Personal Jurisdiction

Dan Sharpe is a Patent Attorney and DEI Professional at Bookoff McAndrews in Washington, D.C. Dan is a graduate of Princeton University (2007) and the University of Virginia School of Law (2012). Connect with Dan on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-sharpe-922b389/If you'd like to learn more about implicit bias, Harvard's Implicit Association Test is a good starting point and is used by many law school clinicians.  https://edib.harvard.edu/implicit-association-test-iat. In addition, the American Bar Association has helpful resources based on Harvard's IAT. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/initiatives/task-force-implicit-bias/implicit-bias-test/Dan recommends the following article as well:  https://www.vox.com/2014/4/21/5637068/reviewers-will-find-more-spelling-errors-in-your-writing-if-they 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

Tom Kayes is a graduate of Pomona College (2007) and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (2013). He is a solo practitioner and owner of the Law Office of Thomas R. Kayes where he practices civil rights litigation. Check out Tom's firm here: https://www.kayes.lawFollow Tom on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/kayes_tom?s=20 And on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kayes-7644557/ Tom recommends the following book: Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits! by Greg Crabtree. Check it out here: https://simplenumbers.me/the-books/  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

Jordan Matthews is currently Of Counsel at the law firm of Jones Day in Chicago. She is a graduate of Yale University (2006) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (2009). Jordan was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois from September 2014 - March 2021. Here's some history on Chicago's iconic Merchandise Mart: https://www.themart.com/about/history-and-future/  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

Courtney Francik is a graduate of Harvard College (2011) and the George Washington University Law School (2015). She is currently an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Baltimore, Maryland. On the state side, Courtney was an Assistant Public Defender first in the Law Office of the Shelby County Public Defender in Memphis, Tennessee from 2015-2018, and later in the Maryland Office of the Public Defender from 2018-2019. As a student at GW Law, Courtney worked in the Neighborhood Policy and Law Clinic. Learn more about GW Law's clinics here: https://www.law.gwu.edu/clinics Courtney discussed the cash bail system. Learn more about this important topic below:Adureh Onyekwere, Brennan Center for Justic, How Cash Bail Works, https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/how-cash-bail-works (last accessed 10/29/2021).Lea Hunter, Center for American Progress, "What You Need to Know About Ending Cash Bail" available here: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/criminal-justice/reports/2020/03/16/481543/ending-cash-bail/ (last accessed 10/29/2021).We're sure that you can tell that Courtney was a very prepared podcast guest. Preparation is key to everything! Below are a few articles about the importance of preparation:Farnam Street, "How to Do Great Things" - "When someone repeatedly does great things it is because they prepared in advance to advance to recognize, work on, and fill in the blanks when necessary. This is the essence of intelligent preparation." - https://fs.blog/great-things/ Herbet Lui, Fast Company, "Your Brain is on Overload. This is How to Augment Your Intellectual Capacity." https://www.fastcompany.com/90661984/your-brain-is-on-overload-this-is-how-to-augment-your-intellectual-capacity?utm_source=pocket_mylistWe're still a fan of paper To Do lists but we also love the app ToDoist. It's simple and functional. Check it out here: Https://www.todoist.com Our Theme Song is: Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur Logos were designed by Lizzie L. O’Connor. 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

Leslie Kuhn-Thayer is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Law School. During law school, Leslie worked with the Wisconsin Innocence Project. Learn more about the Wisconsin Innocence Project here: https://law.wisc.edu/fjr/clinicals/ip/ Leslie served as a judicial law clerk directly out of law school and again several years later when she became a career clerk. Learn more about clerking here: https://media.law.wisc.edu/m/nmjkn/judicialclerkshiphandbook_000.pdfAnd here: https://abaforlawstudents.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/FederalLawClerks.pdfLeslie currently serves as Pro Bono Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago. Learn more about Sidley's commitment to pro bono here: https://www.sidley.com/en/us/probonolanding/    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 that the content in this podcast reflects Amy Chapple's opinions only and not the opinions of AbbVie. Amy Chapple is U.S. Commercial Brand Counsel at AbbVie in Deerfield, Illinois. She is a 2014 graduate of University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and a 2007 graduate of Loyola University of Chicago. We tried some new things in this episode with Amy. Let us know what you think! We'd LOVE to hear from you. Email us at personaljxpod@gmail.com or tweet at us @personaljxpod Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with SimpleCast. Find us online at www.personaljxpod.com and on Twitter @PersonalJxPod  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

