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Your Leadership PodcastLeading with Humanity and Ethics with Sarabajaya KumarDr Sarabajaya Kumar practices what she teaches, as a professor of leadership and the non-profit sector at University College London (and Vice-Dean for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion), and as a disabled woman with heritage from the Global Majority. Sarabajaya is a volunteer leader and activist in the UK, Director of Impatience Ltd, working to increase funding for under-supported causes and advance social and environmental justice and disability equity. She is also a Steering Group member of Centenary Action, Senior Independent Trustee of the National Council for Voluntary Organizations (NCVO), and an experienced Trustee for non-profit sector organizations.Sarabajaya b...
2025-12-2220 minYour Leadership PodcastLeading in Practice with Bridget McCormackBridget McCormack is the President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution, or AAA, a global leader in providing alternative dispute resolution services. Before that, she was Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and a professor and dean at the law school at the University of Michigan.In this candid conversation with co-hosts Mike Madison and Kathy Edersheim, Bridget shares stories of learning leadership by doing. She explains how her methods forbuilding culture and purpose at the AAA both borrow from and differ from her experiences in her previous roles, with different...
2025-12-0825 minYour Leadership PodcastLeading Through Music with Kimball GallagherKimball Gallagher, celebrated, innovative concert pianist, explores how he leads both with music and through music. This episode of Your Leadership Podcast features Kimball's role as founder and leader of 88 International, an NGO that collaborates with public and private partners around the globe to help youth build large-scale music programs. With co-hosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison, Kimball offers listeners an extraordinary blend of artistic vision and ground-level social transformation, paying forward leadership skills and capacity through music composition, performance, and more.Read about Kimball Gallagher here.Read about 88 International here.88 In...
2025-11-2424 minYour Leadership PodcastLifelong Leadership Learning with Tara VanDerveerTara VanDerveer, the second-winningest college basketball coach in history, joins Your Leadership Podcast, recounting how she learned to lead, how she is still learning today, and how she practices leadership lessons.Her stories help us explore a key theme of Season 2 of Your Leadership Podcast: how does a leader go about creating and maintaining an environment where colleagues - students - players - partners can succeed, individually and collectively? Throughout Your Leadership Podcast, co-hosts Mike Madison and Kathy Edersheim gather answers to that question using the concept of "curatorial" leadership. Leaders can "curate" conditions for...
2025-11-1023 minYour Leadership PodcastLeaders as Curators and CommunicatorsWhat we have here is success in communicating, adapting a famous movie quotation and carrying forward our first key theme of the season: success and succession for leaders.This episode pivots to the second of our key themes, what we are calling "curatorial" leadership. We borrow the idea of leaders "curating" an organizational context from the world of art and artifacts, in museums, archives, galleries, and other collections. One key to curation for leaders (and also for art curators) is thoughtful and effective communication, to multiple audiences, both inside and outside the group. Co-hosts Kathy...
2025-10-2023 minYour Leadership PodcastLeadership and Succession: Case StudiesIn this second episode focused on succession planning as a leadership theme, co-hosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison dig into connections between leadership succession and leadership - and organizational - success. Connecting concepts with practices, the conversation weaves in case studies of organizations and companies where succession planning has gone well - and where leadership transitions have gone poorly.We add to that mix some key observations about special cases: challenges of managing leadership transitions in small businesses, especially family businesses, and in startups. Find Your Leadership Podcast online at...
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WORT 89.9FM MadisonMadison BookBeat: David Michael Miller, "The Rise of Breese Stevens Field: Madison's ballpark and the team that made it home"Madison BookBeat: David Michael Miller, "The Rise of Breese Stevens Field: Madison's ballpark and the team that made it home" by WORT 89.9FM Madison
2025-09-221h 20Your Leadership PodcastLeadership and Succession with Xiaoyan HuangWe begin this season's tour of leadership themes with this interview with the incredible Dr. Xiaoyan Huang. The theme: succession and success. Dr. Huang is a remarkable and accomplished professional both as a cardiologist and leader in clinical care in Portland, Oregon and as a volunteer leader in her community and across the US. Read about her record and career here, on LinkedIn.Co-hosts Mike Madison and Kathy Edersheim invited Dr. Huang to draw on all elements of her experience, so that she could draw out a range of leadership lessons with value both to...
2025-09-2229 minYour Leadership PodcastThree Key Leadership ThemesWe kick off Season 2 with this introduction to three key leadership themes that will occupy the season as a whole:succession and succession planning as critical leadership competencies; what we refer to as "curatorial" leadership - the idea that leaders are often "curators" of the people, values, and purposes of their organizations and groups; and differences and similarities between leadership in online and virtual contexts and leadership in face-to-face and other analog settings. Inevitably, Generative AI enters the leadership picture. What do we make of the possibility of "robot" leaders?Co-hosts Mike Madison and Kathy...
2025-09-0823 minYour Leadership PodcastWelcome to Season 2 of Your Leadership PodcastYour Leadership Podcast returns for Season 2. In this preview, co-hosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison highlight key leadership themes anchoring the coming weeks' episodes. We have a fresh theme to pair with compelling conversations and usable takeaways for leaders and aspiring leaders alike.Catch up on Season 1 via this series of short essays on LinkedIn.Your Leadership Podcast is produced and engineered by Commander Buffalo.While the Commander may use AI to help us organize our interviews, our podcast features only human voices, and our musical accompaniment is composed and performed...
2025-09-0201 min
Madison's NotesS4E39 Executive Power and the President Who Would Not Be King: A Conversation with Michael McConnellIn this episode of Madison’s Notes, Michael McConnell examines the gap between the Founders’ vision of a limited presidency and today’s expansive executive power. Drawing on his book The President Who Would Not Be King (Princeton University Press, 2022), we discuss how the Constitution’s safeguards against monarchical authority have eroded over the past century—and what steps might restore balance to our system of government. From war powers to administrative overreach, the conversation tackles the urgent question: How did we get here, and what can be done?
Michael McConnell is a renowned constitutional scholar, Stanford Law professor...
2025-05-2150 minYour Leadership PodcastSeason finale: three key leadership themesThis finale of Season 1 prompts hosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison to tie together three central themes woven through all of Your Leadership Podcast so far: how great leaders rely on moral and ethical frameworks, how leaders (and followers) understand and build on context, and the key role that team-first perspectives play in organizations with thriving leaders.Producer and engineer: Commander Buffalo
2025-05-1922 min
The Truth About WealthHow to Implement Innovative Risk Mitigation with Madison Insurance Group (Ep. 135)What happens when a business suddenly loses a key player or faces a supply chain disruption?
That’s where Madison Insurance Group’s unique strategies come into play, offering peace of mind and financial protection for unforeseen business challenges.
