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Yevgen Poltenko on the situation in Ukraine and how people can help the Legal Development Network
Yevgen Poltenko serves as the executive director of the Legal Development Network, an association of community-based non-governmental organizations that promotes people-centered justice in Ukraine. He joins Bob Ambrogi on This Week in Legal Blogging to discuss the organization’s efforts…
Dean Michael Hunter Schwartz on the success of McGeorge Law Today
When University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law launched McGeorge Law Today in September of 2021, it became the first law school to have a LexBlog Syndication Portal. Pulling together blogs, podcasts and more, this Portal is home…
Philip Segal on ethical fact-finding and how he successfully manages two blogs
Philip Segal finds the facts that most lawyers aren’t trained to find and does so with an unwavering commitment to ethics. Along with being the founder of Charles Griffin Intelligence, Segal is the founder of not one, but two…
Megan Baroni on the power of an interdisciplinary blog to cater to a niche clientele
Much like the practice group that runs it, Robinson+Cole’s Manufacturing Law Blog covers the key areas of law relevant to manufacturers and does so in expert fashion. As an environmental lawyer, Megan Baroni brings her expertise from this specific…
Long-time ‘appellate nerd’ Ben Shatz on keeping your passion for blogging alive
Ben Shatz, the Co-Chair of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Appellate Practice Group, has one of the more unique origin stories in legal blogging. His publication, Southern California Appellate News was not an intentional marketing effort on his or his…
Jodi Daniels on the role blogging plays in her content marketing strategy
Through a mix of blogging, podcasting, social media and more, Jodi Daniels has propelled her boutique data privacy consultancy to new heights. As the Founder and CEO of Red Clover Advisors, Daniels has employed a unique and highly effective…
The Marshall Project’s Susan Chira on local journalism and the U.S. justice system
The Marshall Project—named in honor of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall—is a nonprofit news outlet devoted to covering the U.S. criminal justice system. The organization focuses on deep investigative reporting which has earned it two Pulitzer Prizes…
How sports writing influenced Lindsay Brandon’s career path and the work she is doing with Women in Sports Law
Lindsay Brandon says you can credit both blogging and Seattle sports to starting her on her career path in sports law. As a writer she focused much of her effort on covering the intersection of sports, social justice and the…
Eric Fader on his push to launch Rivkin Rounds and how it has paid off for him and his firm
Eric Fader has been blogging since 2012, but when he joined Rivkin Radler in 2018 he needed to prove to his new firm just how effective law blogs are. He told those at the firm if they started a new…