The 10 Best Legal Podcasts for Lawyers and Legal Professionals


The 10 Best Legal Podcasts for Lawyers and Legal Professionals
Beth Worthy

Beth Worthy

3/21/2024

The finest legal podcasts provide an efficient method for legal professionals to keep up with the newest legal trends and developments.

These are also a good source of reference for legal professionals to learn about new laws and amendments to the current regulations.

A podcast can provide crucial information that can help legal professionals how to operate their law firm more efficiently and expand their business.

There are thousands of legal podcasts based on several generic and niche topics.

However, the most effective podcasts combine accurate analysis and research, professional input, attractive narration, and astute promotion strategies.

The following is a list of the 10 best legal podcasts for lawyers to provide the latest legal news and developments to lawyers and legal experts:

10 Best Legal Podcasts for Lawyers and Legal Professionals

1. I Am the Law

Each 20-minute episode of this podcast features attorneys specializing in a wide range of fields. The speakers describe what exactly comprises of working as a lawyer in their area.

The podcast focuses on a lawyer's everyday real-world experiences instead of dwelling too much on statistics and salaries.

I Am the Law is very useful for upcoming lawyers and students studying law.

This podcast aims to equip fresh law school graduates and newly practicing lawyers with the necessary information to decide which sector of law they would like to build their career in.

2. Lawyer 2 Lawyer

Lawyer 2 Lawyer started in 2005 and quickly gained popularity. It is an award-winning podcast for lawyers and is found useful and relevant by the legal community to this date. 

It is hosted by the lawyers J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi. They have diverse legal and media experience. This expertise enables them to focus on various ongoing intricate legal subjects.

Some of their major podcast topics include Apple’s battle with the FBI, the Panama Papers Scandal, the controversial transgender “bathroom bill” of North Carolina, and more.

3. Serial

Serial is a popular, award-winning podcast hosted by investigative journalist Sarah Koenig.

It is a captivating podcast for lawyers taking an innovative and different outlook on legal issues and various topics related to the public interest.

Since this law podcast is based on a serial format, the plotline of the previous episode continues to the next.

However, this is a non-fiction narrative where each story is based on actual events that made headlines.

For example, Season 1 gives an account of the 1999 murder case of Hae Min Lee, a teenager from Baltimore. Despite her boyfriend, Adnan Masud Syed, being convicted of first-degree murder, questions remained about his guilt.

These aspects are explored in the podcast series.

4. Immigration Hour

Hosted by Charles H. Kuck, Immigration Hour can advise legal professionals to guide you on several key issues.

Immigration Hour enables lawyers to separate legal subjects and issues regarding immigration from politics and public relations.

Some crucial topics discussed by the podcast include the Supreme Court and the latest immigration event issues, like the presidential usage of executive instructions to advance immigration policy.

5. The Gen Why Lawyer

The legal podcast, The Gen Why Lawyer, targets younger lawyers, as its name suggests. It is hosted by Nicole Abboud.

However, unlike I Am the Law, The Gen Why Lawyer focuses on the specific demographic of Generation Y or millennial lawyers born in the 1980s or 1990s.

The host of the podcast considers herself to be a part of this demographic. She discusses with her fellow young attorneys about the legal profession and the connection of their generation.

6. The Digital Edge

The Digital Edge is hosted by Sharon D. Nelson and Jim Calloway. Both are lawyers who specialize in the technology sector.

This podcast focuses on the fact that how the legal profession is almost continuously being affected by technology.

Moreover, this includes discussions on the innovative tools and software applications used by lawyers to do their jobs and increase their law practice, or how the law has constantly impacted and is being impacted by the ever-changing and available growing technology.

Also, it focuses on other topics like cloud computing standards, the technological proficiency of lawyers, the future of the law and technology, etc.

7. The Docket

The Docket is hosted by Canadian criminal lawyer Michael Spratt and focuses on the law's global standpoint. This podcast analyzes the effect that government policies have on the law and the general public.

The topics for discussion also include women and the law, political scandals, animal rights, etc. This podcast has welcomed prominent guests like Louise Arbour, former Canadian Supreme Court Justice.

She has also served as the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights from 2004 to 2008.

8.  Law360’s Pro Say

Law360’s Pro Say is a weekly podcast hosted by the legal journalists Amber Mckinney, Bill Donahue, and Alex Lawson.

The podcast acts as a research or study guide of legal news. This podcast recapitulates everything that occurred in the legal world in the past week.

Moreover, the stories include those that made major headlines and some others that did not make it to the headlines. The show also includes expert guests who discuss along with the hosts.

With the help of their guests' expertise, they simplify the official and technical terminology of legal documents and present stories in an easy-to-understand manner.

9. Lawyerist Podcast

The Lawyerist Podcast is another very popular and informative legal podcast hosted by Sam Glover and Aaron Street. This is a weekly podcast where the hosts talk to accomplished lawyers,  industry experts, and authors.

The podcast is focused on assisting small law firms to improve their law practice. The topics covered include ethics, new business models, how to start and run a successful law firm, marketing, etc.

It has over 200 episodes and therefore has an extensive pool of content and knowledge.

10. Lawnext

The Lawnext is hosted by lawyer, writer, and consultant Bob Ambrogi. He is also the publisher of LawSites, a blog regarding legal technology and innovation.

The podcast targets viewers who prefer to stay up to date on everything happening in the legal industry.

This show includes a wide variety of legal issues, including legal technology, topics shaping the future of law, and improving legal support access. In every episode, the host interviews entrepreneurs and innovators who significantly affect the legal arena.

Conclusion

Other than these, there are several other popular and informative legal podcasts such as,

The Legal Toolkit, which focuses on law practice management, LGBT Bar NY, which focuses on legal issues related to the LGBT community, Lawyers Gone Ethical, based on legal ethics issues, and many more.

Are you or your law firm considering launching a legal podcast?

If yes, then remember that along with other tools, adding timestamps and transcribing your podcast can boost its popularity by making it SEO-friendly and increasing its usefulness to viewers. Podcast listeners are generally loyal, well-off, and educated.

If this is your target audience and if you or your law firm can offer information and insights to this audience, contact us at GMR Transcription Services, Inc. for legal transcription services. We provide accurate podcast transcription services at affordable rates within a quick turnaround time.
 

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Beth Worthy

Beth Worthy

Beth Worthy is the Cofounder & President of GMR Transcription Services, Inc., a California-based company that has been providing accurate and fast transcription services since 2004. She has enjoyed nearly ten years of success at GMR, playing a pivotal role in the company's growth. Under Beth's leadership, GMR Transcription doubled its sales within two years, earning recognition as one of the OC Business Journal's fastest-growing private companies. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two kids.