ABA Journal: Asked and Answered Podcast
1) So Long and Farewell: Asked and Answered’s host is stepping down
After 13 years and 170 episodes, Asked and Answered host Stephanie Francis Ward is hanging up her headphones and switching off her mic. Asked and Answered, the ABA Journal’s first and longest-running ...Show More
2) Interested in trying AI to write? It's as easy as opening a document
When lawyers hear the term "LLM," their first thought may go to a master of law degree that a person earns after law school. However, the acronym also stands for “large language model,” which is techn...Show More
3) Investigations of federal judges are rare and should happen more, former clerk says
After almost 40 years on the bench, Judge Pauline Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sued her chief, two judge colleagues and the Federal Circuit Judicial Council, followi...Show More
Investigations of federal judges are rare and should happen more, former clerk says
30:37 | Aug 28th, 2023
4) First quarter of 2023 had some of highest activist shareholder activity ever, say equity investor counsel
As stories of some CEOs' outrageous behaviors continue, the amount of activist shareholder activities keeps growing, say Kenneth Mantel and Megan Reda, partners at Olshan Frome Wolosky in New York. Th...Show More
5) Attorney for Lawrence v. Texas reflects on LGBTQ rights on 20th anniversary
Winning a 2003 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case expanded a gay lawyer's Supreme Court practice, he says, and looking back, it's his favorite case. Because Paul M. Smith was the editor-in-chief of the ...Show More
Attorney for Lawrence v. Texas reflects on LGBTQ rights on 20th anniversary
34:47 | Jun 26th, 2023
6) The NextGen bar exam includes an expansion of skills testing, so how will candidates study?
With the current exam, candidates have a 90% chance of passing, if they follow the advice of their law schools’ academic support staff. When the National Conference of Bar Examiners launches a revampe...Show More
7) Through overseas currency exchanges, California deputy DA helps online romance scam victims get their money back
In the criminal justice world, pig butchering refers to bacon—but not literally. Instead, it’s a term used to describe scamming someone online out of all their money through promises of romance and cr...Show More
8) Many young people arrested for Chicago carjackings have been exposed to violence daily, lawyer and pastor says
As rises in Chicago carjackings continue to increase fear among many residents, Cliff Nellis, an attorney and pastor who founded the Lawndale Christian Legal Center, says his nonprofit group represent...Show More
9) Family law gave this lawyer some ideas about what clients really want
Jessica Bednarz has spent much of her career representing people, researching access-to-justice issues and using that knowledge to try to find better ways to deliver legal services. That includes usin...Show More
10) After seeing attitude shifts about opiate addiction, MDL lawyer targets Facebook
In the 35 years that Jayne Conroy has been a lawyer, she’s spent the entire time in private practice doing civil litigation and has tried more than 70 cases. Conroy’s work includes leading some of the...Show More
After seeing attitude shifts about opiate addiction, MDL lawyer targets Facebook
46:25 | Jan 30th, 2023