An interesting podcast from the 2018 ABA Annual Meeting consisting of legal heavyweights Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, former Virginia Solicitor General William Hurd, Wisconsin Solicitor General Misha Tseytlin and Northwestern Law School dean Dan Rodriguez. And me.
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At the ABA Journal, our most popular web post of all time is our “Top 25 Greatest Legal Movies” feature from 2008. I haven’t seen the stats, but apparently, it’s number one by a country mile. Kind of like how The Matrix is, far and away, the best movie in its trilogy or how Alec Baldwin is, without question, the most talented actor in his family.
So, to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of our most popular feature of all time, the lead feature of this month’s issue is an updated look at the list of greatest legal movies. Some movies from the last decade to be included are Spotlight, The Post and Marshall, while movies like Legally Blonde, Primal Fear and Michael Clayton made the cut this time after missing out on the original list. Also, some movies from the original list dropped out, including Philadelphia, Presumed Innocent, Chicago, In the Name of the Father, and the Al Pacino tour-de-force And Justice for All.
All of this got me thinking about a different Pacino legal drama. The Devil’s Advocate (1997) may not be remembered as his greatest film (if we’re being honest, it’s probably not even in the top half of his filmography), but it’s a fun, creative take on lawyers, law firms and the legal profession.
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I was a guest on ABA Journal’s “Modern Law Library” podcast to talk “Nixon in New York.” It was a blast – albeit weird being on the other side of an interview, for once.
#ASBPE regional gold award winner: Civil rights lawyers from the 1960s have lessons for today’s social activists. https://t.co/LHRLCMyvQN via @victorli2000 and @ABAJournal. #azbees pic.twitter.com/yPb5XUOft6
— ABA Journal (@ABAJournal) May 12, 2018
I won a Gold and Silver award at the recent ASBPE Upper Midwest Regional AZBEES Awards. Thanks to my colleagues at ABA Journal for making me look so good!
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Also from ABA Journal: an image gallery (complete with factoids) about several major themes in Nixon in New York.
An excerpt of Nixon in New York that was published in the May issue of ABA Journal. Thanks to my wonderful colleagues at the Journal for running it!
My first ABA Techshow as editor is in the books. I didn’t write anything this time – instead, I was in charge of editing the stories that came in and coordinating our coverage. But, I still managed to get the now–traditional picture of me looking at my laptop and typing away like a madman:
(more…)I got the opportunity to host this month’s episode of “Asked and Answered.” I interviewed attorney and activist Paul Harris about his work stretching back to the 1960s. Harris, one of the radical “movement lawyers” featured in the cover story for the August issue of the ABA Journal, spoke about his work defending high-profile clients like Huey Newton, Leonard McNeil and others.
Here are the stories that came out of my live coverage of the 2017 Avvo Lawyernomics Conference (my fourth such conference – time flies!):
8th annual Lawyernomics conference will encourage attendees to bet on themselves.
Lawyers: Don’t be afraid to double down on data.
When should lawyers bet on themselves? Sometimes clients will give you the answer.
I got to speak with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle for this piece.
“How many stories about AI and law have you seen where there’s a Terminator pic in it?” Fastcase CEO Ed Walters asked during a panel discussion on robot lawyers. Uh, there may have been a few…
Anyway, I recently covered my fourth Techshow for the ABA Journal. Here are the stories that came out of it:
(more…)Recorded before Donald Trump was elected President and Fidel Castro died. Still, it was a fascinating discussion. And it was fun being a guest instead of the interviewer, for once. Thanks again to the folks at Lawyer 2 Lawyer and Legal Talk Network for inviting me!
I really liked the intro the Legal Talk Network folks wrote for this podcast, so I’m just going to quote from it:
For a long time data had shown that law firms generally generated more revenue than accounting firms overall. However, that trend has shifted within the last eight years with accounting firms enjoying greater fiscal success. What changes did the accounting world make that allowed them to surpass legal market revenue? In this report from On The Road, host Victor Li talks with Intuit small business ecosystem evangelist David Leary about the impact that embracing technology, adopting the cloud, and business innovations can have on legal industry earnings.
With robots already driving cars, diagnosing illnesses and, in some cases, performing tasks once reserved for lawyers, do we need a rule of law for robots? Fastcase CEO Ed Walters weighs in…
A fun podcast I did with ROSS Intelligence co-founder Andrew Arruda from the Clio Cloud Conference.
About Me:
- Former Lawyer.
- Current Journalist/Writer/Editor.
- Author of "Nixon in New York: How Wall Street Helped Richard Nixon Win the White House," published in 2018.
- Husband, father and dog-lover.
- Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Manchester United supporter.
- Chicago via Pittsburgh, New York City and several others.