ABA Journal: Modern Law Library
Legal Talk NetworkListen to the ABA Journal Podcast for analysis and discussion of the latest legal issues and trends the first Monday of each month. Also hear discussions with authors for The Modern Law Library books podcast series.
What today’s rainmakers do differently
May 21 • 51m
Our favorite pop culture picks in 2024
Dec 18, 2024 • 36m
Horse-loving lawyer left the law to help run a Colorado ranch
Dec 4, 2024 • 35m
What went wrong–and right–with 10 famous trials
Nov 25, 2024 • 41m
Meet the sheriffs who believe they are ‘The Highest Law in the Land’
Oct 24, 2024 • 43m
'Company' is the perfect short story collection for spooky season
Oct 9, 2024 • 44m
The Supreme Court is a liberal body–when it comes to legal writing
Sep 25, 2024 • 40m
Legal thriller author David Ellis's day job? Appellate court justice
Aug 29, 2024 • 49m
How to strike up conversations that build your book of business
May 29, 2024 • 48m
When states’ rights and healthcare access clash
May 15, 2024 • 49m
Users keepers: Pirates, zombies and adverse possession
Apr 10, 2024 • 32m
James Patterson dishes on his new legal thriller, ‘The #1 Lawyer’
Mar 20, 2024 • 37m
'When Rape Goes Viral' looks at why cases like Steubenville happen
Mar 6, 2024 • 1h 5m
NY law prof is calling on ‘Lawyer Nation’ to reform
Feb 28, 2024 • 52m
'Police & the Empire City' explores race and the origins of the NYPD
Feb 14, 2024 • 47m
Yale Law's Owen Fiss talks about threats to democracy and 'Why We Vote'
Jan 31, 2024 • 40m
How to plan your post-law life
Dec 20, 2023 • 45m
Our favorite pop culture picks in 2023
Dec 6, 2023 • 37m
Transform your negotiations with a win-win-win mindset, says author
Oct 11, 2023 • 44m
Tales of 3 generations of Black women intertwine to form 'Memphis'
Sep 27, 2023 • 31m
Complex litigation judge has 50 ideas to simplify the courts
Sep 6, 2023 • 37m
Summer reading and back-to-law-school tips
Aug 23, 2023 • 39m
Trial lawyer’s tales include wins, losses and international intrigue
Aug 9, 2023 • 40m
Is family court too flawed to be fixed?
Jul 26, 2023 • 54m
End of the Cold War launched new efforts to build the rule of law
May 10, 2023 • 34m
Why NYT v. Sullivan mattered in 1964 and is under attack today
Mar 29, 2023 • 42m
In ‘Her Honor,’ trailblazing women judges take center stage
Mar 8, 2023 • 43m
In ‘Myth America,’ historians challenge misinformation about our past
Feb 22, 2023 • 32m
Bestselling author relished collaboration for 'Heat' follow-up
Feb 8, 2023 • 32m
Lawyer digs into big data for new legal thriller 'Code 6'
Jan 4, 2023 • 28m
This lawyer tackled lifelong anxiety to free herself from 'The Box'
Dec 21, 2022 • 40m
Our favorite pop culture picks in 2022
Dec 8, 2022 • 39m
How do you calculate damages in injury trials?
Oct 26, 2022 • 46m
Sick of meetings that go off the rails? Robert’s Rules of Order can help
Aug 24, 2022 • 51m
Summer Pop Culture Picks and What Else We Lost When Roe was Overturned
Aug 10, 2022 • 47m
Authors of '50 Lessons for Happy Lawyers' share some top tips
Jun 29, 2022 • 41m
Do you have what it takes to break into esports?
Jun 8, 2022 • 44m
Wiretapping's origins might surprise you
May 11, 2022 • 43m
How–and why–Kazakhstan gave up its Soviet-era nuclear weapons
Apr 20, 2022 • 51m
'No Equal Justice' shares George Crockett Jr.'s civil rights legacy
Mar 30, 2022 • 51m
Tough decision to make? Here’s how to break it down like a lawyer
Feb 23, 2022 • 38m
Outcomes in state supreme courts aren't as simple as Blue vs. Red
Jan 12, 2022 • 44m
Our favorite pop culture picks in 2021
Dec 8, 2021 • 30m
How to market your legal services to Hispanic clients
Sep 22, 2021 • 35m
How LinkedIn can help lawyers develop and market their brands
Aug 25, 2021 • 43m
Do we need to rethink how we handle classified leaks?
Jul 7, 2021 • 36m
Summer reading and a book coming to the silver screen
Jun 23, 2021 • 25m
Little-known labor history is illuminated in union attorney's new book
May 26, 2021 • 32m
Are you good in a crisis? There may be a growing practice area for you
May 12, 2021 • 44m
Sen. Mazie Hirono speaks out in 'Heart of Fire'
Apr 21, 2021 • 28m
What can Texas tell us about the rise and fall of the death penalty?
