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New Earth lawyerBlanca Leon - Taking the leap into purpose-driven legal work | S2 E7Blanca Leon is a UK based lawyer who offers legal consulting support on commercial matters and solutions, combining purpose and values with plain language drafting and visual design to create clear, collaborative and human centric legal documents. In January 2021, after nearly 10 years, she left a corporate in-house role to explore a holistic approach to practising law.In this episode, we talk about how Blanca came to her decision and made the leap from corporate to purpose-driven, and what her experience has been thus far.Show notes:[2:13] Blanca relates how her involvement i...2022-09-0340 min
New Earth lawyerSylvia Clute - The radically healing power of unitive justice | S2 E6Sylvia Clute is the founder of a revolutionary model of criminal justice, know as unitive justice. A former trial attorney, she has devoted her life to justice – but unlike many she has truly reflected on the meaning of this word - justice. For Sylvia, there are two fundamental models of justice, one grounded in fear that seeks retribution and revenge and one grounded in love that seeks healing and transformation--what she calls "Unitive Justice”. In this episode, Sylvia shares her vision and the work she does in not just formulating the model but bringing it to lif...2022-07-2938 min
New Earth lawyerAriadni Athanassiadis - A conscious reimagining of IP laws | S2 E5We can use laws to nurture our common humanity or create divisions between us. Intellectual property laws offer us a fine example of how we can unite, rather than separate. Ariadni Athanassiadis is a Canadian intellectual property and contracts legal professional practising to support solopreneurs, creatives and small business. Her passion has always been to creatively empower others. Her wisdom path as a professional nomad has guided her to appreciate how our joyful expression in relationship with one another can bring about creative harmonics and generative outcomes for communitiesIn this show, we de...2022-06-2545 min
New Earth lawyerChuck Menahem Kanafi - Mindful ways of addressing legal conflicts | S2 E4Chuck Menahem Kanafi is a values-based, purpose driven lawyer. He specialises in conflict prevention and management and contracts. He is a Certified Mediator and brings an intentional and mindful approach to mediation. He is a Certified Conscious Contracts® practitioner and trainer.We discuss his insights into new ways of addressing conflicts in mediation and through Conscious Contracting® as well as his plans to assist impactful businesses through more compassionate contracts.Show notes[2:17] Chuck describes how transformative mediation works to deliver better solutions than traditional dispute settlement.[8:00] Chuck relates how he came...2022-05-2442 min
New Earth lawyerNigel Clark - New Law models that promote flexibility and freedom | S2 E3Nigel Clark is the CEO of nexa law, an innovative and fast-growing UK-based law business. He is an international lawyer and an expert in New Law business models. He has had a curiosity about legal business structures for many years and managed cross-border legal services businesses in cities from London and Beijing for a large international law firm. Nigel most recently co-founded and managed Peregrine Law in London which was acquired by nexa law in January 2020. In this episode, I pick Nigel's brains on New Law structures and learn more about what nexa law o...2022-04-1641 min
New Earth lawyerMaureen Ngozi Obi-Ezekpazu - The amazing life of a higher consciousness lawyer | S2 E2Maureen Ngozi Obi-Ezekpazu is a barrister with her own chambers in London, England. Her life story shines with love, courage and service. She is no mystic, guru, or sage. She is a practising lawyer who happens to function with higher awareness of her connection to spirit and lives and breathes it in all her dealings. She experienced a harrowing childhood of under-privilege, prejudice and abuse growing up in 1960s England as a child of Nigerian migrants. She overcame all of it and today is a successful civil rights lawyer. Maureen offers holistic legal...2022-03-1548 min
New Earth lawyerEmily Knowles - Leveraging organisational psychology to create impact | S2 E1Emily Knowles is a trained lawyer who practises as an organisational psychologist. One of her favourite perspectives is the interplay between organisational psychology and spirituality. We talk about how the world of work is transforming for everyone. Emily provides helpful tools from the world of organisational psychology to help us navigate our work-lives, deal with the enormous changes in the why, where, how, and when we work, and be more impactful as lawyers. Emily is a Psychologist, Consultant & Researcher at the Human Link in Melbourne, Australia and National Convener of the Buddhism and Psy...2022-02-1239 min
