On the Road with Legal Talk Network

The legal industry is often guilty of siloing itself, and, thereby, neglects to consider how its service delivery could be measured in comparison to adjacent industries. Host Joe Patrice talks with Jack Newton and Kimberly Bennett about the importance of analyzing other industries’ approaches to business to strengthen your law firm and provide a better customer experience.  Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law.  Jack Newton is the CEO and co-founder of Clio. Kimberly Bennett is the Co-Founder of Fidu, a client experience platform for delivering subscription legal services.

Following the NCBP Virtual Midyear Meeting, Carl Smallwood hosts Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack and attorney Stephen Younger in a conversation highlighting their individual views on the justice gap, current regulatory innovations, and whether recent changes preserve the core values of the legal profession. Carl Smallwood is NCBP Past President and Executive Council member, and director of the Divided Community Project at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack joined the Michigan Supreme Court in January 2013, and became Chief Justice in January 2019. Stephen Younger is a partner at Foley Hoag LLP in New York City.

Good decisions help lead us where we want to go, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to make the best determination when faced with a choice. Patrick Palace talks to Nika Kabiri at the NCBP Virtual Midyear Meeting about the scientific research behind decision-making processes and how bar leaders can implement this multi-disciplinary knowledge to optimize choices and experience successful leadership.  Patrick Palace is NCBP Program Committee member and past Executive Council member, and managing owner at Palace Law. Nika Kabiri is founder and owner at Kabiri Consulting. 

Storytelling is a powerful tool for building influence and trust. Joe Sullivan talks with Ann Marie Houghtailing and Laura Fink about their talk at the NCBP Virtual Midyear Meeting and its takeaways for bar leaders on leveraging personal stories to forge authentic connections with others.  Joe Sullivan is NCBP President-Elect and Executive Council Member, and a partner at Davis, Hatley, Haffeman, & Tighe, P.C.  Ann marie Houghtailing is co-founder and CEO at Story Imprinting.  Laura Fink is founder and CEO at Rebelle Communications.

Promoting lawyer wellness is critical to the future of the profession, and bar associations are uniquely positioned to affect culture change within their communities. From the NCBP Virtual Midyear Meeting, Robin Wolpert hosts Bree Buchanan and Chris Newbold to discuss what bar leaders can do to support wellness efforts and help legal professionals prioritize both physical and mental health. As Board members for the Institute for Well-Being in the Law (IWIL), they also offer that IWIL can assist bar organizations -- free of charge -- to set up their wellness programs. Robin Wolpert, JD, PhD is NCBP Treasurer and Executive Council member, Institute for Well-Being in Law Treasurer, and an attorney at Sapientia Law Group in Minneapolis. Bree Buchanan is board president and acting executive director at the Institute for Well-Being in Law.  Chris Newbold is executive vice president at ALPS Lawyers Malpractice Insurance. 

What do you do when your company grows from a two-person startup into a billion dollar enterprise, operating internationally with a workforce over 500? You invest in the dreams of others... that’s what! Tune in to hear how Clio is investing in promising early-stage companies with diverse founders from its VP of Corporate Development Shubham Datta.

Grow your firm and make more money! Hear what every law firm should know about the legal profession’s changes during the last two years. Clio’s Chief Operating Officer George Psiharis stops by to share what they learned putting together their annual Legal Trends Report. This free report can help dramatically boost your profits. Tune in to hear how!

Hosted by Juan Thomas (former National Bar Association President), this episode features an in-depth conversation with future American Bar Association President Reginald Turner. Together they discuss the value of mentors, his vision for leadership, and the importance for young lawyers to get involved with the ABA.

The Pandemic forced the legal profession to innovate and modernize its operations. With minds now open to change, this is the perfect time to implement much needed adjustments to help close the access-to-justice gap. This episode features host Patrick Palace (past Washington State Bar Association President) interviewing Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack from the Michigan Supreme Court. Together they discuss how the legal profession is not meeting the needs of the public, current drivers for change, and programs out there delivering results.

Utah Supreme Court Justice Constandinos "Deno" Himonas updates us on the regulatory changes aimed at closing the access-to-justice gap nation-wide. Hosted by Thomas Rombach (former State Bar of Michigan President) and Joe Sullivan (former State Bar of Montana President), this episode delves into sandbox programs, non-lawyer ownership of law firms, and new advertising rules as well as the process for change in the legal profession.