Feb 17, 2021 • 1h 1m
How your firm can use technology to build business and keep clients
Jan 27, 2021 • 32m
Our favorite reads from 2020
Dec 23, 2020 • 39m
Lawyer recounts the life and legacy of the mysterious man behind Pilates
Nov 25, 2020 • 37m
Having a hard time connecting with your witness? Try these tips
Nov 11, 2020 • 40m
Knowing when to tell your client 'no,' and other ethical dilemmas
Oct 21, 2020 • 31m
The case for separating Church and State
Sep 23, 2020 • 22m
'Demagogue' tells the story of Sen. Joseph McCarthy's rise and fall
Sep 9, 2020 • 48m
How well-meaning social reforms created 'Prison by Any Other Name'
Jul 22, 2020 • 48m
How feminism worsened mass incarceration–and how it can stop
Jul 15, 2020 • 1h 0m
What does police abolition look like?
Jun 24, 2020 • 25m
What's lost when jury trials vanish?
Jun 10, 2020 • 47m
Insider's guide to succeeding in law school
May 6, 2020 • 36m
Develop your horse sense with equine law
Apr 8, 2020 • 22m
What should you read about COVID-19? We asked an epidemiologist
Mar 25, 2020 • 25m
How to achieve vocal power in and out of the courtroom
Mar 11, 2020 • 36m
Two families connected by LA riots collide in 'Your House Will Pay
Feb 26, 2020 • 33m
How safe is your right to vote?
Feb 5, 2020 • 37m
How to kick off 2020 with more productive business meetings
Jan 8, 2020 • 23m
Our favorite reads of 2019
Dec 18, 2019 • 33m
What goes on in the mind of a sentencing judge?
Dec 4, 2019 • 27m
The Education of Brett Kavanaugh
Nov 27, 2019 • 33m
How to master the jury selection process
Nov 6, 2019 • 43m
Fighting for 9/11's first responders
Oct 30, 2019 • 32m
Debut novelist's tale of Sri Lankan refugees wins the Harper Lee Prize
Aug 28, 2019 • 38m
How to train your expert
Aug 7, 2019 • 24m
Founder of The Slants talks about the band's free-speech fight
Jul 24, 2019 • 38m
How the Great Recession changed American law firms
Jul 10, 2019 • 27m
How to become a federal criminal
Jun 19, 2019 • 23m
A curmudgeon's guide to surviving and thriving in BigLaw
Jun 5, 2019 • 18m
Public-Speaking Skills Every Lawyer Should Master
May 22, 2019 • 29m
Why tech tools can hold both promise and peril for policing
Apr 24, 2019 • 34m
Networking for Introverts
Apr 10, 2019 • 36m
A look back at Lizzie Borden
Mar 20, 2019 • 33m
From Columbine to Parkland: How have school shootings changed us?
Feb 20, 2019 • 42m
Building blockchain expertise into a practice area that pays
Feb 11, 2019 • 29m
How introverted lawyers can harness their traits for success
Jan 9, 2019 • 30m
How to avoid burnout and be “The Best Lawyer You Can Be”
Dec 19, 2018 • 27m
3 trial court judges share the tough cases that stuck with them
Dec 5, 2018 • 39m
How this lawyer turned a love for sports into his career
Nov 20, 2018 • 26m
Ken Starr shares his side of the Clinton investigation in 'Contempt'
Nov 7, 2018 • 33m
How to stop worrying and learn to love data-driven law
Oct 24, 2018 • 19m
We need to talk about abortion, says author of 'Scarlet A'
Oct 10, 2018 • 34m
How to be (sort of) happy in law school
Sep 19, 2018 • 27m
Can you become a better lawyer in 5 minutes a day? This author thinks so
Aug 22, 2018 • 16m
What would it mean to impeach a president?
Jul 25, 2018 • 28m
Meet the nominees for the 2018 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
Jun 20, 2018 • 58m
How Anthony Comstock's anti-obscenity crusade changed American law
Jun 6, 2018 • 44m
How can we fight to reduce bias? 6th Circuit judge shares her thoughts
May 10, 2018 • 21m
A stalled elevator leads to love in lawyer's best-selling romance novel
Feb 21, 2018 • 19m
Barbie v. Bratz: What happened when toy titans took each other to court
Dec 20, 2017 • 23m
Merriam-Webster editor shares the 'secret life of dictionaries'
Jul 19, 2017 • 29m
What can neuroscience tell us about crime?
Mar 15, 2017 • 19m
Legal Asylum by Paul Goldstein: A Satiric Look at Legal Academia
Feb 1, 2017 • 20m
Was this lawyer-turned-WWII-spy the basis for James Bond?
Dec 21, 2016 • 19m
What can past presidential history teach us about today?
Nov 16, 2016 • 30m
Freedom isn't the end of the story for exonerees
Aug 17, 2016 • 31m
How a 1980s lynching case helped bring down the Klan
Jul 13, 2016 • 12m
Grammar nerds, meet your Comma Queen
Apr 30, 2015 • 16m
What makes lawyers great romance novelists? (gallery and podcast)
Feb 13, 2014 • 8m
What martial arts training can do for lawyers (podcast)
Jan 23, 2014 • 14m
What were the best legal novels of 2013? (podcast)
Dec 19, 2013 • 13m
The life and lovers of legendary Hollywood lawyer (podcast)
May 13, 2013 • 12m
What if Crim Law was taught by cartoons?
Feb 11, 2013 • 7m
How to practice law in a ‘sharing economy’ (Podcast)
Jan 14, 2013 • 20m
Author Discusses How to Identify and Deal with an ‘Almost Psychopath’
Jun 11, 2012 • 11m
Lack of Online Privacy Rights Is Very Troubling, Says Author
May 29, 2012 • 17m
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