Integrative Lawyers of the WorldGeraldine Johns-Putra, Australia - Integrative Lawyers of the World, Series 2 Episode 1Geraldine Johns-PutraEmail: geraldine@geraldinegrace.com.auHer Law Firm Name: Geraldine GracePodcast: New Earth LawyerLocation: Melbourne, AustraliaBrief Bio:Geraldine Johns-Putra is a corporate lawyer who uses the law to build impactful, human-centered, earth-friendly enterprises and ecosystems. She works with businesses, governing bodies and institutions, and enterprises for happier humans and a healthier planet.From Geraldine Grace website:I am based in Melbourne, Australia.I am an expert in ESG, impact, business & human rights and modern slavery....2022-01-2455 min
New Earth lawyerKatherine Thomas - The freedom and future of independent legal workers | S1 E49Katherine Thomas is the CEO of Free Range Lawyers, a collective of people who believe in the power of distributed and remote working to make lives and businesses better. The business connects freelance lawyers who work outside the office with legal service providers looking to flex their resource.In her role, Katherine has her finger on the pulse of a movement to a different working style, as reflected in the Great Resignation. Katherine provides her informed views on the future of remote and independent working.Show notes[1:46] Katherine explains what Free Range Lawyers o...2021-10-2539 min
New Earth lawyerSarah Dadush - The power of contracts to impact human rights | S1 E47Sarah Dadush is a professor with Rutgers University in the US. She writes and teaches in the areas of business and human rights, consumer law, and social enterprise law. Sarah is a member of the American Bar Association's project to develop Model Contract Clauses for human rights due diligence for business. We discuss how these clauses adopt a revolutionary approach to contracting, one of shared responsibility and collaboration to achieve meaningful change in human rights including modern slavery. ** The ABA's project on Model Contract Clauses for Human Rights Due Diligence can be found here. **S...2021-10-1548 min
New Earth lawyerPaul Knowlton - Partnership Economics - shifting towards mutuality | S1 E45Paul Knowlton is a lawyer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He is Of Counsel with a firm called Stanton Law LLC and is a specialist in IP law.We discuss the book that he has recently co-authored, titled Better Capitalism: Jesus, Adam Smith, Ayn Rand, and MLK Jr. on Moving from Plantation to Partnership Economics.Show notes:[2:19] Paul explains his family background including his mother's Cuban immigrant roots and why he is not anti-capitalist. [5:20] The purpose of Better Capitalism is to get upstream and influence the theology and philosophies of busine...2021-10-0944 min
New Earth lawyerJacqueline Horani - Pathways for young legal changemakers | S1 E43Jacqueline Horani is a lawyer and the founder of Horani Law, PLLC - the law firm think tank hub for the work she does through her ‘Legally Unconventional’ work. Show notes[2:15] Jacqueline discusses her journey from a law student at NYU, learning about the integrative law movement, then going on to join a Legal Aid unit practising impact litigation. [6:26] Law students are ready for alternative pathways to enter into changemaking areas of practice.[8:31] Jacqueline details the rampant corruption she witnessed in the New York Housing Court system. all while her father was su...2021-10-0142 min
New Earth lawyerRhiannon Thomas - Gently guiding clients through the process of planning for end of life | S1 E41Rhiannon Thomas is an attorney, notary, conveyancer and administrator of deceased estates in practice in Cape Town. She is also a values consultant and accredited Conscious Contracts® provider and trainer.Rhiannon founded Milkwood in 2012 with a mission to bring a more expansive, personal and meaningful approach to Antenuptial Contracts, Cohabitation Agreements and Wills through inter-disciplinary collaboration.Rhiannon came to this work knowing from an early point in her career that she was different from other lawyers. Her willingness to do things differently led her to develop a compassionate and holistic approach that serves clients meaningfully. 2021-09-2534 min
