Personal Jurisdiction
Hallie Ritzu, Allison Freedman
When you look up “Personal Jurisdiction” in Black’s Law Dictionary, it directs you to the entry for “Jurisdiction.” We won’t do that to you. We’re here because there’s not enough good information available for law students and new attorneys to make informed choices about their careers.
Join co-hosts Allison Freedman and Hallie Ritzu as we talk to a variety of people within the first 10ish years of practice to hear about their journeys to fulfilling careers and the advice they have for getting there. From government to start-ups; politics to academia; in-house to legal aid—we’ll get the scoop on what it’s really like to work in different areas of the law, so you can chart your own course for success.
Join co-hosts Allison Freedman and Hallie Ritzu as we talk to a variety of people within the first 10ish years of practice to hear about their journeys to fulfilling careers and the advice they have for getting there. From government to start-ups; politics to academia; in-house to legal aid—we’ll get the scoop on what it’s really like to work in different areas of the law, so you can chart your own course for success.
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Oct 12, 2021 • 1h 11min
Let's Get Personal with Alissa Lietzow, Executive Director of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services
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
Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack! 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 new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here. Our previous 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
Oct 5, 2021 • 1h 8min
Let's Get Personal with My Khanh Ngo, Staff Attorney at the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
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
Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack! 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 new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here. Our previous 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
Sep 28, 2021 • 1h 11min
Let's Get Personal with Anna Fodor, Assistant Dean of Students at Marquette University Law School
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.
Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack! 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 new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here. Our previous 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
Sep 21, 2021 • 49min
Let's Get Personal with Sumbul Siddiqui, Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
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.
Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack! 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 new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here. Our previous 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
Sep 14, 2021 • 1h 4min
Let's Get Personal with Allison Freedman and Hallie Ritzu, Creators and Co-Hosts of Personal Jurisdiction
Link to the University of Michigan Law School's Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic where Allison is a Clinical Fellow: https://michigan.law.umich.edu/academics/experiential-learning/clinics/civil-criminal-litigation-clinic 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 https://www.personaljxpod.com and on Twitter @PersonalJxPod
Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack! 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 new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here. Our previous 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
Jul 30, 2021 • 2min
Let's Define Personal Jurisdiction
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.
Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substack! 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 new logo/branding was designed by Ellie Mejia, a graphic designer and illustrator located in Chicago, Illinois. Check out Ellie's work here. Our previous 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
