ABA Journal Podcast

Freedom isn’t the end of the story for exonerees (podcast)

When we hear about the wrongfully convicted, media coverage usually ends with the person being released from prison or reaching a large settlement with the state. But for the exonerated, life goes on–lives for which prison did not prepare them. Journalist Alison Flowers has made the post-prison lives of exonerees the topic of her new book, Exoneree Diaries: The Fight for Innocence, Independence and Identity.

Aug 17, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

Jerry Goldman’s Oyez project gives a voice to SCOTUS arguments (podcast)

The license plates on Jerry Goldman’s Subaru Legacy read “OYEZ” in honor of his U.S. Supreme Court-focused multimedia archive, Oyez. And the ringtone on the retired political science professor’s iPhone is the voice of a marshal saying the word three times, which starts the traditional call announcing the justices’ arrival.…

Aug 10, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

How to build a book of business without looking desperate (podcast with transcript)

Business development doesn’t come naturally to all lawyers. Some hesitate to take advantage of social opportunities out of fear of looking desperate or needy, but that’s wrongheaded, says business development coach Larry Kohn. He speaks with the ABA Journal’s Stephanie Francis Ward about ways that attorneys can promote themselves and…

Jul 25, 2016 8:35 AM CDT

Deborah Rhode is at war with complacency (podcast)

Stanford Law School professor Deborah Rhode is the enemy of complacency. This Legal Rebels Trailblazer is one of the most cited scholars in legal ethics, though she wears many more hats. She has carved out specialties in discrimination (ranging from race and gender to the unfair advantages that flow to physical beauty, often probing their intersection with legal ethics) and in criticism of legal education itself.

Jul 20, 2016 8:45 AM CDT

How a 1980s lynching case helped bring down the Klan (podcast)

On the morning of March 21, 1981, the body of 19-year-old Michael Donald was found hanging from a tree in Mobile, Alabama. The years that followed saw the conviction of his two killers, and a civil case brought by Donald's mother which bankrupted the largest Klan organization in the United States. In this episode of the Modern Law Library, we speak with Laurence Leamer about his new book on the case, The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan.

Jul 13, 2016 8:45 AM CDT

How to get out of the office and make exercise part of your routine (podcast with transcript)

Want to get outside, but work tethers you to your desk? Getting physical can increase both your productivity and personal happiness, and attorney Kandis Gibson has some tips and tricks for how you can make outdoor activities part of your routine.

Jun 27, 2016 8:30 AM CDT

In ‘The Last Good Girl,’ Allison Leotta tackles the fraught subject of campus rape (podcast)

Allison Leotta's most recent book, The Last Good Girl, takes on the issue of campus sexual assault at a fictional private college in Michigan. The ABA Journal's Lee Rawles spoke with Leotta about how she shifted her career from lawyer to author; why the issue of campus sexual assault is so timely; and what's next for her intrepid heroine Anna Curtis.

Jun 22, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

Tech fails too, says Sensei’s Sharon Nelson (podcast)

Lawyers often think technology should always work. That’s aspirational, says Sharon Nelson, president of the cybersecurity, information technology and digital forensics firm Sensei Enterprises Inc. “People can screw up, but technology fails too,” says Nelson, who has been selected as a Legal Rebels Trailblazer by the ABA Journal. “You really…

Jun 15, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

Rocket Lawyer’s Charley Moore sees lawyer collaboration as the future (podcast)

“Nicholas Negroponte’s book Being Digital had a profound effect on me,” Charley Moore recalls. “The book said that anything that can be digitized will be. It’s just a matter of who endeavors to participate in that transition.” Moore, who has been selected as a Legal Rebels Trailblazer by the ABA…

Jun 1, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

How well do people actually know their Miranda rights? (podcast with transcript)

"You have the right to remain silent.” Because of TV shows and movies, most people probably know at least this part of the Miranda warning. But do people actually understand all of their Miranda rights? Fifty years after the landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona, the ABA Journal's Stephanie Francis Ward speak to Russell Covey of Georgia State University State’s College of Law to find out what people know and don’t know about their rights.

May 23, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

Suh sees LegalZoom’s job as fixing a ‘failed’ legal system 〈podcast〉

"We didn't start out to be disruptive," John Suh, LegalZoom's chief executive officer, tells the ABA Journal's Victor Li. "We were set up to fix a problem. The legal system was broken, and too many people were frozen out of it."

May 18, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

‘Vagrant Nation’ explores the rise and fall of vagrancy laws (podcast)

From the 18th century through the beginning of the 1970s, American officials had an incredibly versatile weapon to use against anyone seen as dangerous to society or as flouting societal norms: vagrancy laws. To be charged with vagrancy did not require an illegal action; vagrancy was a status crime, says…

May 11, 2016 8:15 AM CDT

Technology? ‘It’s here, it’s good—do it,’ Ernie Svenson urges (podcast)

Ernie Svenson--aka well-known blogger Ernie the Attorney--was an early evangelist for what he calls The Paperless Chase. The basic premise: "Anything you can do with paper, you can do more with PDF. Way more."

May 4, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

Want to stop bias in the workplace? Here are some constructive tips (podcast with transcript)

Can you plan to prevent workplace bias before it starts? In some cases yes, says Joan Williams, the founding director of the Center for WorkLife Law at University of California Hastings. The ABA Journal's Stephanie Francis Ward discusses with Williams tips on how to create what she calls “bias interrupters” to head off potential discrimination.

Apr 25, 2016 8:00 AM CDT

Technology is ‘breathtakingly positive,’ says writer Monica Bay (podcast)

A focus on developing communities is a significant part of Monica Bay's writing, and she says that's why she was drawn to legal technology.

Apr 20, 2016 8:00 AM CDT