New Earth lawyerBernie Hung - Uniquely combining coaching, business and law | S1 E39Bernie Hung is a lawyer and the founder and CEO of Blue Box Rocket. She has a unique approach to serving clients, combining her experience as an IP and technology lawyer, her business acumen from being Asia-Pacific in-house counsel to a top multinational luxury group and her executive coaching skills, backed up by well-regarded courses and certifications. We talk about how through her work she brings out the best in entrepreneurs and CEOs who are driven to make the world a better place. Show notes[1:56] Bernie relates her journey from a lawy...2021-09-1839 min
New Earth lawyerAmar Dhall - The quantum properties of law | S1 E37Amar Dhall is a true polymath. Over the last 15-years Amar’s career has evolved from being an award-winning university lecturer and obtaining a Ph.D. to exploring the intersection between law and quantum mechanics.We talk about his research into the deeper, quantum implications of law and his more recent work in supporting lawyers to understand their trauma responses, to make them better lawyers. Show notes[1:42] Amar explains his pre-law career in property development and management and what motivated him to study law.[6:11] While studying law, Amar had a spiritual epip...2021-09-1138 min
New Earth lawyerAn introduction to integrative law - Special edition | S1 E35This special episode introduces the integrative law movement.The New Earth lawyer podcast features lawyers who are changing the practice of law to change the world. Throughout my podcast, I have interviewed many lawyers who are part of what is known as the integrative law movement. What is the integrative law movement? It's a global movement of lawyers who are motivated to change the world for the better.In this video, I'll explain integrative law in more detail, how it came about, and where you can find integrative lawyers.2021-09-0520 min
New Earth lawyerNicolle Kopping-Pavars - A fertility lawyer speaks about why family matters | S1 E33Nicolle Kopping-Pavars is a family lawyer and fertility law expert based in Toronto, Canada. She is also a trained meditation and mindfulness teacher.We talk about her professional and spiritual journey as she reinvented herself after moving from South Africa to Canada, how she developed her family and fertility law practice and how she is now a guide for her clients as they undergo transformations in their lives and their families.We touch on the meaning of family, why it's so important to all of us, and how valuing and nurturing family is crucial so we...2021-08-2837 min
New Earth lawyerIdara Bassey - Spirituality and the corporation | S1 E31Idara Bassey is a lawyer and expert on lawyer wellbeing. She is an author of Reflections of a Mystical Sistah, a channeled book, and her new book on rethinking the rules of lawyering is due to be published in 2022.We talk about the place of spirituality in the modern corporation, how leaders need to do inner work to lead today's corporations, and how lawyering is changing to meet the growing demands of people who are awakening to their deeper spiritual needs.Show notes[2:18] Idara shares with us how her first book Reflections of a M...2021-08-2038 min
New Earth lawyerPearlette J Ramos - Not all who wander are lost | S1 E29Dr Pearlette J. Ramos is a leader, lawyer, social justice advocate, and writer. She is a world traveller who has expanded herself through travel and now coaches other women to do the same. We talk about her upcoming documentary, Three (Extra)ordinary Women, which will chronicle the journey of three women who have overcome personal tragedy and obstacles to triumph in their lives, while coming together to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.Three (Extra)ordinary Women documentary: https://www.filmindependent.org/programs/fiscal-sponsorship/three-extraordinary-women/***To donate to help make the film a reality, please visit here...2021-08-1343 min
New Earth lawyerChamundai Curran - Laughter is the best remedy | S1 E27Chamundai Curran is the owner of The Laughter Lawyer, a training organisation for wellness, personal effectiveness, relationship building, conflict resolution and coaching and mentoring programs, based on laughter yoga. Chamundai coaches and mentors lawyers and professionals who are interested in spirituality, feel called to look more deeply into life, their purpose, and who seek to be of service to humanity using their unique gifts and talents.We talk about how laughter is a true healer, by lifting a person, placing problems in perspective, enhancing creativity, aiding emotional wellbeing and transmitting positive physiological hormones and oth...2021-08-0837 min