Join John and Michael Parise as they chat with Mark Sims and Aaron Quinn from Madison Insurance Group to discuss how their partnership, spanning over 15 years, has provided invaluable enterprise risk coverage solutions.
You’ll learn how Madison’s innovative approach allows business owners to participate in underwriting profits and navigate recent IRS regulations with confi...
2025-05-1447 minYour Leadership PodcastHow leaders inspireHosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison dig into themes in a new book by Columbia University Business School professor Adam Galinsky, titled "Inspire: the Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others." They work from a recent Harvard Business Review article from Professor Galinsky that summarizes its key points: inspiring leaders distinguish themselves by playing three key roles: visionary, exemplar, and mentor. The conversation finds some surprising connections between Professor Galinsky's findings and the themes of "Your Leadership Podcast." The book: Adam Galinsky, "Inspire: the Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others." Adam Galinsky at the...
2025-05-0528 minYour Leadership PodcastLeadership in context: new and existing organizationsHosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison tackle a key element of leadership in context. What's expected of a leader who steps into that role in an organization or community that already has an established history and culture? How does that differ from tackling leadership when starting fresh, building and leading from the ground up?The case study for the conversation: religion and religious practices, both old and new.Producer and engineer: Commander Buffalo
2025-04-2123 minYour Leadership PodcastLeadership and followershipHosts Mike Madison and Kathy Edersheim dig into and pull apart followership, an all-important complement to leadership. They jump off from a recent report by Gallup, Inc. titled, "Global Leadership Report: What Followers Want." The conversation takes on not only what followers want, but also when they want it, and how, and what that means for leaders.Download the Gallup report here.For more research on followership and what that means for leaders, take a page from Robert E. Kelley's 1992 book "The Power of Followership." Producer and engineer: Commander Buffalo.
2025-04-0722 minYour Leadership PodcastBoards, board roles, and leadershipService on a board of directors or advisors is often treated as a “leadership” role, whether in a nonprofit or corporate setting. When and how might that be true? When and how do board roles and leadership roles differ? Hosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison talk through this critical set of questions for aspiring leaders.Producer and engineer: Commander Buffalo
2025-03-2426 minYour Leadership PodcastLeading as “doing or delegating”Hosts Mike Madison and Kathy Edersheim dig into “doing or delegating,” key moments in the life of an organization or community when individuals step forward to meet needs of the moment. Sometimes, that means taking on tasks themselves. Sometimes, it means delegating responsibilities to others. When and why should leaders make one choice rather than the other? Producer and engineer: Commander Buffalo
2025-03-1027 minYour Leadership PodcastLeading as decidingHosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison zoom in on one key quality of leadership: decision-making. How do leaders develop the capacity for sound decision-making , including both subject matter expertise and "street savvy," or judgment? Why is decision-making such a critical - and sometimes underappreciated - element of leadership?Writers mentioned in this episode:Phil Knight, "Shoe Dog"Tom Kolditz, "In Extremis Leadership"Malcolm Gladwell, "Blink"Organization mentioned in this episode:Penta Medical Recycling / Penta ProstheticsProducer...
2025-02-2428 minYour Leadership PodcastDigging into leadership ethicsHosts Mike Madison and Kathy Edersheim dig into the complicated intersections among leading, leadership, and ethics. What does it mean to be an ethical leader? How do ethical frameworks affect leaders? What does ethical leadership look like in the day to day of leading in organizations?
2025-02-1025 minYour Leadership PodcastDoes leadership begin with voice?Mike Madison and Kathy Edersheim continue exploring the many definitions of leadership. This time they focus on the central roles that “voice” play in leadership: the leader’s voice, and the voices others in the group or organization. Where does "voice" come from, and how does "voice" change?
As so many people do, they borrow insights and inspiration
from fiction, in their case the streaming series “Ted Lasso.” “Voice,” it turns out, comes in many varieties, flavors, personalities, and roles – and many of those are on display
via the folks who populate the imaginary world of the AFC Richmond footba...
2025-01-2724 minYour Leadership PodcastThe meanings of leadershipHosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison kick off 2025 with an introductory conversation about the many meanings and contexts of leadership. Some people choose (or aspire) to lead; others have leadership responsibilities thrust upon them. What are the questions and themes that leaders confront?
This episode takes a broad and inclusive look at topics to come: leadership vs management; leadership voice; knowing what you know - and what you don't; and ethics and values.
Links to writers and practitioners mentioned:
Keith Ferrazzi
Adam Grant
Pep Guardiola
2025-01-1323 minYour Leadership PodcastWelcome to Your Leadership Podcast!"Your Leadership Podcast" launches with this short introduction from hosts Kathy Edersheim and Mike Madison.
Producer and engineer: Commander Buffalo
2025-01-0602 min
The Future Law Podcast5.11 What AI And Data Science Can Do For Law FirmsIn this week’s episode Mike Madison chats to Michael Morneualt, a lawyer who started his career in business development, and then joined a tech company building a litigation support practice.
Michael talks extensively about dispute resolution, as well as using data science in other areas of law.
Make sure you tune in every Tuesday for everything legaltech, ALSP’s and law.
[This episode was published originally on January 31, 2023.]
2024-12-0929 minThe Future Law Podcast5.7 Speculation vs DataWhat if we stopped speculating about ALSPs and instead started collecting data to gather the information? Well that’s exactly what this episode is about.
Mike Madison talks with Lucy Ricca and David Engstrom from Stanford Law School about their research and what their findings were.
Make sure you tune in every Tuesday for everything legaltech, ALSP’s and law.
[This episode was published originally on December 6, 2022.]
2024-12-0228 minThe Future Law Podcast5.8 A Brighter, Balanced Future For AI And LawThis is a “big ideas” episode, part of our goal to bring out “big ambitious ideas about the future” as well as day to day concerns about ALSPs and legal services.
Law professor Orly Lobel talks with host Mike Madison about her new book, The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future, recently named one of the best books of 2022 by The Economist magazine.
In the conversation and in the book, she talks about how scepticism about AI and robots can get overblown. Are they always uncontrollable, incomprehensible, privacy-eating systems? She argues no: i...
2024-12-0228 minThe Future Law Podcast5.9 How To Fix America's Voting SystemWe’re back to continue the season for 2023!
Every now and then we a broader view of the future of law, beyond ALSPs, and in this episode we do just that.
Mike Madison chats with Eric Holder, former Attorney General of the US under President Barack Obama, about the critical importance of defending and advancing voting rights in the American system and in democracy generally.
The conversation draws on his recent book, “Our Unfinished March.”
What are your thoughts?
Make sure you tune in every Tuesday for everything legaltech, ALSP’s and...
