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ABA Journal: Legal Rebels

The ABA Journal Legal Rebels Podcast features men and women who are remaking the legal profession and highlights the pioneers who are changing the way law is practiced and setting the standards that will guide the profession in the future.

Aug 19, 2020

Bench trial by video? This lawyer says it went better than expected

Kathy Ehrhart discusses the protocols she helped develop for the trial and talk about how the video proceeds went.

Jul 15, 2020

Legal reform advocates need to more actively engage the public

Paula Littlewood discusses the ongoing lawyer re-regulation efforts across the country and Washington State's pioneering limited license legal technician program.

Jun 17, 2020

BigLaw firm’s legal tech subsidiary has launched a steady stream of COVID-19 tools

Kimball Dean Parker talks about SixFifty and how this tool can help your law firm during COVID-19.

May 13, 2020

How hosting a national pandemic summit aided Nebraska courts with its COVID-19 response

Michael G. Heavican, the chief justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, talks about the National Pandemic Summit that he hosted in May 2019 for court leaders across the country.

Apr 15, 2020

Online estate planning sees surge during coronavirus crisis

Cody Barbo, CEO and co-founder of Trust & Will, talks about why he created the platform and his plans for the future.

Mar 18, 2020

President of the Legal Services Corp. reflects on his tenure

Jim Sandman talks about his accomplishments as President of the Legal Services Corp.

Feb 12, 2020

How 2 Texas lawyers are marketing their practice through song

Will Hutson and Chris Harris talk about how they marketed their practice through singing about legal subjects on YouTube.

Jan 15, 2020

Reinventing the staid field of legal academic writing

Bryan Wilson, editor-in-chief of MIT, discusses their MIT Computational Law Report.

Dec 12, 2019

How one lawyer built a practice by defending a notorious accused hacker

Tor Ekeland of Tor Ekeland Law in New York discusses how to mind a statue and build a legal practice.

Nov 13, 2019

Diversity in the legal tech community

Kristen Sonday discusses what it means to be a female co-founder, questions why she didn't notice more female and minority founders, and wonders if legal tech has a diversity problem.

Oct 16, 2019

Criminal justice experts hope tech can more easily help people expunge prior convictions and arrests

Colleen Chien and Sarah Lageson talk about their research into the modern trials and tribulations of expungement, sealing and criminal records.

Sep 18, 2019

Exploring new frontiers in research for the legal industry

Bob Ambrogi and Andrew Arruda talk about how new technology and artificial intelligence can help legal research.

Aug 14, 2019

How experiential learning became the norm

The past 10 years have brought a sea change to legal education, says Legal Rebel Rodney Smolla.

Jul 17, 2019

What’s your brand? Max Miller has some thoughts

Max Miller give his thoughts on how to be a 'thought leader' without having to brand it on your Linkedin page.

Jun 12, 2019

Avvo founder Mark Britton unwinds as he thinks about next step

Mark Britton, founder of Avvo, gives listeners a dive into the company and talks about what his next steps will be while he's taking a break.

May 15, 2019

David Van Zandt has made a career out of touching third rails in higher ed

Whether grappling with political issues of the day or an oppositional faculty, David Van Zandt has continually forged ahead for the changes he believes in.

Apr 17, 2019

Nonprofit law pioneer applauds ‘low bono’ growth

Luz Herrera talks about how a low-bono practice can enable a lawyer to balance the desire to help people with making a living.

Mar 13, 2019

Jeff Carr continues his fight against billable hours

Jeff Carr talks about why he came out of retirement, and how his principle of the Three Es calculated the value of legal services to clients.

Feb 13, 2019

Leading advocate for diversity in legal industry hasn’t seen much progress in 10 years

Emery Harlan, co-founder of the National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms, talks about how little has changed for diversity in the profession.

Jan 16, 2019

Beating the drum for change

Ralph Baxter talks about his days with Legal rebels, where his profession has been and where he thinks it’s headed.

Dec 12, 2018

Young lawyers can be technophobes too

Monica Goyal talks about new legal technology and why young lawyers nowadays aren't trying to experiment with it as much as we thought they would.

Nov 14, 2018

Make room for chatbots at your firm, LawDroid founder says

Tom Martin talks about his business, LawDroid, and how Chatbots have a place in a law office because they can handle busy work that eats up precious time in a lawyer’s day.

Oct 17, 2018

Could 80 percent of cases be resolved through online dispute resolution?

Colin Rule talks about the possibilities–and pitfalls–for online dispute resolution technology.

Sep 12, 2018

Legal writing pro is helping teach AI to draft contracts

Ken Adams talks about LegalSifter, a system that addresses the fact that many customers are doing the same tasks when dealing with contracts.

Aug 15, 2018

Legal services innovator moves on to app development

Nicole Bradick discusses identifying something that's not working in a law firm and the importance of investing the energy to fix it.

Jul 18, 2018

Entrepreneur Amy Porter’s theme is finding what lawyers need

Amy Porter on her experience founding the online payment platform AffiniPay and how she drew on her experience as a college athlete.

