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In Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 43: Tell Stories to Connect, Inform & InspireEffective leaders tell the right stories in the right way. Karen Eber, author of The Perfect Story: How to Tell Stories That Inform, Influence, and Inspire, explains how to capitalize on the brain’s five factory settings to tell stories that harness emotion to make decisions, build trust, and develop consensus around ideas, strategy, and organizational culture.
Karen Eber is CEO and Chief Storyteller of Eber Leadership Group and has helped organizations like GE, Deloitte, and HP create healthy, empathic, and curious leaders, teams, and cultures through intentional storytelling. Karen is an award-winning author, global consultant, and keynote speaker. She ha...2025-02-0529 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 42: How to Quickly Solve Problems & Lead ChangeIn Move Fast & Fix Things, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss explain why speed is important to organizational change and offer a five-step approach for leaders to identify and prioritize the appropriate problems to address, implement the best solutions to those problems, and maintain focus on the success and well-being of their organization’s employees and stakeholders.
Together Frei and Morriss co-host Fixable, a TED podcast focused on discussing actionable solutions to real-world problems. They are also co-authors of the bestselling books Uncommon Service and Unleashed and have been recognized by Thinkers50 as among the world’s most influential business thinkers.2024-12-0429 min
Term TalkTerm Talk: United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons; Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.Bankruptcy. Non-uniformity. Non-debtor Release. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to not reimburse claimants for bounded non-uniformities in Hammons as well as the Court’s rejection of the release of claims against third-party non-debtors without claimant consent in Purdue Pharma.
Participants. Tara Grove, Vinson and Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas Austin, School of Law; Melissa Jacoby, Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and Beth Wiggins, Director of Research at the Federal Judicial Center.2024-12-0225 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons; Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.Bankruptcy. Non-uniformity. Non-debtor Release. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to not reimburse claimants for bounded non-uniformities in Hammons as well as the Court’s rejection of the release of claims against third-party non-debtors without claimant consent in Purdue Pharma.
Participants. Tara Grove, Vinson and Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas Austin, School of Law; Melissa Jacoby, Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Law, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and Beth Wiggins, Director of Research at the Federal Judicial Center.2024-12-0224 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Smith v. Arizona; Diaz v. United StatesCriminal Law. Sixth Amendment. Expert Testimony. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s guidelines for determining when reports prepared by analysts are testimonial in Smith v. Arizona, and in Diaz v. United States, the limitations of FRE 704(b) on expert testimony about the defendant’s mental when an essential element of the charge.
Participants. Laurie Levenson, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-11-2114 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Smith v. Arizona; Diaz v. United States2024-11-2113 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Erlinger v. United States; Pulsifer v. United StatesCriminal Law. Fifth and Sixth Amendments. First Step Act. ACCA. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s determination in Erlinger v. United States that the existence of a prior offense is a jury question, and the requirements for safety-valve relief under the First Step Act in Pulsifer v. United States.
Participants. Laurie Levenson, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-11-2118 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Erlinger v. United States; Pulsifer v. United StatesCriminal Law. Fifth and Sixth Amendments. First Step Act. ACCA. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s determination in Erlinger v. United States that the existence of a prior offense is a jury question, and the requirements for safety-valve relief under the First Step Act in Pulsifer v. United States.
Participants. Laurie Levenson, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-11-2117 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson; McElrath v. GeorgiaCriminal Law. Eighth Amendment. Fifth Amendment. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of status and conduct in the context of ordinances that punish sleeping in public in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, and the absolute bar to retrial of acquittals, even when there are inconsistent verdicts, in McElrath v. Georgia.
Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-11-2113 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson; McElrath v. GeorgiaCriminal Law. Eighth Amendment. Fifth Amendment. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of status and conduct in the context of ordinances that punish sleeping in public in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, and the absolute bar to retrial of acquittals, even when there are inconsistent verdicts, in McElrath v. Georgia.
Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-11-2114 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Chiaverini v. City of NapoleonCriminal Law. Malicious-prosecution. § 1983. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s determination that probable cause for one charge does not insulate other charges from a §1983 malicious-prosecution claim.
Participants. Laurie Levenson, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.
The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions.2024-11-2110 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Chiaverini v. City of NapoleonCriminal Law. Malicious-prosecution. § 1983. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s determination that probable cause for one charge does not insulate other charges from a §1983 malicious-prosecution claim.
Participants. Laurie Levenson, David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-11-2109 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Fischer v. United States; Snyder v. United StatesCriminal Law. Statutory Interpretation. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as applied to January 6 defendants in Fischer v. United States, and whether the amended federal bribery statute continues to criminalize gratuities in Snyder v. United States.
Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-10-0314 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Fischer v. United States; Snyder v. United StatesCriminal Law. Statutory Interpretation. Experts discuss the Court’s interpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act as applied to January 6 defendants in Fischer v. United States, and whether the amended federal bribery statute continues to criminalize gratuities in Snyder v. United States.
