Lawyerist Podcast
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The Lawyerist Podcast is your ultimate guide to building, managing, and growing a successful small or medium-sized law firm. Tailored for lawyers and attorneys who aspire to thrive in today’s fast-paced legal landscape, this podcast delivers actionable advice, proven strategies, and cutting-edge insights to help you run a modern law firm with confidence.Whether you're a solo attorney starting your practice, managing a growing firm, or looking to optimize your operations, The Lawyerist Podcast provides the tools you need. From mastering law firm marketing, streamlining workflows with legal technology, and improving client relationships to building sustainable firm culture, we cover everything that matters to entrepreneurial lawyers.Hosted by industry leaders and packed with interviews featuring top legal professionals, tech innovators, and law firm management experts, each episode dives deep into topics like law firm profitability, automation, time management, and future trends in legal services.If you’re searching for practical advice on how to run a law firm, grow your legal business, and stay ahead of the curve, The Lawyerist Podcast is the resource you’ve been waiting for. Subscribe now to elevate your practice and build the law firm of your dreams.
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May 23, 2018 • 41min
#173: Using Trello in a Law Practice, Jordan Couch
In this episode with Jordan Couch, we talk about how he uses Trello in his law firm. Jordan walks us through what his workflow used to look like without Trello, what it looks like now, and how he balances his workflow using Trello and a host of other tools, like Clio.
May 16, 2018 • 40min
#172: Law Firm Profile: MyVirtual.Lawyer, with Brooke Moore
In this episode, Brooke Moore gives us a snapshot of her client-centric, virtual law firm. Brooke discusses how she uses automation, the approach she uses to make improvements, and how she measures success with her business model. We also mention a previous podcast episode with Josie Beets, which you listen to here.
May 9, 2018 • 43min
#171: A Law Firm Website Audit Checklist, with Karin Conroy
In this episode with Karin Conroy, we talk about the key factors in making your website both functional and effective. From SEO, design, and content tips—this podcast covers everything you need to conduct your very own website audit. We also talk about various website and SEO tools, including Moz.com for SEO tracking, gtmetrix.com to monitor and improve your website's page speed, a WordPress Security Plugin called iThemes Security, a responsiveness checker called the Mobile-Friendly Test by Google, webaim.org to check your website's accessibilty, a Hubspot resource page to learn more about Inbound Marketing, Lawyerist's Best Websites page to check out the law firm websites we think are doing it right, and lastly—our Website Design Guide to help kickstart your audit.
May 2, 2018 • 45min
#170: What's Stopping Lawyers From Addressing Challenges, with Natalie Kelly
In this episode with Natalie Kelly, we discuss some of the roadblocks that are stopping lawyers from addressing challenges in their firms. We also talk about some of the technology solutions that exist, and why some lawyers are hesitant to use those technologies.
Apr 25, 2018 • 59min
#169: A Recipe for Affordable Legal Services, with Patrick Palace
In this episode, we're joined by Patrick Palace to talk about how we—as a profession—can help make legal services affordable to all consumers.
Apr 18, 2018 • 23min
#168: A New Direction for Lawyerist, with Stephanie Everett
In this episode with Stephanie Everett, our Community Director, we talk about the big picture of what we [Lawyerist] are trying to do, how the various pieces like the Scorecard, Insider, and Lab fit in, and what the one-year road map looks like for Lab members.
Apr 11, 2018 • 34min
#167: 4 Law Firm Improvements, with Lori Gonzalez
In this episode, we talk with Lori Gonzalez about how to improve your law firm with the simplest of legal technology tools. We cover Lori's approach to using documentation processes, mailing resources, password managers, and different communication channels to boost productivity and efficiency.
Apr 4, 2018 • 41min
#166: Conspiracy and Resilience, with Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday joins us this week to talk about the big takeaways for lawyers from the Gawker-Hulk Hogan lawsuit and how lawyers can learn resilience from modern stoicism.
Mar 28, 2018 • 44min
#165: Designing New Criminal Defense Options, with Jennifer Gerstenzang
This week Jennifer Gerstenzang joins us to talk about her innovative legal coaching and family advocacy services. Surrounded by stellar criminal defense attorneys as a child, Jennifer has always respected and understood the value of personal freedom and the Constitution's protections. After her time at the San Diego Public Defender's Office, where she worked with people struggling to navigate the criminal justice system, she opened her own boutique criminal defense firm, Gerstenzang Law, in Encinitas, CA.
Mar 21, 2018 • 41min
#164: Ethically Problematic Marketing Strategies, with Megan Zavieh
This week, Megan Zavieh joins us to discuss the byzantine advertising rules imposed on lawyers. Plus, we also talk about her new chatbot and podcast, Lawyers Gone Ethical. Megan is a lawyer for lawyers—she represents California attorneys facing ethics investigations and prosecutions. She also writes, speaks, and now hosts a podcast on legal ethics issues, as well as advises lawyers who want to incorporate into their practice new methods of delivering legal services.