2024-12-0225 minThe Future Law Podcast5.4 The Continuing Importance Of Classic Legal SkillsThe emergence of ALSPs and legaltech don’t change some fundamentals of lawyering and dispute resolution. Jon Harris, founder and managing partner of Harris St. Laurent & Wechsler, a boutique law firm in New York specializing in employment law and white collar criminal defense, talks with Michael Madison about blending classic legal skills and multidisciplinary experience.
Make sure you tune in every Tuesday for everything legaltech, ALSP’s and law.
[This episode was published originally on November 15, 2022.]
2024-11-2528 minThe Future Law Podcast5.3 How To Source Legal TalentDespite double-digit salary growth in the legal industry, many firms are grappling with serious staffing concerns.
So what do you do about it? Do you look outside your geographic boundaries? Or do you simply train up young lawyers? Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs) offer a range of solutions.
Mike Madison chats with the founders of LegalEase Solutions, Tariq Hafeez and Tariq Akbar, about their approach to delivering the right legal talent to law departments and corporate counsel.
Make sure you tune in every Tuesday for everything legaltech, ALSP’s and law.
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2024-11-1827 minThe Future Law Podcast4.14 What We've Learnt This Season
We’ve had many great guests on the show this season, from Hollywood movie producers to biographers and of course CEOs of tech companies.
In this final episode Dan and Mike chat through what they’ve learnt from their guests, and what they’ve got in store for you next season.
CREDITS:
Hosts: Dan Hunter and Mike Madison
Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh
Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh
This podcast is powered by Queensland University of Technology.
[This episode was published originally on June 27, 2022.]
2024-11-1125 minThe Future Law Podcast4.13 How Curiosity Powers Your CareerCuriosity is the key skill that lies beneath the headlines about the future of law. Beyond new technology and leadership skills, what is curiosity and how does it matter? Curiosity can pull you out of routines. It can introduce you to new opportunities. It can help you do more for clients. What else?
In this episode Mike chats to Lynn Borton, host of a radio show and podcast called ‘Choose To Be Curious’, about the different uses of curiosity in your career and your life.
CREDITS:
Guest: Lynn Borton – https://lynnborton.com/
Podcast...
2024-11-1124 minThe Future Law Podcast4.12 Can Training In Law Be A Gateway to Other Industries?From a young age we’re taught that ‘education is the key’, but what if after years of studying in the field of law you decide to completely change direction? Will it get you ahead of it all, or have you wasted your time?
In this special bonus episode Mike Madison chats with lawyer, investor, and author Adam Pascarella of “Reversed in Part: 15 Law School Grads on Pursuing Non-Traditional Careers” about whether law is a gateway to a lot of things, not just practising law.
CREDITS: Guest: Adam Pascarella – https://www.adampascarella.com/ Book: ‘Reversed in...
2024-11-0425 minThe Future Law Podcast4.11 What Future Lawyers Can Learn From BiographersYou can definitely learn a thing or two from those who aren’t necessarily in the field of law.
That’s why Mike Madison chats to lawyer-turned-prize-winning-biographer John Matteson about how future lawyers draw on the talents of historians and biographers – and the reverse.
CREDITS
Guest: John Matteson – https://amzn.to/3O8TMdv
Hosts: Dan Hunter and Mike Madison
Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh
Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh
This podcast is powered by Queensland University of Technology.
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2024-11-0424 minThe Future Law Podcast4.10 How to Break into LegalTechStarting a start up isn’t easy… or is it?
In this episode of Future Law Podcast, Dan Hunter chats with the CEO of Checkbox.AI, Evan Wong – the automation platform provider, about life as a founder of legaltech solutions and how to break into the field.
CREDITS
Guest: Evan Wong
Hosts: Dan Hunter and Mike Madison
Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh
Editor/Mixer: Fyona Smith
Supervising Editor: Pariya Tahezadeh
This podcast is powered by Queensland University of Technology.
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2024-11-0425 minThe Future Law Podcast4.9 Learning Talent Management From Baking ShowsThe legal imagination often borrows from unexpected sources, one of those being a baking show!
Watching baking competitions inspired Freshfields senior litigation partner Tim Harkness to reflect on different models of talent management in today’s law practice.
Mike Madison talks with Tim about his new article, “Learning from baking shows,” in the April 2022 issue of Modern Lawyer.
CREDITS
Guest: Tim Harkness
Hosts: Dan Hunter and Mike Madison
Executive Producer: Pariya Taherzadeh
Editor/Mixer: Pariya Taherzadeh
This podcast is powered by Queensland University of Tech...
2024-11-0425 minThe Future Law Podcast4.8 Lawyers and Problem Solving in the Age of AIDo you think it’s time to move past “thinking like a lawyer” as the key skill set that legal experts bring to their clients’ problems?
As legal tech gets better and better, clients increasingly want more from their counsel: problem solving capabilities for dealing with “wicked” problems.
In this episode, Mike Madison speaks to senior lawyer and Managing Director Duc Trang at legal recruiters Major, Lindsey & Africa, about what success as a lawyer looks like in a world where AI technology is more and more powerful.
Plus, Duc shares tips and lessons for both new...
2024-10-2815 minThe Future Law Podcast4.7 How Women in LegalTech are Changing the World Ft Dorna MoiniTo code or not to code? That’s the question that legaltech founder Dorna Moini answered by creating Documate.
In this episode of the Future Law Podcast Dorna speaks to Dan about why it’s ok to be ashamed of your first tech build, as well as the skills and dispositions needed for the future of law.
CREDITSHosts: Dan Hunter and Mike MadisonExecutive Producer: Pariya TaherzadehEditor/Mixer: Fyona Smith
This podcast is powered by Queensland University of Technology.
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2024-10-2820 minThe Future Law Podcast4.6 Using Legal Automation to Advance Access to JusticeHow are incumbent lawyers standing in the way of the future of law? And what are future-oriented innovators doing about that?
Mike Madison chats with Eddie Hartman, well-known as a co-founder of the online legal technology company LegalZoom, and now a consultant and investor. Eddie focuses on thinking differently about the challenges and opportunities associated with expanding markets for legal services.
Eddie shares his vision for strategizing solutions to Access to Justice problems, talking about practitioners, regulators, technologists – and investors. And he illustrates with his recent experience, using design strategies and technology, in bringing interdisciplinary te...
2024-10-2829 minThe Future Law Podcast4.5 How Chatbots Can Help Lawyers, Law Firms & the Legal IndustryLots of legal problems can be answered quickly, cheaply, and automatically – if only someone sat down and mapped out the steps. It’s just that there aren’t simple-to-use systems to do this.
So, two young lawyers and a computer programmer decided it was time to make a change.
