
Clarity
Welcome to Clarity, a podcast powered by the Thomson Reuters Institute. In each episode, we dive deep into a single question from decision-makers and thought leaders from legal, corporate, tax, accounting & audit, and government communities. Grounding the conversation in the Institute’s research and practice leads’ domain expertise, in each episode, we sit down with a special guest or panel of experts from our community of partners, clients, and key leaders in each industry we serve.
Latest episodes

Nov 9, 2022 • 44min
LDO Index shows cost control still occupying the minds of corporate law department leaders
In a new Thomson Reuters Institute Insights podcast, available on the Thomson Reuters Institute channel, we discuss the Thomson Reuters Institute’s Legal Department Operations (LDO) Index, an annual look at the state of affairs within corporate legal departments, and what it says about department leaders’ thinking in the current environment.

Oct 27, 2022 • 20min
Technology & talent are needed to manage the new global trade arena
In this week’s podcast available on the Thomson Reuters Institute channel, we speak to Suzanne Offerman, Senior Product Manager at Thomson Reuters, about Thomson Reuters' inaugural Global Trade Report 2022: Turbulence Tempered with Technology, released in September.

Oct 12, 2022 • 27min
ESG momentum, now under strain, faces changing landscape: Podcast
In this week’s podcast available on the Thomson Reuters Institute channel, Lindsey Rogerson and Henry Engler, editors with Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, speak with Natalie Runyon, director of ESG content for Thomson Reuters Institute, about the newly released SPECIAL REPORT: ESG Under Strain, which digs deep into the current challenges governments and companies are facing on the ESG front.

Sep 28, 2022 • 35min
What’s keeping law firm CFOs up at night? — Podcast
In this week’s podcast available on the Thomson Reuters Institute podcast channel, we speak to Jeff Connor, Chief Financial Officer at McGuireWoods and co-chair of Thomson Reuters’ upcoming 21st Annual COO/CFO Forum, about the tough questions that law firms may be facing in the coming months and years.

Sep 13, 2022 • 24min
Combatting the legal industry’s most common AI misconceptions: Podcast
In this latest Thomson Reuters Institute podcast, we explore what artificial intelligence actually means in the legal industry and how it can be a boon to a law practice.

Aug 31, 2022 • 41min
What meaningful, intentional client feedback programs can do for law firms
In the latest podcast available on the Thomson Reuters Institute channel, we speak with Elizabeth Duffy, Senior Director of Global Client Services at the Thomson Reuters Institute, about law firms' efforts to proactively seek out their clients’ thoughts and attitudes in a formal client feedback program.

Aug 16, 2022 • 27min
Financial institutions having trouble seeing through the fog of Russia sanctions: Podcast
In the latest podcast available on the Thomson Reuters Institute channel, we speak to the Rachel Wolcott and Brett Wolf of Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence and the co-authors of a new white paper about how global financial institutions are managing the evolving sanctions regime against Russia in the wake of its invasion of the Ukraine.

Aug 2, 2022 • 19min
Talent issues & regulatory changes impact how corporate tax departments are managing in post-pandemic environment
In the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights podcast, we discuss what the recent “State of the Corporate Tax Department Report" says about how departments are coping in today’s legal environment.

Jul 19, 2022 • 34min
Midsize law firms confronting talent competition in their own backyard
In the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights podcast, we speak with Shannon Boettjer of Jaspan Schlesinger about the unique talent challenges of smaller law firms.

Jul 6, 2022 • 34min
How law firms can address their legal talent issues in 2022
In the latest Thomson Reuters Institute Market Insights podcast, Thomson Reuters' Jen Dezso discusses the data shedding light on today's legal talent challenges.