Alissa Lietzow is a 2007 graduate of the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina and a 2010 graduate of the Charleston School of Law. She is the Executive Director of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services.Visit Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services online at https://charlestonprobono.orgCharleston Pro Bono is also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/charlestonprobono/ Visit the Charleston School of Law here: https://charlestonlaw.edu Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with SimpleCast. Find us online at www.personaljxpod.com and on Twitter @PersonalJxPod  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

My Khanh Ngo is a 2017 graduate of Yale Law School and a 2013 graduate of Yale University (B.A. Political Science, International Studies). Check out the Appellate Project - https://theappellateproject.org/ - a resource for students of color interested in appellate work.During Due Diligence, we discussed the concept of saying no and how it can be helpful (and some even argue, essential) to success. Learn more about this perspective in the following articles: "You can do anything, but you can’t do everything." Fascinating study from Farnam Street: https://fs.blog/2011/09/steve-jobs-saying-no/And another along the same lines - Saying No to the Non-Essential: https://fs.blog/2018/03/speed-velocity/ Warren Buffett: "Really Successful People Say No to Almost Everything" - https://medium.com/accelerated-intelligence/warren-buffett-really-successful-people-say-no-to-almost-everything-ab78832ffebc?utm_source=pocket_mylistThoughts on the good that can come from quitting something from NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/style/quit-job.html?referringSource=articleShare&utm_source=pocket_mylistAnd this interesting take on Cold Calling Emails from Morning Brew: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2020/07/15/not-suck-cold-emailing?utm_source=pocket_mylistOur Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor.Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with SimpleCast. Find us online at www.personaljxpod.com and on Twitter @PersonalJxPod  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

During this episode, Anna discussed research she has done regarding law student happiness. She provided a couple of articles for our listeners. Check them out here:Kennon M. Sheldon and Lawrence S. Krieger, Understanding the Negative Effects of Legal Education on Law Students: A Longitudinal Test of Self-Determination Theory, available at https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2007_SheldonKrieger_PSPB.pdfKennon M. Sheldon and Lawrence S. Krieger, What Makes Lawyers Happy?: A Data- Driven Prescription to Redefine Professional Success, available at https://www.gwlr.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/83-Geo-Wash-L-Rev-554.pdfMarquette University Law School: https://law.marquette.edu/Anna Fodor at Marquette University Law School: https://law.marquette.edu/faculty-and-staff-directory/detail/6126061Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com and on Twitter @PersonalJxPod Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur logos were designed by Lizzie L. O'Connor. Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with SimpleCast.  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

Sumbul Siddiqui is the Mayor of the City of Cambridge Massachusetts. She is a 2014 graduate of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a 2010 graduate of Brown University.Mayor Siddiqui's City of Cambridge website: https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/citycouncil/citycouncilmembers/sumbulsiddiquiMayor Siddiqui's reelection website: https://www.votesumbul.comFollow Mayor Siddiqui on Twitter: @MayorSiddiquiCheck out information about Cambridge's Guaranteed Income Pilot Here: https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/mayorsoffice/News/2021/04/guaranteedincomepilotinitiativeIf you want to learn more about what the Mayor and Vice Mayor do on the day-to-day, check out "Women are Here" - Mayor Siddiqui's podcast with Cambridge's Vice-Mayor, Alanna Mallon - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/women-are-here/id1341060679Mayor Siddiqui participated in Emerge Massachusetts, an organization that works "[t]o increase the number of Democratic women leaders from diverse backgrounds in public office through recruitment, training, and providing a powerful network." Find out more here: https://ma.emergeamerica.org. Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com and on Twitter @PersonalJxPod Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod.Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridgeLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseOur logos were designed by Lizzie Lorek.Personal Jurisdiction is powered and distributed with SimpleCast.   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