Dan chats to Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder at Josef, Sam Flynn about an automated product he and his co-founder created, tailored for legal environments. Sam let’s us in on how he built a commercially-appealing chatbot platform as well as a fast growing legaltech company.
CR...
2024-10-2835 minThe Future Law Podcast4.1 How to Stay Ahead of the Technology CurveAre you worried about what automation will look like for you?
Perhaps you’re curious about how the disruptions of the pandemic will affect your job?
Well, this season Mike Madison and Dan Hunter look at the skills and competencies of future law.
Starting off the first episode of the year, Dan and Mike look at the changes they’ve observed in the legal industry over these last two years and how to best deal with this change.
CREDITSHosts: Dan Hunter and Mike MadisonExecutive Producer: Pariya TaherzadehE...
2024-10-2120 minThe Future Law Podcast4.2 How Has Technology Changed LawA lot has changed since the global pandemic hit, especially within the law industry. Working remotely has become the norm, and with that comes tech changes to the law. But what’s going to stay around once the pandemic eases up? The answer: everything!
In this week’s episode Mike and Dan talk about what matters, and what doesn’t, when it comes to lawyers knowing and using tech, including automation solutions, AI, and … blockchain.
Plus, do you need coding skills in order to make it in law? Will you fall behind if you don’t? The Fut...
2024-10-2122 minThe Future Law Podcast4.3 Storytelling Fundamentals for LawyersThe growing role of technology in the legal industry is changing a lot of things for lawyers, but some fundamentals aren’t changing at all.
One of those fundamentals is the key role that stories and storytelling play in legal practice, in judging, in designing and running systems, and in making and applying public policy.
In this episode, Mike Madison interviews the Hollywood producer of American Beauty, Down With Love, Silver Linings Playbook, Milk, and the upcoming Rustin – Bruce Cohen, chatting about how filmmakers and lawyers both need to engage and persuade various audiences through stor...
2024-10-2124 minThe Future Law Podcast4.4 Learning Leadership Via a Conductor's BatonWhat do you think of when you hear an orchestra? Is it the music? Perhaps you imagine the conductor standing in front of a large orchestra waving their hands around?
What does all this have to do with law you ask? Good question, we asked it too.
In this episode, Mike Madison chats with a conductor who has been leading symphonies and orchestras around the world for more than 30 years – Scott Speck, about how to guide a collection of experts so that the “music” matches the vision.
CREDITSHosts: Dan Hunter and Mike M...
2024-10-2122 minThe Future Law Podcast3.32 Dean Patty Roberts, St. Mary's University, on Online Legal EducationWhen will shifts to remote working bring changes to legal education as well? St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas recently received American Bar Association (ABA) approval to host a cohort of its JD students in a fully online environment. Even before the arrival of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, other US law schools had moved bits and pieces of their programs online. St. Mary’s is the first school to receive accreditation for online delivery of a complete JD.
In this episode of The Future Law Podcast, host Mike Madison talks with Patt...
2024-10-1436 minThe Future Law Podcast3.33 Stephanie Sciullo, Chief Legal Officer of MSA Safety, on Managing Legal in a Tech World“Legal” is today’s buzzword for the roles that lawyers play inside companies. What does leading and managing “legal” look like, on the ground, in a sea of rapidly changing technology, talent, teamwork, and client needs? This episode features Stephanie Sciullo, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of MSA Safety, a Pittsburgh-based company with a long history and a critical contemporary mission. Listen to her conversation with Future Law Podcast host Michael Madison, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, about coordination and complexity.
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MSA Safety
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2024-10-1434 minThe Future Law Podcast3.28 The SAL TechLaw.Fest 2021 Series: Joyce A. Tan on Innovating in Tech LawTechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted there with this podcast series on the future of law and technology.
This episode features a conversation with Joyce A. Tan, a leading Singapore-based technology law, on innovation and technology and the challenges of staying one step ahead of the legal curve – or more. She is interviewed by Future Law Podcast host Michael Madison, of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Links
TechLaw.Fest
Singapore Academy of...
2024-10-0741 minThe Future Law Podcast3.31 The SAL TechLaw.Fest 2021 Series: Rama Tiwari on Change Management in ActionTechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted there with this podcast series on the future of law and technology. Rama Tiwari, Chief Executive of the Singapore Academy of Law, joins host Michael Madison of the University of Pittsburgh for a wide-ranging conversation about change management, in legal organizations and elsewhere.
Links
Rama Tiwari
TechLaw.Fest
Singapore Academy of Law
[This episode was published originally on December 21, 2021.]
2024-10-0733 minThe Future Law Podcast3.30 The SAL TechLaw.Fest 2021 Series: Ashlie Beringer on Rethinking Client Services in Tech LawTechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted there with this podcast series on the future of law and technology. This third episode in the series dives into law and technology at the heart of the technology industry, with a conversation about contemporary law practice in Silicon Valley. How are the needs and interests of the tech industry – and the needs and interests of everyone else – affecting the present and future of law practice? Host Michael Madison talks with Ashlie Beringer, partner in the...
2024-10-0731 minThe Future Law Podcast3.29 The SAL TechLaw.Fest 2021 Series: Ken Kwee Tan and Bridget McCormack on Will Robots Replace Judges?TechLaw.Fest is a signature production by the Singapore Academy of Law, and the Future Law Podcast is pleased to continue the conversations hosted there with this podcast series on the future of law and technology.
This second episode in the series features a conversation about judging and the role of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) in courts. Will robots replace judges? Hear from two senior lawyers with very different backgrounds: Ken Hwee Tan, Chief Transformation and Innovation Officer for the Singapore Judiciary, and Bridget Mary McCormack, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan. They were...
2024-10-0735 minThe Future Law Podcast3.26 Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justine Bridget McCormackBridget Mary McCormack, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan, has been aggressively pursuing court reform in that state’s courts. But “court reform” doesn’t begin to describe the scope, ambition, and impact of what Michigan has been able to accomplish. Nor does the phrase “access to justice.” Listen to Chief Justice McCormack’s provocative tour of the future of law, in conversation with Mike Madison
Links
Chief Justice McCormack’s official biography
Her Twitter account
[This episode was published originally on November 17, 2021.]
2024-09-3032 minThe Future Law Podcast3.22 The Orrick Series: Talent, with Siobhan Handley and Bryan ParkerOrrick, one of the world’s best-known law firms, partners with The Future Law Podcast for a 4-episode look around the organization, taking stock of its people, its innovation practices, its organizational design, and its industry partnerships.
This first episode in The Orrick series features a talk about talent. How does Orrick think about and practice talent recruitment, retention, mentorship, and training in the contemporary marketplace?
Orrick’s Chief Talent Officer Siobhan Handley and talent consultant Bryan Parker, CEO of Legal Innovators, join host Michael Madison for this episode.
