Personal Jurisdiction

Learn more about Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres here: https://crokefairchild.comJessica Fairchild focuses her practice on corporate and mergers and acquisitions matters, where she counsels founders, private equity sponsors, family enterprises and corporations. She earned her B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from the University of Chicago School of Law. Prior to founding CFDB in 2019, Jessica started her legal career as an associate in the corporate group at Sidley in Chicago. After Sidley, Jessica was General Counsel for the Chicago 2016 Bid for the Olympics. From there, she founded her own business and transactional practice that she led for nearly 10 years. At CFDB, Jessica is a founding partner and co-chair of the management committee. Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn. Drew Beres also focuses his practice on corporate matters. Drew started his legal career in the corporate groups at Mayer Brown and Kirkland & Ellis. Drew earned his B.A. from the University of Michigan, his Masters of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and his J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. For the last 3 years, Drew has been a member of the Illinois Finance Authority.  At CFDB, Drew is a founding partner and managing partner. Connect with Drew on LinkedIn. Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less

Dan Sharpe is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager at Foley & Lardner LLP in Washington, D.C.  Dan is a graduate of Princeton University (2007) and the University of Virginia School of Law (2012). This episode was a LinkedIn Live event in July 2023. Check out the video here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hallieritzu_personal-jurisdiction-live-with-dan-sharpe-activity-7084562659232133120-p5vz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopDan was a guest on Season 1 - listen to that excellent episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/personal-jurisdiction/id1579070172?i=1000543486155 AND Check out this great conversation with Dan on Foley's The Path & The Practice podcast hosted by Alexis Robertson: https://www.foley.com/en/insights/publications/2022/09/podcast-episode-93-dan-sharpe-manager-diversityDuring this discussion, we talk to Dan about:What it's like to be a DEI Manager at a large law firm; Advice for law students going into on-campus interviewing season; How law firm associates can be allies and support their colleagues in promoting a culture of DEI; What law firm partners can do to promote a culture of DEI from the top down; and Thoughts on whether SCOTUS’s decision overturning affirmative action in higher education could open a path for challenges to corporate DEI efforts and so, so much more. Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodConnect with Dan Sharpe on LinkedIn. Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less

We loved this discussion so much that we made it a Season 4 episode! What were the Top 5 Lessons we've learned? See below:1️⃣ "Nobody's life is perfect." - LinkedIn profiles and resumes tell a story but they don't tell the whole story - we all have successes, failures, setbacks, and personal problems that impact the decisions we make about our careers.2️⃣ "There is no yellow brick road." - Your first job might not be your dream job. Your dream job may be different than what you imagined in law school. 3️⃣ "Embrace change." - It's okay to switch jobs. It's okay to pursue a new area of the law long after you graduate from law school. You don't need decades of experience to be able to try something new. 4️⃣ "You shouldn't do it alone." - Mentoring, networking, and friendships make all the difference in finding new opportunities, dealing with difficult work environments, and feeling connected to a professional community.5️⃣ "What does success mean to you?" - Our favorite question on Personal Jurisdiction! This quote from Anna Quindlen sums it up perfectly: "I am successful on my own terms. Because if your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but it does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all." Watch the FULL VIDEO from this episode here: https://riverside.fm/dashboard/editor/preview/4073c93b-f6af-4132-aba8-Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodConnect with MC on LinkedIn.Follow the Portia Project on Linkedin too!Check out the Portia Project website for information and video from each episode. Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license    Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less

Karla Johnson is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Kinship Caregiver Law Project at the New York City-based civil legal services organization, Mobilization for Justice (MFJ). She has spent the last 3 years representing grandparents, siblings, aunts/uncles and fictive kin in custody, guardianship, and foster care cases. She also represents clients in special immigrant juvenile and adoption matters. Prior to her work in kinship care, she practiced in MFJ's special education law group for about 6 years. Karla is a 2006 graduate of Smith College where she earned her BA in psychology. Karla earned her Master of Public Health in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Michigan School of Public Health in 2014 along with her JD from the University of Michigan Law School that same year. Karla is a 2016 Shriver Center on Poverty Law Racial Justice Institute Fellow. Post-fellowship, she also helped spearhead diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within MJF.Connect with Karla on LinkedInFind us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our episodes are edited by Tony Anderson at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Thank you, Tony! :) Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less

**Please note, as an episode touching on First Amendment Law, we use a couple of phrases that include profanity. Sara Coulter is a First Amendment Fellow in the Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic. Prior to her clinical teaching role, Sara worked in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office as an Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust and Major Litigation groups.Sara is a 2014 graduate of Valparaiso University and a 2017 graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Connect with Sara on LinkedIn.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletter.Find us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our episodes are edited by Tony Anderson at the University of New Mexico School of Law. Thank you, Tony! :) Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license  Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less