Jun 13, 2018

Tech is not the only answer to legal aid issues, Joyce Raby says

Joyce Raby doesn't believe technology is the saving grace for the justice ecosystem, but she continues to work with technology at the Florida Justice Technology Center.

May 16, 2018

From paper to digital documents, Judge Andrew Peck traveled (and set) the discovery trail

In this episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast, Peck discusses his career and the technological changes he experienced with the ABA Journal’s Victor Li.

Apr 4, 2018

Outgoing Adobe GC witnessed changes that digitization, globalization wrought

Mike Dillon discusses how digitization and globalization affected the operation and practice of a general counsel’s office.

Mar 14, 2018

Longtime legal tech leader Richard Granat finds a new challenge

Richard Granat speaks about his experience as an older entrepreneur and how his age is a benefit, not a detraction.

Feb 14, 2018

Mary Juetten hopes legal software can help improve access-to-justice problems

Mary E. Juetten talks about Evolve Law and other legal technologies that are improving access-to-justice problems.

Jan 10, 2018

Robert Litt has been out front on online threats for decades

In this episode of the ABA Journal's Legal Rebels, host Jason Tashea talks to Robert Litt about the online threats that have been facing the U.S. since the creation of the internet.

Dec 13, 2017

Trailblazer with a nonlawyer past brings the present and future to law firms

Adriana Linares talks about her job helping lawyers identify tools and services that will help with their practice management.

Nov 8, 2017

Robert Ambrogi’s blog points lawyers to tech’s opportunities

Bob Ambrogi recounts his unorthodox path towards legal journalism, as well as where he sees the legal industry heading.

Oct 11, 2017

Bruce MacEwen diagnoses and prescribes for law practice ills

Bruce MacEwen discusses how he diagnoses the structural illnesses of law firms.

Sep 13, 2017

John Tredennick of Catalyst took the lead in the ‘80s to bring tech to his law firm

John Tredennick, the first to add "chief information officer" to his title, talks about how he earned respect and used it to make a difference.

Aug 16, 2017

From C-Suite-Type Post to Legal Service Founder, Mills Has Always Been a Leader.

Neota Logic co-founder Michael Mills talks about helping law firms and lawyers design their own tools.

Jul 12, 2017

Susskind sees ‘rosy future’ for law—if it embraces technology

Richard Susskind discusses his next book which focuses on technology in the courtroom.

Jun 14, 2017

Paul Lippe’s ‘new normal’ was always about innovation

In this episode of the ABA Journal's Legal Rebel's Podcast, host Terry Carter talks to Paul Lippe about his experience with legal innovation.

May 10, 2017

Lisa Solomon found the time was right for her career in online legal research

Hear about legal research from someone who loves it in this legal podcast.

Apr 12, 2017

Justia’s Stacy Stern finds real profit in making things free

Stacy Stern, a 2017 Legal Rebel Trailblazer, talks about making basic law free and available to one and all, while still turning a profit for Justia.

Apr 6, 2017

Catching up with Legal Rebel Stacy Stern of Justia

Stern, one of the co-founders of Findlaw, talks here about the expansion of Justia, which champions free law for all in the United States and Mexico.

Apr 6, 2017

Catching up with Legal Rebels Shantelle Argyle and Daniel Spencer of Open Legal Services

Legal Rebels Shantelle Argyle and Daniel Spencer talk about Open Legal Services, a not-for-profit law firm they founded in Salt Lake City in 2014.

Mar 29, 2017

Catching up with Legal Rebel Sarah Glassmeyer of the ABA’s Center for Innovation

In this special ABA TECHSHOW episode of the ABA Journal’s Legal Rebels Podcast, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Sarah Glassmeyer.

Mar 29, 2017

Catching up with Legal Rebel Sam Glover of Lawyerist

Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Sam Glover, founder of Lawyerist, a one-time blog turned robust legal information site.

Mar 29, 2017

Catching up with Legal Rebel Nicole Black of MyCase

At ABA TECHSHOW this year, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebel Nicole Black.

Mar 29, 2017

Catching up with Legal Rebels Ed Walters of Fastcase and Kevin O’Keefe of Lexblog

This year at ABA TECHSHOW, Molly McDonough catches up with Legal Rebels Ed Walters and Kevin O’Keefe.

Mar 8, 2017

CodeX co-founder caught the entrepreneurial bug at Stanford

Legal Rebels Trailblazer Roland Vogl, CodeX co-founder, talks about his love of the entrepreneurial ethos of Stanford Law's home base of Silicon Valley.

Feb 8, 2017

Lawyerist founder Sam Glover reports anecdata from the legal community

The website Lawyerist founder Sam Glover talks about getting attorneys information they want.

Jan 11, 2017

Judge Dixon stays on to keep bringing tech to courts

At 69, Legal Rebels Trailblazer Judge Herbert Dixon is still proselytizing about high tech in courthouses and courtrooms.

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Victor Li

Victor Li is the legal affairs writer for the ABA Journal. Previously he was a reporter for...

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