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Orrick
2024-09-2333 minThe Future Law Podcast3.23 The Orrick Series: Innovation, with Wendy Butler Curtis and Kate OrrOrrick, one of the world’s best-known law firms, partners with The Future Law Podcast for a 4-episode look around the organization, taking stock of its people, its innovation practices, its organizational design, and its industry partnerships.
This second episode in The Orrick series features a talk about innovation. What does innovation mean in a contemporary Big Law firm? How does the firm practice and prioritize innovation in the day to day?
Orrick’s Chief Innovation Officer Wendy Butler Curtis and Senior Innovation Counsel Kate Orr join host Michael Madison for this episode.
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2024-09-2335 minThe Future Law Podcast3.24 The Orrick Series: Global Operations, with Kelly Cullen and Will TuraniOrrick, one of the world’s best-known law firms, partners with The Future Law Podcast for a 4-episode look around the organization, taking stock of its people, its innovation practices, its organizational design, and its industry partnerships.
This third episode in The Orrick series features a talk about global operations and specifically about Orrick’s Global Operations and Innovation Center (GOIC), its facility in Wheeling, West Virginia. How has the GOIC evolved over time, and what roles do the GOIC and the GOIC play in Orrick’s practice today?
The Director of Orrick’s GOIC, Kelly Cu...
2024-09-2334 minThe Future Law Podcast3.25 The Orrick Series: ALSPs, with Daryl Shetterly, Liam Brown, and Basha RubinOrrick, one of the world’s best-known law firms, partners with The Future Law Podcast for a 4-episode look around the organization, taking stock of its people, its innovation practices, its organizational design, and its industry partnerships.
This fourth episode in The Orrick series features a talk about Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs) and related law and legal industry providers. Are they law firm competitors? Clients? Partners? What are the big picture drivers and the functioning nuts and bolts of the legal services ecology?
Daryl Shetterly, Director of Orrick Analytics; Liam Brown, CEO of Elevate Se...
2024-09-2338 minThe Future Law Podcast3.19 Ivan Fong, Chief Legal Officer of the 3M CompanyIvan Fong brings more than three decades of experience with law and technology to his role as Chief Legal Officer of the 3M Company, in private law practice, in-house roles, and government service. Host Mike Madison catches up with Ivan for a look back and look forward at what it takes to succeed in the legal profession when you’re facing an uncertain environment.
Links
Biography: Ivan K. Fong
[This episode was published originally on October 1, 2021.]
2024-09-1633 minThe Future Law Podcast3.17 Dierk Schindler and Bernhard Waltl, the Liquid Legal Institute and a Common Legal PlatformThe Liquid Legal Institute is a Germany-based think tank and platform for action that aims to develop common standards for law practice and legal services using cutting-edge technology. In this episode of the Future Law Podcast, host Mike Madison talks with LLI co-founders Dierk Schindler and Bernhard Waltl about their vision for the LLI, and what the LLI is doing today.
Links
Liquid Legal Institute
Dierk Schindler at LinkedIn
Bernhard Waltl at LinkedIn
Book: Liquid Legal: Transforming Legal into a Business Savvy, Information Enabled and Performance Driven Industry
2024-09-1634 minThe Future Law Podcast3.18 Krista Contino Saumby, on Building Bridges for New LawyersThe future of law is, in a word, people. But are the people ready? Are new lawyers being prepared effectively to transition from the worlds of their formal education and training to the dynamic and different worlds of the 21st century legal workplace? Host Mike Madison talks with lawyer and legal entrepreneur Krista Contino Saumby, founder of a new consultancy that targets that transition space: The Law Bridge,
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The Law Bridge
Krista Contino Saumby (LinkedIn)
Krista Contino Saumby writes about her experience and motivations
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2024-09-1631 minThe Future Law Podcast3.20 Anusia Gillespie, NewLaw AdvocateAnusia Gillespie is a legal innovator, practicing and advancing NewLaw ideas. In this episode of the Future Law Podcast, she talks with host Michael Madison about what NewLaw means and how she moved from a “typical” US law degree to a NewLaw leadership role.
Anusia Gillespie at LinkedIn
Anusia Gillespie on Twitter
Anusia Gillespie on NewLaw at Legal Evolution
[This episode was published originally on October 15, 2021.]
2024-09-1630 minThe Future Law Podcast3.21 Alex Hamilton, CEO of Radiant LawAlex Hamilton, founder and CEO of Radiant Law, left a Big Law partnership behind 10 years ago to start an organization that offers a different way to deliver commercial contracting services to clients. He hasn’t looked back. In this episode of The Future Law Podcast, he sits down with host Michael Madison for a frank assessment of the Radiant Law story so far and what lies ahead.
Alex Hamilton at Radiant Law
LinkedIn
Book: “Sign Here: The Enterprise Guide to Closing Contracts Quickly”
[This episode was published originally on Nov...
2024-09-1631 minThe Future Law Podcast3.13 Michael Sears, on Leadership Innovation in the Military, Silicon Valley, and LawMichael Sears spent three decades as an investor and CEO in Silicon Valley after a first career as an officer in the Marine Corps, followed by law and business degrees. Now he is back at the United States Naval Academy, leading a leadership innovation lab as part of the Academy’s continuing requirement that all midshipmen advance through a curriculum in leadership, ethics, and law. His distinctive background offers fertile ground for reflection in this episode, on cross-pollination among cultures and practices of tech innovation, military service, and the legal profession.
Links
Michael Sears at th...
2024-09-0934 minThe Future Law Podcast3.14 Jordan Furlong, on Future Law, Re-Regulation, Access to Justice, and the Rule of LawJordan Furlong brings an unusual sharp and critical eye to conversations about the future of law, as a consultant, author, and former lawyer. He pulled no punches in this wide-ranging conversation with host Michael Madison, covering lawyer licensing, legal literacy, the rule of law, and the fundamental values that characterize the best of the legal profession, from ancient times to the present.
Links
Law21, Jordan Furlong’s consultancy
The Law21 blog
Jordan Furlong on Twitter
[This episode was published originally on July 15, 2021.]
2024-09-0936 minThe Future Law Podcast3.15 Justice Deno Himonas and John Lund, on the Utah Regulatory SandboxThe “regulatory sandbox” in Utah is a leading example of innovation to promote innovation – and justice. On this episode of The Future Law Podcast, host Mike Madison talks with two of the key leaders of the Utah legal community, state Supreme Court Justice Deno Himonas and former Utah bar president John Lund, about how the sandbox came about and what it promises to do.