Class Action with Katie Phang isan immersive 12 part documentary podcast series about the next generation of lawyers, heard through the voices of law students competing in mock trial tournaments around the country.​ You can listen to Class Action on iHeart, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen! Adria Kimbrough is the Student Recruiting Manager in the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Previously, Adria was a Pre-Law Advisor at Dillard University in New Orleans and served as one of the University’s Mock Trial Team coaches. Professor Kimbrough is a graduate of Talledega College and the University of Cincinnati College of Law.Laura Rose is an Associate Professor of Law and the Heidepriem Trial Advocacy Fellow at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law. Professor Rose is a graduate of Stetson University and Stetson University College of Law. A.J. Bellido de Luna is the Assistant Dean for Advocacy Programs and Hardy Service Professor of Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. He teaches Trial Advocacy and Arbitration and directs the law school’s Advocacy Program National Team. A.J. is a graduate of University of Maryland School of Law and Johns Hopkins University.Learn more about and listen to Class Action with Katie Phang by visiting the Class Action website. You can also follow Class Action on Instagram.Class Action with Katie Phang is a production of Sound Argument and iHeartMedia. Thank you to producers Lisa Gray and Kevin Huffman for pitching this collaboration to us! Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less

Rachel Easter is Senior  Counsel and Director of Federal Abortion Policy Initiatives at the National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C., She has spent the entirety of her legal career at the National Women's Law Center, starting out as a Women's Law and Public Policy Fellow and working her way up to Senior Counsel. Rachel is a 2014 graduate of Stanford Law School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Virginia.For more information about the distinction between the reproductive rights movement and the reproductive justice movement that Rachel discussed, please check out this article by Danielle M. Pacia at the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard. Connect with Rachel on LinkedIn. Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less

Are you interested in giving the LawView, LifeView, and Journey Mapping exercises a try? Head on over to our website to check out each of the exercises for yourself! Bridgette Carr is a Clinical Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Michigan Law School. She is also the founding director of the Law School’s Human Trafficking Clinic, the first clinical law program solely devoted to addressing this issue comprehensively. Bridgette is also a first generation college graduate who wasn’t sure law school was for her. She didn’t so a journal or apply for a clerkship, and instead spent her spare time during law school working at a local legal aid office and an asylum shelter. Despite now being an expert on human trafficking, Bridgette hadn’t heard of human trafficking work until after she graduated from law school.  Vivek Sankaran is also a Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He directs both the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic, through which law students represent children and parents in trials and appellate proceedings. He is also a father of three boys, he loves coaching youth sports, and he is learning to play the guitar. Connect with Bridgette on Twitter and on LinkedInConnect with Vivek on Twitter and on LinkedInLearn more about the Finding a Fulfilling Life in the Law Course designed and taught by Bridgette and Vivek at University of Michigan Law School. The course asks students to consider what they want out of life after law school and how they can create that life. The course applies innovative principles of problem solving to the concept of designing your life in and beyond law school. Bridgette and Vivek also recently launched an exciting new business—LawLifeProf Coaching—to help lawyers in practice build a toolbox for a fulfilling life. Learn more about Bridgette and Vivek's LawLifeProfs coaching business. Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less

Jeena Cho is a Legal Mindfulness Consultant and Coach. Prior to becoming a fulltime mindfulness coach in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeena was an Assistant State Attorney at the Hillsborough County State Attorney's Office and a longtime partner at JC Law Group PC, where she practiced bankruptcy law in California. Jeena is co-author of The Anxious Lawyer - an 8 Week Guide to a Joyful and Satisfying Law Practice. She also frequently contributes to publications such as Forbes, Bloombreg BNA, and Above the Law, where she shares her views, perspective, and tips on mindfulness, meditation, and so much more. Jenna graduated from the University of Buffalo in 2000 and the University of Buffalo School of Law in 2003.Connect with Jeena on LinkedIn.Follow Jeena on Twitter.Learn more about and purchase your copy of The Anxious Lawyer: An 8-Week Guide to a Happier, Saner Law Practice Using Meditation by Jeena Cho and Karen Gifford.Try Jeena's meditation that we shared with you in the Due Diligence portion of the Episode HERE. Learn more about Jeena Cho, her work and how she may be able to help you and/or your organization develop a mindfulness practice by checking out Jeena's website.  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Personal Jurisdiction is edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less

Noah Nix is a third year law student at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia. Currently, Noah is serving as a legal intern in the Appellate & Trial Groups at the office of the Federal Public Defender for the Districts of Colorado and Wyoming. He is based in the Denver, Colorado office. Noah will graduate from law school in spring 2023.During his time at the University of Georgia School of Law, Noah has argued in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as part of the Appellate Litigation Clinic at UGA Law. After law school, Noah will serve as a law clerk on the Colorado Supreme Court and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Noah is a graduate of Fordham University where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree and where he was a Division 1 athlete. Connect with Noah on LinkedIn.Follow Noah on Twitter.Noah mentioned a few books during our discussion - Check them out below:Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan StevensonThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Half American by Matthew F. DelmontFind us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodPersonal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. Our logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Personal Jurisdiction is edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Thank you to our sponsor, Themis Bar Review! Listen to this episode for a special code to get the lowest price of the year on the February and July 2026 Themis Bar Review Course.Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.comFind us on LinkedIn on our new page and subscribe to our LinkedIn newsletterFind us on Twitter @PersonalJxPodWe couldn't do this alone! So...Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with Simplecast. We use Riverside.FM to record our episodes. Our episodes are edited by Scott Donnell at Run and Drum Media https://www.runanddrummedia.comOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Show Less