
ABA Journal: Modern Law Library
Listen to the ABA Journal Podcast for analysis and discussion of the latest legal issues and trends the first Monday of each month. Also hear discussions with authors for The Modern Law Library books podcast series.
Latest episodes

Mar 10, 2021 • 34min
Interested in infectious disease litigations? Before you accept a case, read this
A different kind of wave of coronavirus cases will be coming to courts. Here's what you should know before you take a case.

Feb 17, 2021 • 1h 1min
What can Texas tell us about the rise and fall of the death penalty?
In Let The Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty, Maurice Chammah shares how Texas became the country's capital punishment capital.

Feb 3, 2021 • 48min
Why do barristers wear wigs? 'Dress Codes' explores fashion and the law
The rules surrounding what we wear can be unwritten social mores or codified in law. Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History explains why.

Jan 27, 2021 • 33min
How your firm can use technology to build business and keep clients
Most lawyers are cautious about change, but in The Modern Law Firm, Heinan Landa says technology adoption is key to getting and keeping clients.

Jan 13, 2021 • 40min
'White Fright' author discusses historical lynch mobs and the attack on the Capitol
White Fright author Jane Dailey discusses what America's history with lynch mobs can teach us about the attack on the Capitol.

Dec 23, 2020 • 39min
Our favorite reads from 2020
Lee Rawles speaks with editor Victor Li and reporters Lyle Moran, Amanda Robert and Stephanie Francis Ward to find out which books helped them make it through 2020–and what listeners could be adding to their own 2021 reading lists.

Dec 9, 2020 • 38min
Former corporate lawyer draws inspiration from her family for her tireless clemency work
Brittany Barnett shares how formative experience changed her and made her identify strongly with Sharanda Jones, an incarcerated woman Barnett met during law school.

Nov 25, 2020 • 37min
Lawyer recounts the life and legacy of the mysterious man behind Pilates
John Howard Steel tells the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles about the unlikely history of Pilates–both the exercise phenomenon and the man himself.

Nov 11, 2020 • 41min
Having a hard time connecting with your witness? Try these tips
Katherine James explains to the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles how she draws from her background in the theater to advise lawyers. James shares some of her war stories from her many years as a trial consultant and offers advice to listeners about how they can achieve the best outcome for their injured clients.

Oct 21, 2020 • 31min
Knowing when to tell your client 'no,' and other ethical dilemmas
Legal ethics experts Lawrence J. Fox and Susan R. Martyn walk through the Six C’s” of legal ethics and share their advice for what lawyers most need to keep in mind during the COVID-19 pandemic.