Links:
The Office of Legal Services Innovation of the Utah Supreme Court
Justice Constandinos (“Deno”) Himonas
John Lund, at Parsons, Behle & Latimer
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2024-09-0935 minThe Future Law Podcast3.16 Ian Rodwell, Linklaters, on How Lawyers and Clients Learn“What’s the future of knowledge?” comes to ground for law and lawyers in this wide-ranging podcast interview featuring Ian Rodwell, Head of Client Knowledge and Learning at Linklaters, the global London-based law firm. Host Mike Madison and Ian touch on information science, Brian Eno, and football (the original kind) as they explore what’s on tap for the future of practice.
Links
Ian Rodwell, at Linklaters
Knowledge and learning at Linklaters
[This episode was published originally on August 15, 2021.]
2024-09-0935 minThe Future Law Podcast3.9 Andrea Matwyshyn, Penn State Professor of Law and InnovationHow can law and lawyers move the public policy process? Dr. Andrea Matwyshyn is a law professor at Penn State University who is on a mission to bring lawyers, policymakers, and engineers together to solve complex social problems at the edges of law and technology. (She has a faculty appointment at Penn State’s College of Engineering to go with her law faculty role.) Future Law Podcast host Mike Madison talks with her about grounding that mission in her “lab” work with her students, and how that “lab” projects come out of her research on technology, computer security, gender and ethics...
2024-09-0244 minThe Future Law Podcast3.11 Joy Heath Rush, CEO of the International Legal Technology AssociationJoy Heath Rush is the CEO of the ILTA, a global volunteer-led membership organization that develops and shares information about technology in law practice, supporting lawyers and other professionals in law firms, law departments, governments, and academic organizations. In this episode, she and host Mike Madison reflect on the evolution of legal tech since the mid-1980s and bring the story up to the present, with insight into critical contemporary topics and takeaways.
Link
International Legal Technology Association
[This episode was published originally on June 1, 2021.]
2024-09-0235 minThe Future Law Podcast3.8 Michele Pistone, Training Allied Professionals at Villanova LawThe future of law includes more than the future of lawyers. At Villanova University, Professor Michele Pistone has launched a pioneering online program to train non-lawyers as authorized advocates in immigration law. Professor Pistone talked about her plans on an earlier episode of the Future Law Podcast. Now she’s back, sharing stories of her surprising results, with host Mike Madison.
Michele Pistone at Villanova Law
The VIISTA program at Villanova
Michele Pistone on Twitter
[This episode was published originally on April 15, 2021.]
2024-08-2734 minThe Future Law Podcast3.7 Colin Levy, LegalTech EvangelistAs a law student, Colin Levy saw the future of legaltech, and after graduating he set about building a career in the field. Ten years later, he’s navigated through in-house roles, developed his skill set, and made his way to a position as Director of Marketing and Business Development for WordRake, which produces editing software for professionals, including lawyers. For the Future Law Podcast, Mike Madison talked with Colin about his path to his identity as a self-described “Legal Tech Evangelist.”
Colin Levy at Linkedin
Colin Levy at Twitter
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2024-08-2631 minThe Future Law Podcast3.6 Eimear McCann, Director of Strategy at SummizeDoes the legal profession have a place for creative and imaginative people? How does the future of law differ from its past? Hear an unusual conversation between Future Law Podcast host Mike Madison and Eimear McCann, now Director of Strategy at UK-based LegalTech firm Summize and also a former immigration and human rights lawyer, and also a teacher and writer.
Links:
Eimear McCann
Summize
[This episode was published originally on March 15, 2021.]
2024-08-2634 minThe Future Law Podcast3.5 Christoph Roquilly, Director of the Augmented Law Institute at EDHEC“Future Law” is a global phenomenon with multiple local applications. What’s different about the French experience, and what does the French experience share with the future of law elsewhere? The EDHEC Business School in Lille is the home of the new Augmented Law Institute, a purposeful blending of training in law, business, and technology that builds on EDHEC’s long-standing investment in multi-purpose professional preparation. In this episode of the Future Law Podcast, Mike Madison interviews Christophe Roquilly, the Director of the Augmented Law Institute and the architect of EHDEC’s law-plus-business programming.
Links:
The Augmented...
2024-08-2632 min
Not Just Numbers: Honest Conversations with a Financial Advisor (and Lawyer!)Ep. 35 Should I Have Umbrella Insurance? Featuring an Employee Spotlight on Madison DeMoraSend us a textMadison and Mike discuss the rising need for umbrella insurance due to increasing costs and larger claims, emphasizing its role in providing additional liability coverage. They highlight the importance of considering one's personal assets, risk profile, and net worth when determining the amount of umbrella coverage needed, especially for individuals with high visibility or in certain professions. Later, Mike turns the employee spotlight on Madison for a change! Madison discusses her journey at Yardley Wealth Management, her role in producing the company's podcast, and her personal interests outside of work. Madison also shares...
2024-08-2225 minThe Future Law Podcast3.4 Ed Walters, Co-Founder and CEO of FastcaseFastcase is now 20 years in to its mission to transform legal publishing and access to legal information. Fastcase co-founder and CEO Ed Walters joins Mike Madison to talk about the origins of the company (beer and softball contributed, along with a research challenge from an unexpected source), the journey to date, and visions and implications of the future of law.
Links:
Ed Walters
Fastcase
[This episode was published originally on February 15, 2021.]
2024-08-1931 minThe Future Law Podcast3.3 LegalTech in London: Giles Thompson and Amy Conroy of AvvokaOur tour of LegalTech takes The Future Law Podcast to London and this conversation with Giles Thompson and Amy Conroy. Giles and Amy are two early-career lawyers who stepped quickly off the path to a conventional law practice career and, in very different respects, onto the team at Avvoka, which offers a document automation platform.
Mike Madison talks with Giles and Amy about what Avvoka is up to, how that fits in the evolving LegalTech landscape, and how each of them came to be where they are today.
Links:
Avvoka
Giles...
2024-08-1932 minThe Future Law Podcast3.2 Marlene Van Nelson, Solo Practitioner in Tech EraIn this episode of the Future Law Podcast, Mike Madison talks with Marlene van Nelson, a recent law graduate who followed a classic path: she hung out a proverbial shingle and launched a solo practice.
A few short but fast-paced years later, she’s expanded her practice and found her niche, delivering “people law” services to small business and individual clients while nimbly blending the personal with the technological.
Marlene tells her own story, from her dream of becoming a lawyer, to the detours along the way, to her current firm: Trellis Legal.
All ab...
2024-08-1935 minThe Future Law Podcast3.1 Lisa Leong, Innovating and Collaborating During the PandemicHow do you build and re-build collaborative and innovative cultures in a virtual environment? The future of law isn’t all face-to-face. In this reunion episode, original Future Law Podcast host Lisa Leong returns to talk with Mike Madison about pivoting her broadcasting and consulting practices in response to COVID shutdowns.
