Speakers: Amir Whitaker - Policy Attorney, ACLU of Southern California Daiquiri Steele - ABA YLD Assembly Speaker Moderator: Abre’ Conner - Staff Attorney, ACLU Foundation of Northern California In partnership with the ABA YLD Public Education Committee, this talk highlights the steps you can take to file an education-based complaint, the challenges you might run into, and other tips you need to be successful in ensuring justice for all students.This talk was originally recorded on...

First year exams are stressful. Let's consider historical rites of passage, the Ming dynasty Confucian civil service exam, and your upcoming career in an effort to provide some perspective to the process. Hosted by Joshua Jones. (12 minutes, 22 seconds)

Special guest podcast by the ABA Section of Litigation! Take less than 15 minutes to hear how to suppress your fight-or-flight response in times of extreme stress, like the bar exam. Our expert in witness preparation, with a background in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, offers essential test-taking and stress-management strategies for bar-takers. The guest is Matt McCusker of Convince, LLC. Matt is a nationally renowned Litigation Consultant with extensive plaintiff and defense...

ABA Legal Career Central's Career Insights podcast is designed to explore cutting-edge issues, trends and practices impacting the legal profession and lawyers entering and growing in the profession. Each podcast is led by an experienced interviewer who will introduce a subject that is current and will involve leading experts, academicians, and practitioners reacting to the interviewer’s questions. In the second part of this program, our experts continue the conversation on how attorney...

ABA Legal Career Central's Career Insights podcast is designed to explore cutting edge issues, trends and practices impacting the legal profession and lawyers entering and growing in the profession.  Each podcast is led by an experienced interviewer who will introduce a subject that is current and will involve leading experts, academicians and practitioners reacting to the interviewer’s questions. It's no secret that some attorneys have reputations for being crooked, sneaky, or self-serving....

This podcast concludes the discussion between Professor Thomas E. Patterson (Harvard Kennedy School of Government) and two legal scholars, Shauna L. Shames (Rutgers)and Nick Robinson (Yale), who have published scholarly works examining lawyers in politics. Part 1 briefly examined the historical nexus of law and politics and how recent political events have created a renewed interest in public service and public affairs. Part 2 touches on how lawyers might run for public office, opportunities...

In this podcast Professor Thomas E. Patterson (Harvard Kennedy School of Government) interviews two legal scholars, Shauna L. Shames (Rutgers)and Nick Robinson (Yale), who have published scholarly works examining lawyers in politics. The podcast briefly examines the historical nexus of law and politics and how recent political events have created a renewed interest in public service and public affairs. It explores how transitioning lawyers run for public office and seek career opportunities...