'Popehat' on Twitter keeping busy during the pandemic?
Legal news about President Donald Trump often outrages people, but it shouldn't. And at the same time, his administration makes outrageous l...
This law prof has been fighting off Twitter trolls during the coronavirus crisis
While Veena Dubal has adopted to working at home with three young children during the COVID-19 pandemic, the "reply guys" came after the Cal...
2020 Harvard Law grad postpones bar exam and her wedding plans because of COVID-19
This past spring, when few people realized that most July bar exams would ultimately be canceled, Molly Coleman decided to forgo the test, f...
What can we expect from the all-virtual 2020 ABA Annual Meeting?
When COVID-19 closed ABA offices in March, staff sprang into work figuring out how the association could convert its meetings and events to...
COVID-19 hasn't stopped this lawyer from advocating for wellness and recovery
Lawyer and author Brian Cuban chats with ABA Journal Senior Writer Stephanie Francis Ward about how he's been focusing on what he can contro...
Can cyborg lawyers convince their clients to listen?
Do you really need a human for the so-called human touch in lawyering, particularly when a big part of the job is convincing the client to b...
Trials and tiaras: How do pageant winners fare as lawyers?
In this new episode of the ABA Journal's Asked and Answered podcast, Senior Writer Stephanie Francis Ward talks about the similarities betwe...
How to practice law remotely and efficiently during the COVID-19 crisis
As people across the country are coping with countless changes in light of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the ABA Journal's Asked and Answe...
Why did a Georgia city prohibit tattoos on Sundays?
These days, people from all walks of life get tattoos. But in Columbus, Georgia, it was illegal to give them on Sundays, until recently. No...
Getting real: What happens when clients go on reality TV
Imagine you are meeting a client for the first time, and they show up with a TV camera crew that wants to film your meeting. This month, the...