[This episode was published originally on July 14, 2021.]
2024-08-1930 minThe Future Law Podcast2.12 Dan Linna, Teaching at the Intersections of Law Practice and TechnologyDaniel W. Linna, Jr. is Senior Lecturer and Director of Law and Technology Initiatives at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, with an additional appointment in Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering. He’s also a former litigation partner in a large law firm in Detroit.
He joined Mike Madison for an energetic conversation about legal system innovation and change, what law schools and law firms are doing right and wrong today, and about the need to ground innovation on all sides in evidence.
Dan Linna at Northwestern Law.
Dan hosts the Le...
2024-08-1232 minThe Future Law Podcast2.11 Michele DeStefano, Leader of Law Without WallsMichele DeStefano is the founder and leader of Law Without Walls, or LWOW, a pioneering program for team- and project-based legal education that gathers students and partners from around the world.
She is a full-time professor of law at the University of Miami who has also documented her methods and published research on their effectiveness.
Mike Madison talks with Michele about the origins and impacts of LWOW.
Michele DeStefano’s biography at the University of Miami.
The Law Without Walls website.
[This episode was published originally on December 1, 2020.]
2024-08-1232 minThe Future Law Podcast2.10 Cat Moon, Law Professor Making Law BetterCat Moon leads the Program on Law and Innovation (PoLI) at Vanderbilt University’s law school, a role that she took on after practicing law for nearly 20 years in Nashville, Tennessee. At PoLI and beyond, for the last several years she has become a passionate voice for making lawyers – and law – better.
Mike Madison talks with Cat about PoLI, her vision for future lawyers, and her work helping to build and promote the Delta Model for lawyer competence.
Cat Moon’s biography at Vanderbilt Law.
The Program on Law and Innovation at Vanderbilt.
Th...
2024-08-1232 minThe Future Law Podcast2.9 Thomas Aertgeerts, CEO and Fo-Founder of European LegalTech Startup AecoThomas Aertgeerts is the co-founder and CEO of a Belgium-based LegalTech startup offering tax law services today and on a mission to transform the legal industry tomorrow. He talks with Mike Madison about the legal entrepreneur’s life, transitioning out of a classic law practice career, and the future of legal services.
He is the author of a provocative essay in the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal in April 2020 titled, “Is my law firm preparing me for success in the next decade?“
His company, Aeco, can be found here.
[This episode was published origina...
2024-08-1226 minThe Future Law Podcast2.8 Lizzy Shackelford, Law, Diplomat, and AuthorElizabeth “Lizzy” Shackelford took her law degree and followed her dream to serve internationally, eventually spending more than seven years with the US Department of State in a series of posts in Eastern Europe and in Africa. Now retired from her diplomatic service and the author of a recent book on US foreign policy and diplomacy, in this podcast she reflects with Mike Madison on what it means to be a lawyer in a rapidly-evolving world.
Link to the book: Elizabeth Shackelford, The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age (PublicAffairs, 2020)
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2024-08-0628 minThe Future Law Podcast2.5 Duc Trang on Competition and Change in the Legal Services MarketplaceDuc Trang, former private practitioner, general counsel, and now Managing Director of Major, Lindsey & Africa Transform Advisory Services, talks with Mike Madison about the changing marketplace for legal services and legal professionals and what those changes mean for private firms, for legal technology development, and for legal education.
Also featured in this episode: Michael Madison, The Shapes and Letters of the Modern Lawyer (August 3, 2020).
[This episode was published originally on September 1, 2020.]
2024-08-0534 minThe Future Law Podcast2.6 Miguel Willis, Founder of the Access to Justice Technology Fellows ProgramMiguel Willis caught the innovation and entrepreneurship bug early in his law school career, and he exited with a JD and leadership of an innovative program that blends technology skills, design, law, and the public interest. The Access to Justice Technology Fellows program connects law students with civil justiceorganizations for an immersive, 10-week, paid project-basedfellowship experience, changing lives in the community and priming the students for careers as 21st century lawyers. Mike Madison caught up with Miguel for this podcast.
[This episode was published originally on September 14, 2020.]
2024-08-0529 minThe Future Law Podcast2.3 Dean Dan Rodriguez on Challenges and Opportunities in Legal EducationDan Rodriguez, formerly Dean of Northwestern Law and president of the Association of American Law Schools, gets inside the future of legal education for the benefit of legal professionals and new law graduates. The interview is hosted by Mike Madison.
[This episode was published originally on August 1, 2020.]
2024-07-2934 minThe Future Law Podcast2.4 Eric DeChant, a Recent Graduate on Technology and Innovation in Law
Eric DeChant isn’t a lawyer. He’s a recent graduate of the novel Master of Science in Law program at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law, which aims to give STEM professionals (like Eric) enough grounding in law to accelerate them into careers as allied legal professionals but not so much that they qualify to become licensed lawyers.
Mike Madison interviews Eric to hear how he found the Northwestern program, what he thought of his time in school, and his plans for a future in law – though not as a lawyer.
Here is...
2024-07-2930 minThe Future Law Podcast2.2 Kevin Miller, CEO of LegalSifter, on Building a LegalTech Startup
Mike Madison sits down with Kevin Miller, CEO of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based LegalTech firm LegalSifter. LegalSifter is powered by tech developed in Pittsburgh’s AI and robotics ecology, centered on Carnegie Mellon University.
A seasoned lawyer-entrepreneur, Kevin shares his thoughts about what lawyers and law firms are doing well, and what they can do better with AI-powered tools.
[This episode was published originally on July 15, 2020.]
2024-07-2934 minThe Future Law Podcast2.1 A Legal Education Call to Action with Trish White and Andrea Sinner of the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal EdMike Madison talks with Dean Trish White and Andrea Sinner, the chair and director of the American Bar Association Commission on the Future of Legal Education. The Commission wrapped up two years’ worth of work in March 2020 and published a report that reads more like a manifesto for change than a conventionally sober reflection. Find the ABA Commission Report online here.
[This episode was published originally on June 15, 2020.]
2024-07-2932 minThe Future Law Podcast1.13.1 Margaret Hagan, Director of the Legal Design Lab at Stanford UniversityMargaret Hagan, a global leader in bringing design to legal education and law practice, talks with Michael Madison about what design is and why design matters, supplying some of her own back story along the way.
[This episode was published originally on December 8, 2019.]
2024-07-2226 minThe Future Law Podcast1.10 Where Have All The Lawyers Gone
Lisa Leong, Dean Dan Hunter, and Mike Madison take apart the challenges of modern law practice: clients increasingly want multi-functional capabilities from their lawyers and firms. The profession is full of talk of “T-shaped” lawyers, who combine deep legal knowledge and broad business and organizational skills. How can firms find, train, and keep these “T-shaped” professionals happy and productive? How can T-shaped lawyers find success in law firms, or beyond?