Participants. Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola Law School; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, UC Law, San Francisco; and Francesca Williams, Executive Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-10-0315 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Alexander v. S.C. State Conference of NAACP; Robinson v. CallaisVoting. Redistricting. Experts discuss how courts should determine if race or party affiliation predominates in a legislature’s redistricting in Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP, and the uncertainty surrounding application of the Purcell principle in Robinson v. Callais.
Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, University of California Law, San Francisco; and Hamid Khan, Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-10-0314 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: Alexander v. S.C. State Conference of NAACP; Robinson v. CallaisVoting. Redistricting. Experts discuss how courts should determine if race or party affiliation predominates in a legislature’s redistricting in Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP, and the uncertainty surrounding application of the Purcell principle in Robinson v. Callais.
Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Evan Lee, Emeritus Professor, University of California Law, San Francisco; and Hamid Khan, Judicial Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-10-0313 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 41: Curiosity Can Transform Your LeadershipResearch shows that heart-centered curiosity differs from intellectual curiosity and leads to a better understanding of ourselves and others, and to happier and more productive organizations. Scott Shigeoka’s book Seek: How Curiosity Can Transform Your Life and Change the World, based on his work at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, provides strategies for developing curiosity and explains why it is important to do so.
Scott has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California Berkeley, and currently teaches courses on innovative design at the University of Texas at Austin.2024-10-0229 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: United States v. Rahimi; Garland v. CargillSecond Amendment. National Firearms Act. Experts discuss the Court’s continued development of the history and tradition standard of analysis in the context of the Second Amendment, and how the abandonment of the Chevron Doctrine impacted the interpretation of the National Firearms Act.
Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Tara Grove, Vinson and Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin, School of Law; and Hamid Khan, Judicial and Legal Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-09-2617 minTerm TalkTerm Talk: United States v. Rahimi; Garland v. CargillSecond Amendment. National Firearms Act. Experts discuss the Court’s continued development of the history and tradition standard of analysis in the context of the Second Amendment, and how the abandonment of the Chevron Doctrine impacted the interpretation of the National Firearms Act.
Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; Tara Grove, Vinson and Elkins Chair in Law, University of Texas at Austin, School of Law; and Hamid Khan, Judicial and Legal Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.2024-09-2618 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 40: The Value of Intelligent FailureProfessor and author Amy Edmondson’s recent research says that intelligent failures in organizations help us adapt, improve and innovate – as individuals and teams. Leaders who recognize, value and even celebrate failures for the learning opportunities they present, encourage organizational innovation and improvement.
Dr. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and the author of The Fearless Organization and several books on Teaming. She was ranked first in 2021 and 2023 on the biennial Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers. Her research explores organizational, team and individual behavior, psychological safety, collaboration, innovation, and learning and lead...2024-08-0730 min
Management Matters with James-Christian BlockwoodLessons from the Recent FJC and Academy Report with Judge James Baker and Roger KodatIn this episode, we welcome Judge James Baker, Former Chief Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and Academy Fellow, and Academy Senior Project Director Roger Kodat, to discuss the key takeaways and lessons learned from a report with the FJC that researched best workplace practices across the Judiciary. LinksRead the recent report here. Support the Podcast Today at:donate@napawash.org or 202-347-3190Music Credits: Sea Breeze by Vlad Gluschenko | https://soundcloud.com/vgl9Music promoted by https://www...2024-07-2241 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 39: Trust and Relationships: The Science May Surprise YouDr. Peter H. Kim, researcher in the field of trust and author of How Trust Works: The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken and Repaired, shares surprising evidence-based insights about trust and trust violations. He describes how efforts to repair trust, such as apologies, can be ineffective or even harm relationships.
Dr. Peter H. Kim is a professor of management and organization at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and is a recipient of numerous international and international awards. His research has been published in a number of scholarly journals, and featured in The New Yo...2024-06-0527 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 38: How Office Design Can Improve Wellbeing, ProductivityEsther Sternberg, author of Well at Work: Creating Wellbeing in Any Workspace, shares research on how our work environments impact our health and productivity. Dr. Sternberg provides guidance to leaders on how to integrate the seven domains of health into workspace design, fostering healthier employees who are more focused, productive and happier to be at the office.