New Earth lawyerKelly McGrath - Restoring lives in the wake of trauma and serious crime | S1 E25Kelly McGrath, Esq., is the owner of Kelly McGrath Law, PLLC, a non-litigation law firm focusing on business and family law mediations, restorative justice cases, and collaborative divorce. Her practice in Tallahassee, Florida puts compassion and listening first and she has developed client protocols to ensure this. We talk about her mission as a peacebuilder and how she has brought that into her work, something she demonstrates through example after powerful example of the law being an instrument of restoration and healing for people and communities after trauma and serious crime. Show Notes[1:48] Kel...2021-07-3140 min
New Earth lawyerPaul Watchman - Big Law and the big greenwash | S1 E23Paul Watchman is a leading figure and recognised legal authority in areas connected with ESG (environmental, social and governance). Through a long association with the UN, he closely scrutinises law firms and their developing ESG practices.We talk about the widespread greenwashing by Big Law, how large law firms really see their ESG practices as recruitment tools and use it for glossy promotional material, but in large part fail to walk the walk on diversity, wellbeing, sustainability and transparency.Show notes:[2:05] Paul shares his background as a lawyer in Gla...2021-07-2643 min
New Earth lawyerDavid Cameron - A Hong Kong story: Core values & client commitments | S1 E21David is the principal of David Cameron Law Office, based in Hong Kong. David started his own law firm in order to better serve clients and provides advice on corporate law and financing transactions at a fixed fee. David has thought deeply about every facet of his new firm, from core values and the 12 commitments he makes to every client, to how he would develop and nurture anyone who comes to work for him. We talk about all this against the unique backdrop of the Hong Kong legal market, where New Law firms are only just beginning to...2021-07-1939 min
New Earth lawyerMelissa Lyon - People won't forget how you made them feel | S1 E19Melissa Lyon is Executive Director and Experience Designer of Hive Legal, a boutique law firm based in Melbourne, Australia. She is committed to improving the experience for those who receive legal services and all of those who work in our industry. We talk about how innovation starts with prioritising the experience for clients and for your people. This is the essence of human-centred design and is Mel's guiding principle and what makes Hive Legal successful.Show Notes[2:00] Mel explains how innovation was built into every component of Hive from its inception.[3:42] Hive not...2021-07-1234 min
New Earth lawyerMatthew Burgess - Tech and pricing innovation in a virtual law firm | S1 E17Matthew Burgess is a founder of specialist firm View Legal which offers holistic estate planning solutions and education for trusted advisers. He has developed a unique specialist model that is all about elegant and effective tech and pricing innovation geared to clients.We talk about what pricing innovation looks like using Matthew's real-life experience, how tech doesn't have to be expensive or advanced to deliver effectively and what kind of diversity actually leads to innovation.Show notes[1:49] Matthew takes us through his journey from young-gun partner at a large law firm to re...2021-07-0341 min
New Earth lawyerAmanda Lamond - Integrating spirituality and the law | S1 E15Amanda Lamond is a Legal Futurist, a Soul Coach for lawyers and a Spiritual Channel. Her name, Amanda Lamond, means “Beloved Lawspeaker”. In this episode, we talk about her various roles and how they each touch on the importance of Spirit in the life of lawyers today - to secure a brighter future for the profession, to help individual lawyers find their soul purpose and to bring in the higher guidance that Amanda has received which is her unique contribution in creating and holding space for lawyers of the new paradigm. Show notes[2:51] In discussin...2021-06-2647 min
New Earth lawyerPeter Lustig - Our lives as legal mythology | S1 E13Peter Lustig is a lawyer and mediator based in Melbourne, Australia. As a collaborative practitioner, he is interested in healing and peacemaking: resolutions, not least-worst-outcome settlements. As a coach, he is involved in men's groups including adult male rite of passage programs with a not-for-profit called Mankind Project Australia. In this episode, we talk about how lawyers - like health professionals - are facilitators of heroic healing journeys and how that shows up in our life stories, including Peter's own epic legal battle with an iconic Australian corporation. Show notes:[1:39] Peter explains how childhood trau...2021-06-2145 min
