The coronavirus crisis has created turmoil for legal education and bar admissions, as law schools have shut down their campuses and states have put off bar exams. One proposal, advocated by Jennifer L. Mnookin, dean of UCLA Law School, and Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley Law School, in The National
LawNext: The 10 Most Popular Episodes of April 2020
Here are the episodes of my LawNext podcast that got the most listens during April.
This reflects episode downloads only during April, not for all time.
1. Legal Futurist Richard Susskind on Coronavirus, Courts and the Legal Profession.
2. David Lat on His Brink-of-Death Battle with COVID-19.
3. Managing Legal Matters with Microsoft Teams.
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LawNext Episode 72: Managing Legal Matters with Microsoft Teams
As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced legal professionals to work remotely, many are scrambling to find the best tools and technology to help them manage their legal matters and continue to closely collaborate with their colleagues. While many law firms already use Microsoft Office 365, fewer are as familiar with its core collaboration tool,
LawNext Episode 70: David Lat on His Brink-of-Death Battle with COVID-19
David Lat defied the popular conception of who should be hit with a serious case of COVID-19. Just 44 years old, a two-time marathoner, with a young family and a successful career as a legal recruiter and journalist, and best known as the founder of the blog Above the Law, he did not fit
LawNext Episode 69: Using Tech to Manage COVID-19 Legal Issues in Australia
In Australia, as elsewhere, COVID-19 is creating a surge in the demand for legal help, especially among low-income individuals, as people face job losses, evictions, bankruptcy, domestic violence, and end-of-life issues. Further complicating the situation there is that parts of the country are still recovering from the bush fires that only recently were extinguished.
With
The Geek in Review Ep. 73 – Heidi Gardner and Brian Stearns: Remote Collaboration from Tools to Psychology
Heidi Gardner, Distinguished Fellow and Lecturer at Harvard Law School, and Brian Stearns, Chief Commercial Officer at Workstorm, talk with us about collaboration when most of us are under a shelter-in-place order. There are definitely tools to make it easier to collaborate remotely, but there is a process that must be evaluated
Introducing My New ‘Mini’ Legal Technology News Podcast
On the off chance you do not already have enough podcasts to follow, I am launching another — but I promise we will keep each episode short.
Legaltech Week is a weekly round-up and review of news in legal technology and innovation. Episodes will be short — 15 minutes or less — and we are
LawNext Episode 68: Litera CEO Avaneesh Marwaha on Growth During A Crisis
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic scrambled any sense of business as usual last week, the document-automation company Litera seemed to stay a step ahead, becoming one of the first major legal technology companies to take steps to continue operations, quickly pivoting to develop a lite version of its deal-management platform to offer for free
LawNext Episode 67: Clio CEO Jack Newton on His Company’s $1M COVID-19 Relief Fund
On Monday, March 23, the practice management company Clio announced that it was committing $1 million to a disaster relief fund to help the legal community successfully navigate the challenges and hurdles brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We want to ensure lawyers are set up to succeed as well as ensuring their their clients