A Young Associate's Story: Navigating the Transition from Law School to Lawyer (replay)
Allan Carlsen is fresh out of law school and just over a year into practice as a patent litigator at an elite boutique law firm. Unlike our...
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I Am The Law is an award-winning show about law jobs. We profile recent and seasoned law school graduates in different jobs to help listeners learn about the legal profession.
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Translating Engineers’ Needs into Airtight Agreements
When the Navy’s research and development arm needs to buy equipment or services, Marta Rajchel helps decide how. As a procurement lawyer for...
Liability Detour: Litigating Against Bankruptcy as Strategy
When thousands of people sue a company over a harmful product, the company may create a new entity, load it with that liability, and file fo...
Inside Big Law
Big Law recruiting now starts earlier than ever, often during the first semester of law school and increasingly outside traditional campus i...
Arriving Alone: Legal Aid for Detained Immigrant Children
Angelique Torres is a legal aid lawyer who represents children navigating the U.S. immigration system. Her clients arrive at the border with...
What Lawyers Think Pop Culture Gets Right, and Wrong, About Their Profession
If you've listened to I Am the Law for any length of time, you know the practice of law rarely looks the way it does on screen. Hours of pre...
Proving Someone Can't Care for Themselves: Mental Health Conservatorship Trials
Leanna Taing is a lawyer for Los Angeles County, where she represents the Office of Public Guardian in mental health conservatorship proceed...
Defending the Whole Client: Criminal Charges and Their Hidden Consequences
Frances Prizzia began her career as a public defender. Today, she runs her own criminal defense practice, representing clients facing charge...
Criminal Justice Advocacy from Within the L.A. Mayor's Office (replay)
Kimberley Baker Guillemet helped form the Los Angeles Office of Reentry to ensure that when someone leaves prison, limited employment option...
Commercial Litigation at a Large Firm (replay)
Chukwukpee Nzegwu is a junior associate practicing commercial litigation at a large, general practice law firm. While he didn't go to law sc...
Regulating Ethics in Politics: Advisory Opinions and Agency Operations
Amanda Arriaga is General Counsel for the Texas Ethics Commission, the state agency that oversees campaign finance, lobbying, and financial...
Fine Print, Big Money: Making Insurers Pay Up
Storm Lineberger is a fourth-year associate at global large firm Haynes Boone who practices insurance coverage litigation on the policyholde...
One Career in Three Acts: Big Law, Contract Work, Plaintiff Firm
Charles Star thought he'd become a union-side labor lawyer but like many law students, he followed the pull of Big Law instead. The prestige...
Sharpening the Craft of Special Victims Prosecution
Like most prosecutors, Jennifer Long learned on the job. Now she helps train them. After starting her career in a DA's office, Jennifer move...
After the Headlines: Lawsuits in the Wake of Disaster
.Richard Hy is a lawyer who represents people harmed in large-scale incidents, from mass shootings to defective products to public health cr...
More Than Legal Advice: Building a Firm for High-Conflict Divorce
Jonathan Merel runs a mid-sized family law firm built around high-conflict divorce. In this episode, he talks about the kinds of cases his f...
Building a Practice Around Delaware's Corporate Code
Mark Purpura thought he might head to Wall Street but found his niche in law instead. Now a Delaware-based attorney, he works on the deals t...
Federal Bankruptcy Judge: Running a Second Chance Court
Judge Elizabeth Stong calls bankruptcy court a "second chance court," a forum where companies in financial distress and individuals buried i...
An Introvert's Path to Running an Immigration Law Firm
As an international student graduating from a U.S. law school, Jimmy Lai struggled to find employers willing to sponsor him. Rather than lea...
IRS Tax Lawyer: From Tax Strategist to the Government (replay)
Deepan Patel explains his role at the IRS. While the IRS has many types of lawyers, he focuses on business taxpayer guidance, which ensures...