New Earth lawyerPatrick Andrews - Intrepid creator of new corporate structures | S1 E11Patrick Andrews is a lawyer and facilitator with over 30 years’ experience in corporate structures and governance. He goes by the description Barefoot Lawyer. A barefoot lawyer he says is someone who makes law accessible, who meets people where they are and who is connected to the earth.An intensely curious soul and a deep thinker, he has garnered a reputation for designing innovative, human-centred and earth-friendly corporate structures. In this episode, we talk about his journey to the outer reaches of corporate law and governance and the treasures he brings back on his intellectual travels. 2021-06-1144 min
New Earth lawyerCamilla Andersen - Boom! Kapow! The wonderful world of comic contracts | S1 E9Camilla Andersen is an experienced law professor with successes in teaching, research and funded industry engagement. Her innovation and contribution to the law comes in the field of visual law, specifically the unique area of comic contracts. She has pioneered this work over the last 5 years. For lawyers, her work is a revelation. Join me as we delve into the fascinating story of how comic contracts came to be, and how they are revolutionising the world of legal contracting.Show notes:[4:01]: Camilla discusses the factors that led...2021-06-0641 min
New Earth lawyerVirginia Warren - Transforming lawyers with the wisdom of love | S1 E7Virginia Warren is a lawyer on a mission. She is not only a lawyer, she is a qualified yoga instructor, author of a book on how to resolve dissatisfaction in the legal profession, and a TedX Speaker. Until 2021, she was a partner in a legal practice in Mornington, Victoria, Australia. Today she runs a practice training lawyers and clients in love-based wisdom, called Lawyers for Love. Lawyers for Love is currently exploring an alternate platform for individuals that supports the discovery of authentic selves, by using conflict as a catalyst.It’s fair to...2021-05-3040 min
New Earth lawyerJohn Chisholm - The billable-hour model is, frankly, just dumb! | S1 E5John Chisholm is a lawyer and value pricing expert and an advocate for professional firms to depart from the traditional firm model which prices solely on time. A former Managing Partner and Chief Executive of two leading Australian law firms, he compellingly runs through the many arguments for a move away from the billable-hour model - satisfied clients, more enduring client relationships, a collaborative culture, a more sustainable model, healthier lawyers, greater retention of talent, more robust financial position, increased trust and relevance in the business and wider community, and the list goes on. Show notes: 2021-05-2341 min
New Earth lawyerMarguerite Picard - Bringing a human touch to legal family disputes | S1 E3Marguerite Picard is a collaborative family lawyer who thinks about divorce and all kinds of interpersonal disputes as problems best resolved by building common ground, rather than letting ‘law’ drive people further apart. She talks about her human-centred approach, how she looks for answers beyond the law and works with a team of psychologists, financial planners and other non-lawyers to bring a human touch to divorce and family disputes.Marguerite is a director of MELCA, which is a one-stop-collaborative-divorce-shop. MELCA is a thought leader in all things divorce and interdisciplinary practice. MELCA's documentary ‘Family is Family’ in which a...2021-05-1640 min
New Earth lawyerJ Kim Wright - Now is the time to design the new legal system | S1 E1J Kim Wright is a genuine legal trailblazer. For over 2 decades, she has been an advocate for systems change in the law. She particularly focuses on a set of values and models called Integrative Law. From the early 2000s, she has attended dozens of events and conferences and studied a number of innovative legal practices: holistic law, therapeutic jurisprudence, law and creative problem-solving, sacred activism, humanising legal education, plain language, PISLAP, ADR , mediation, collaborative law, restorative justice, non-violent communication, and more. In her work, she decided to pull those silo-ed common themes together. Thirteen years ag...2021-05-0746 min