Podcast: Advice for finding summer jobs for first-year law students

March 3, 2020

JD SUPRA — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have ex-BigLaw recruiter Sadie Jones back with us to talk about the process of finding a 1L summer job in the spring.

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Podcast: Stanford Law professor Deborah L. Rhode discusses legal ethics

March 2, 2020

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — On today’s Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Craig Williams is joined by Deborah L. Rhode, the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law and the director of the Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford Law School, and Scott Cummings, the Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics and professor of law at UCLA School of Law, as they explore

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Podcast: Balancing law school and military service

February 5, 2020

JD SUPRA — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we have special guest Steven Arango with us — a Marine officer and lawyer — to talk about how he combined his military career with the law, as well as offer some useful tips on getting a clerkship and being published.

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Podcast: A look at the first issue of the MIT Computational Law Report

January 28, 2020

ABA JOURNAL — In spring 2019, MIT announced the MIT Computational Law Report, which according to its website, “is an agile, new media online publication that explores the ways that law and legal processes can be re-imagined and engineered as computational systems.” Of course, MIT does not have a law school. However, according to Bryan Wilson, editor-in-chief

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Podcast: Advice on the getting the most out of admitted student events

January 28, 2020

SPIVEY CONSULTING GROUP — In this podcast, Spivey Consulting Founding Partner Mike Spivey talks about why law schools have admitted student programs, what you can expect from them, what you can expect from others at the event, and how to make the most of the visit.

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Podcast: Northwestern Law professor Dan Rodriguez discusses the future of legal innovation and legal education

January 21, 2020

LEGAL TALK NETWORK — They discuss Dan Rodriguez’s work within the legal education sphere, including his drive towards innovation and his efforts to facilitate connections between legal education and the broader legal community before turning the conversation more broadly to the future of legal innovation, the need for regulatory changes, improving access to justice, the

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Podcast: A look at legal innovation through design thinking

January 21, 2020

FUTURE LAW PODCAST — Dan Hunter chats with University of Manchester students, Cian Heeley, Mandeep Hayer and Wunmi Akanji who were lucky enough to spend two weeks working with the geniuses at DWF on a legal design/innovation project with a very well-known sporting club in Manchester. Inspiring insights into the way that this sort of program changes

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Podcast: Tips for law students on a successful second semester

January 21, 2020

JD SUPRA — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re talking about formulating a new action plan for the second semester if things didn’t go your way in the first semester.

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WMU-Cooley Law librarian Tim Innes launches legal history podcast

January 21, 2020

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY COOLEY LAW SCHOOL — WMU-Cooley’s Head of Public Services at its Auburn Hills campus library, Tim Innes, recently launched a new podcast that traces the history of American law from its most ancient roots to the present day. Innes’ “The American Legal History Podcast,” dives into the evolution of American law, beginning with

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Podcast: Technology advancements help law schools prepare students for legal profession

December 18, 2019

LEGAL TALK NETWORK — The “practice-ready” law school model is oft-discussed and rarely implemented, but maybe technology will finally force law schools to focus on teaching practical skills

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