I Am The Law Podcast
1) Law Firm to Law Professor: Tenure, Teaching, and Scholarship
Sudha Setty entered legal academia on a path less traveled—without a clerkship or teaching fellowship. While working as a litigation associate at an elite New York City firm, she prepared for the acad...Show More
2) Breaking Up the Business: Conflict, Mediation, and Resolution
Margeaux Thomas is the definition of lawyer meets entrepreneur. She specializes in business partnership disputes, landlord-tenant conflicts, and contract law. In this episode, Margeaux shares her jour...Show More
3) Leading with Vulnerability: From the Courtroom to the Community
Before becoming a judge, Alex Manning served in the military, worked undercover as a cop, and defended people in complex criminal cases. She was also a key spokesperson advocating against the military...Show More
4) Second Chances: Rewriting Life Through Clemency
Today, Venetia Mayhew is one of Oregon’s most well-known clemency and post-conviction lawyers, but her path to the law was anything but typical. She started college at 39 and law school at 43. Her pri...Show More
5) From Clerkship to Private Practice: Research, Writing, and Challenging Assumptions
Alexis Taitel, a commercial litigator and fourth-year associate at a large firm, spent her first two years after law school clerking in federal district court. She explains what a federal clerkship re...Show More
6) Behind the Lease: Supporting Restaurant Expansion Through Real Estate Law
Eric Bernheim works at the intersection of real estate transactions and land use law—two areas that are often siloed but deeply interconnected in his practice. We focus on his commercial real estate p...Show More
7) Why They Chose Law: Family Ties, Media Influence, and Career Purpose
What really draws people to become lawyers? In this special bonus episode, we draw on previously unpublished clips with recent guests. You'll hear from lawyers inspired by family members in the profes...Show More
8) When the Feds Knock: Big Stakes in White-Collar Cases
Jaimie Nawaday is a former federal prosecutor and current white-collar defense and government investigations litigator. In this episode, she reflects on the skills and insights she brought from her ti...Show More
9) Negotiating Stability: The Strategy and Strain of Eviction Defense
In this episode, Ezra Lintner (they/she), a legal aid lawyer in San Francisco, discusses defending evicted tenants in a city on the forefront of a civil right to counsel. The conversation highlights t...Show More
10) Moonlighting into M&A: Tradeoffs in Practice
Mergers, acquisitions, hostile takeovers...if you've ever watched television lawyers arguing on the big screen, you’ll know these terms. For transactional lawyer Stephanie Hurst, these words are part ...Show More