Dr. Sternberg is a professor of medicine, psychology, planning and landscape architecture, and nutritional sciences and wellness at the University of Arizona. She has served as an advisor to the World Health Organization and the Vatican; in the U.S. she has advised...2024-04-0329 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryBONUS Off Paper Podcast: Episode 25 - Finding Happiness in Your Life and WorkHelene Creager (C.D. Cal.), informed by her time as central California’s Critical Incident Stress Management Team, shares not only what officers need to know about the science behind mindfulness, compassion, self-compassion, and positive neuroplasticity, but how to incorporate them into our daily lives as well. Drawing upon her twenty-three years as a U.S. Probation officer, including as a founding member of the National Wellness Working Group, Creager makes the case that intentional self-care is crucial in creating satisfying personal and professional lives.2024-04-0354 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 37: Why Microstress MattersKaren Dillon, co-author with Rob Cross of The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems and What to Do about It, describes their discovery of the little noticed day-to-day stressors causing significant impact on even the highest performing employees, and how failing to address them can lead to burnout. Karen Dillon is a contributing editor at Harvard Business Review and coauthor of three books with Clayton Christensen, including the New York Times bestseller, How Will You Measure Your Life?2024-02-0730 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 36: Gather with PurposeToday on In Session: Leading the Judiciary, Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering, shares a purpose-driven and people-centered approach for designing meaningful, and memorable meetings that people want to attend. Parker is a facilitator and strategic advisor trained in the field of conflict resolution and has spent 20 years guiding leaders and groups through difficult conversations about community, identity, and vision. She studied organizational design at M.I.T., public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and political and social thought at the University of Virginia.2023-12-0629 min
Get ConnectedFJC, An NYC Based Foundation of Philanthropic FundsWhen we think of contributing to a cause we care about…often, that means writing a check. The generosity of donors keeps non-profits alive. But behind the scenes, what’s the best use of those resources? Our guest is Sam Marks, CEO of FJC, a foundation offering donor advised funds to amplify the work and passion of donors and non-profifts. For more, visit FJC.org.2023-11-0614 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 35: Focus on What Matters by Subtracting What Doesn’tLeidy Klotz, author of Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less, shares how subtracting before adding can create better outcomes, especially when we are clear about what we want to accomplish. Klotz’s innovative research shows how subtracting doesn’t necessarily mean doing less; rather it’s an important first step for individuals and organizations that want to improve processes and solve problems.
In addition to several research articles, Leidy’s work has appeared in the journals Nature and Science and been featured on NPR’s Hidden Brain podcast. He is an interdisciplinary professor of engineering, architecture, and business at the University...2023-10-0426 min
Off PaperOff Paper – Episode 25: Finding Happiness in Your Life and WorkHelene Creager (C.D. Cal.), informed by her time as central California’s Critical Incident Stress Management Team, shares not only what officers need to know about the science behind mindfulness, compassion, self-compassion, and positive neuroplasticity, but how to incorporate them into our daily lives as well. Drawing upon her twenty-three years as a U.S. Probation officer, including as a founding member of the National Wellness Working Group, Creager makes the case that intentional self-care is crucial in creating satisfying personal and professional lives.2023-09-0654 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 34: Thinking Better to Lead BetterWoo-kyoung Ahn, professor of psychology at Yale University and author of Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better, discusses how our brains are hard-wired to make quick decisions in order to keep us safe. These cognitive shortcuts can lead to misguided decision-making and stifled innovation in the short-term while costing us time, energy and money in the long run.
Ahn received Yale’s Lex Hixon Prize for teaching excellence in the social sciences in 2022, and her research was funded by the National Institutes of Health. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Sc...2023-08-0231 minOff PaperOff Paper – Episode 24: An Extraordinary and Compelling Compassionate Release StoryDani Hourani served twenty-eight years of a mandatory life sentence before being granted compassionate release on the basis of “extraordinary and compelling reasons” under the First Step Act. Dani is now Director of Community Development for Team Wellness Center, a provider of social and health care services to the Detroit area’s low-income community, including wrap-around services for returning citizens. We hear Dani’s story through his voice and those of his case’s lead prosecutor, the sentencing judge, Dani’s defense attorney, and the chief U.S. probation officer and intensive supervision probation officer specialist who supervised him after his release...2023-06-0843 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 33: Leading Outcomes, Others & Ourselves in Remote or Hybrid WorkplacesIn remote or hybrid workplaces, leaders must be more intentional about building relationships that engender commitment, rather than just compliance, and focus more on accomplishment rather than just employee activity. This episode explores how to do that with organizational expert Kevin Eikenberry.
Kevin Eikenberry is founder and Chief Potential Officer of the Kevin Eikenberry Group and co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute. He has improved the communication, leadership, learning, teams and teamwork of organizations worldwide for over twenty-five years. Kevin’s been named one of Inc.com’s Top 100 Experts Worldwide in Leadership and Management and is the author of seve...2023-06-0729 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 32: What Matters About GenerationsToday on In Session: Leading the Judiciary, we talk with public policy expert Bobby Duffy about his book The Generation Myth: Why When You’re Born Matters Less Than You Think. Duffy discusses what’s real and not-so-real about differences among generations. Stereotypes like “Baby Boomers hate technology” and “Millennials are lazy” not only lack support but can be dangerous: creating division and distracting from real issues. Duffy argues that to understand how different generations shape society, it’s essential to consider the political, economic, and cultural contexts impacting everyone, and the lifecycle changes common to all generations.
Bobby Duffy is professor o...2023-04-0532 minIn Session: Leading the JudiciaryEpisode 31: Finding Your Inner Warrior and Leading CourageouslyIn this episode, we explore how leaders can find their inner warrior and lead with courage. D.J. Vanas, author of The Warrior Within: Own Your Power to Serve, Fight, Protect, and Heal, explains that being a warrior is not about steely-eyed individual toughness. Rather, it is about practicing aggressive self-care, openness, and collaboration so that you’re emotionally, mentally, and physically prepared to serve and support your “tribe.”
D.J. is a former U.S. Air Force officer and a member of the Ottawa Tribe of Michigan. He has inspired thousands of public sector and Fortune 500 company leaders to find c...2023-02-0132 min