[This episode was published originally on August 31, 2019.]
2024-07-0127 minThe Future Law Podcast1.10.3 Lisa Damon and Stephen Poor from Seyfarth ShawLisa Damon and Stephen Poor, innovators and leaders at the global law firm Seyfarth Shaw, talk with Mike Madison and Dean Dan Hunter about developing Seyfarth Lean, the name the firm gives to its widely-recognized applied innovation strategies: data-driven process improvements, project management techniques, and legal technology R&D that have changed the firm’s DNA.
[This episode was published originally on September 22, 2019.]
2024-07-0127 minThe Future Law Podcast1.9.2 Michele Pistone, Villanova Law SchoolProfessor Michele Pistone from the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University in Philadelphia talks with Dan Hunter and Mike Madison about disruption in law practice and legal education, about change management in higher education, and about working across the university to build new, cross-disciplinary training for law.
[This episode was published originally on August 11, 2019.]
2024-06-2436 minThe Future Law Podcast1.9.3 Deborah Merritt, Professor at the Ohio State UniversityProfessor Deborah Merritt of the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University talks with Dan Hunter and Mike Madison about the sources of critical challenge in US law schools today and describes paths to re-invention, including a new focus on clients, for herself, for current students, and for law faculties.
[This episode was published originally on August 18, 2019.]
2024-06-2437 minThe Future Law Podcast1.7.0 The End of Law SchoolsDean Dan and Mike Madison talk about whether the future has caught up with law schools. They catch up with Professor Ray Campbell, from Peking University-School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China, who suggests that the future of legal education doesn’t look like the way that we’ve always done things.
[This episode was published originally on May 31, 2019.]
2024-06-1729 minThe Future Law Podcast1.8.0 Innovation on the CheapLisa Leong, Dean Dan, and Mike Madison take a tour through strategies for initiating innovation and change, for people who don’t have “innovating” in their professional portfolios – and who may not have budgets. They have case studies to share, from their own experiences in law firms, companies, and law schools. Anyone can put themselves in a position to innovate. Here’s how to get started.
[This episode was published originally on June 30, 2019.]
2024-06-1724 minThe Future Law Podcast1.2 The Most Interesting American (to us)Introducing our third co-host, Prof Mike Madison from the University of Pittsburgh Law School – who is no ordinary law professor. Mike has been ‘stockpiling’ legal education reformers for over a decade. Mike gives us a brief overview of US-style legal education.
[This episode was published originally on January 31, 2019.]
2024-06-0335 minThe Future Law Podcast1.3 Dean Dan Was Into AI Before It Was CoolIn this episode, Lisa Leong, Mike Madison and Dan Hunter unpack “Artificial Intelligence” in the context of law. Prof Dan was on the public speaking circuit in the 90s banging on about AI – but in those days, no one was listening! He was so into AI that he would have dated Siri if she had existed in the 90s.
[This episode was published originally on January 31, 2019.]
2024-06-0338 min
The Family Size PodcastEpisode 54: Michael, Marlee & Music MayhemSince Michael couldn’t join us again this week, Madison has brought on her creative friends, Michael & his partner Marlee to talk all things art and music. Michael is Madison’s guitar player in their band Paid to Pretend and between the two of them, there are some wild stories to tell. Tune in!
2023-11-091h 46
97% EffectiveEp 29 - Ziya Muhamedcani, President at Madison Company and Sales Institute Japan: Why Sales Deserves Your RespectLearn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.comSHOW NOTES:Ziya Muhamedcani, Founder of the Madison Company and Sales Institute Japan, has increased the effectiveness of sales forces around the world since 1992. We discuss what makes a great sales representative – and how those critical skills and habits can also accelerate our careers inside companies.A true American immigrant success story … from Japan to the US: Ziya’s early years and experienceHow Ziya would have coached his younger self to better navigate corporate lifeTaking yourself for granted & “they hire you for a reason”The critic...
2023-03-2940 min
EdUp Legal19. Conversation with Professor Michael Madison from University of Pittsburgh School of LawWelcome back to America's leading higher education law podcast, EdUp Legal - part of the EdUp Experience Podcast Network! In this episode, we hear from Professor Michael Madison from University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Michael Madison, Professor of Law and John E. Murray Faculty Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, describes the innovative work he and colleagues across the globe are doing with a virtual think that focuses on the futures of professions, globalization, and higher education, called Future Law Works. This initiative is complemented by Professor Madison's Future Law Podcast, which explores...
2021-11-1641 min
Before They Were FamousMadison Beer | Before They Were Famous | Singer Discovered by Justin BieberBefore Madison Beer would release hit songs like “Selfish”. Before Madison Beer would be discovered on YouTube much like Justine Bieber once was... by none other than Justin Bieber himself! Before Madison Beer would have over 3 Million followers on Twitter, 20.3 Million followers on Instagram, 12 million followers on TikTok, and over 2 Million subscribers on YouTube at the time of this recording. American singer and songwriter Madison Beer has been in the spotlight ever since she was barely a teenager. That’s right around the time that the Biebs discovered her on YouTube and helped launch Madison to stardom with a single Tweet...
2021-07-2308 min
LoudmouthA False Start into the NFL: About Michael SamHappy last day of Pride month, Loudmouthers! I hope you all celebrated by being gay and beautiful. In this week's episode, I talk about FOOTBALL???? I know, this is a once-in-a-lifetime moment where Madison genuinely cares about football and it's because of Pride, baby. I talk about recently-out NFL player Carl Nassib and how a player before him, Michael Sam, paved the way for LGBTQ players. Come along as I try to talk and understand football ;)The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/?gclid=CjwKCAjwrPCGBhALEiwAUl9X05Xe4EWP0s7I4aJb500uTL-SW3tvMgWQfZ_NRngpMqRxTr4HKJOdCxoCJcAQAvD_BwE
2021-07-0121 min
globeChang(e)EPISODE 02 – MADISON FRYE, BROWN UNIVERSITY – GIVE EVERYTHING A GO AT LEAST ONCEFor Madison Frye, “moving is the norm”. She spends a cool half-hour with Michael Waitze discussing her global life journey. Madison has lived in four cities: Montreal, Kobe, Tokyo and Bangkok, where she attended Bangkok Patana School. She is currently studying Biomedical Engineering at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She finds that when you are always expecting change, the adjustment process becomes easier.
At Brown, with its open curriculum, Madison is able to pursue her many academic interests. She is currently looking to study Biomedical Engineering. Having not taken Physics or Higher Level Math in high school...
2019-02-2424 min