99 episodes

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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    • 4.6 • 38 Ratings

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.

    Live from the GC MidWest with LouWee Guevarra

    Live from the GC MidWest with LouWee Guevarra

    For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE.  But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live!  Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago.  In this episode, Patrick is joined by LouWee Guevarra, Vice President & CTO of Kloves.

    • 8 min
    Live from the GC MidWest with Betty Jang

    Live from the GC MidWest with Betty Jang

    For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE.  But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live!  Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago.  In this episode, Cedra is joined by Betty Jang, Founder & GC of BYJ Law

    • 7 min
    Live from the GC MidWest with Lakeshia Ekeigwe

    Live from the GC MidWest with Lakeshia Ekeigwe

    For over 20 years, General Counsel Conference Midwest has been the premier event in the industry by delivering key insights and practical solutions that today's general counsel need to manage and better leverage C-Suite relationships, successfully overcome a litigation crisis, do more with fewer resources, and MUCH MORE.  But this year, the conference is experiencing a first … Legal Speak Live!  Hosts Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith are bringing you interviews with moderators and speakers from various panels at this year’s event in Chicago.  In this episode, Cedra is joined by this year’s Opening Day Keynote Lakeshia Ekeigwe, CEO & Founder of LeaderThinking.

    • 11 min
    Big Law Better, Explained

    Big Law Better, Explained

    In this week's Legal Speak episode, McDermott Will & Emery chair Ira Coleman explains "Big Law Better", his idea on where the legal sector is moving and what elements of previous iterations the industry should be looking to maintain and which it should perhaps relegate to times gone by.

    • 28 min
    As 'Social Inflation' Helps Fuel 'Nuclear' Verdicts, Insurers Address 'Legal System Abuse'

    As 'Social Inflation' Helps Fuel 'Nuclear' Verdicts, Insurers Address 'Legal System Abuse'

    In this week's Legal Speak episode, James Whittle with the American Property Casualty Insurance Association dives into the impact of what the organization has dubbed "legal system abuse" as social inflation—the belief that large corporations are "bad actors with deep pockets"—helps fuel "nuclear" verdicts.

    • 19 min
    Promoting 'Comfortable Diversity' Can Impact Firms Bottom Lines

    Promoting 'Comfortable Diversity' Can Impact Firms Bottom Lines

    In this week's Legal Speak episode, Chanel T. Rowe, of Johnson & Johnson, shares why she thinks promoting "comfortable diversity" can improve firms' bottom lines and how she's helping level the legal playing field.

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
38 Ratings

38 Ratings

obacker19 ,

Entertaining, insightful and actionable! 🙌

Whether you’re already a leader who enjoys wrestling with the shifting legal landscape of our modern world, or just getting started as a catalyst for change within your organization - this is a must-listen podcast for you! Vanessa and the entire ALM team do an incredible job leading conversations that cover a huge breadth of topics related to the ins and outs of successfully navigating an ever changing legal world, from leaders who are innovating in the field. Highly recommend listening and subscribing!

LegalFan101 ,

Legal Speak = Legal Genius

Thanks for making sense of the evolving legal landscape!

KOPelikan ,

Sound Quality is Bad!!!

I like the subject matter of this podcast but the reliance on poorly recorded telephone interviews is bad! I most often start listening and then stop after a few minutes when I can't really understand what the interviewee is saying. I expect more from a big player like law.com

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