Modern Law Library
Legal Talk Network
Discover books and stories that explore the law in new and surprising ways through eye-opening conversations with their authors. Whether it’s fiction or non-fiction that you seek, Modern Law Library features today’s top legal authors and delves into legal theories, historical events, true crime, and law-inspired storytelling. Join Lee Rawles twice a month as she opens up a new legal publication on Modern Law Library, a Lisagor Award-winning podcast.
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Apr 7, 2021 • 33min
Increasing revenue while cutting down on billable hours? 'AI for Lawyers' says it's possible
Can artificial intelligence increase firms' revenue while cutting down on billable hours? The authors of AI for Lawyers say it's possible.
Mar 24, 2021 • 46min
'Watergate Girl' give an inside look at special prosecution team that brought down Nixon
In 'Watergate Girl,' Jill Wine-Banks battles obstruction and the era's sexism to bring Nixon and cronies to justice.
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.
