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A Lawyer's #MeToo Story with Bailey Standish [GWL 123] Dec 04, 2017

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Bailey Standish loved her job at her law school until sexual advances from her supervisor made working there unbearable. She joins us and shares her experience with sexual harassment in her legal position. She shares advice on how young lawyers, who find themselves in similar positions, can approach the situation.

We discuss the importance of having a supportive mentor and a strong tribe of friends who will guide you. Bailey talks about some of the signs to look for that help tip you off to an inappropriate situation, and she also shares a few resources that are available to victims of sexual harassment.

Contact

baileystandish@gmail.com

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Growing Your Niche Practice in an Underserved Community with Nicholas Hite [GWL 122] Nov 27, 2017

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Nicholas Hite from Hite Law Group is building a thriving family and domestic law practice in New Orleans, with a special focus on members of the LGBTQ community. In this episode, Nick joins us to share his insight on choosing the right niche and growing a law practice to profitability within 6 months.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

How Hurricane Katrina changed the city of New Orleans and how that affected Nick's practice
How he chose his niche within the family law field based on his passions and desires
Why he offers LGBTQ cultural competency trainings and how it helps him grow his brand
How narrow is too narrow when it comes to choosing a niche?
Why Nick decided to set up his attorney fees based on a sliding scale
What Nick did when he took an entire year off after leaving his law firm position
How he grew his firm to profitability within the first 6 months of launching
Why it's important to be involved in the community you want to serve

Resources

PFLAG – New Orleans chapter

NOAGE

BreakOUT

Contact Information

www.hitelawgroup.com

(504)2520678

nicholas@hitelawgroup.com

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Improving Public Legal Decision-Making with Mariam Morshedi [GWL 121] Nov 20, 2017

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Leaving the law to launch a nonprofit is not easy. That's precisely what today's guest, Mariam Morshedi, did when she saw there was a need for simplified law. Mariam left her legal position at AARP to launch Subscript Law. Subscript is a committed to enhancing the legal and political decision-making of Americans. She accomplishes this by breaking down legal concepts, Supreme Court cases, and government functions into visual explainers.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

How she channeled her interest in philosophy and anthropology into her legal nonprofit
What inspired her to launch her nonprofit
Why she believes that the public has a right to not only know the law but understand it as well
How she decided that visual graphics were the best way to present information
Her steps in assembling her board and team at the nonprofit
How to find the right marketing channels for your business when marketing isn't your strength
Why she chose a non-profit as opposed to other types of organization
Why it's important to prepare yourself financially if you're going to launch a non-profit

Contact Information:

mmorshedi@subscriptlaw.com

Subscript Law

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Leaders Love Company: A look into my new show [GWL 120] Nov 13, 2017

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I'm sharing a preview of my new show, Leaders Love Company, which launches this week. I explain the basis for the new podcast show, what I'm hoping to accomplish, and why you should tune in.

I also share a few snippets from the first couple of episodes of the new show.

I hope you like it!

I would truly appreciate it if you SUBSCRIBED to the new show.

Stay connected with me on my favorite platform, Instagram.

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Launching a Non-Profit and a Podcast with Special Education Lawyers Amanda Selogie and Vickie Brett [GWL 119] Nov 06, 2017

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The fearless duo from Selogie and Brett, Amanda and Vickie, join us to share their insight on how they launched their law practice focused on helping children living with disabilities. They also share how they've channeled their passion for helping special needs children into their non-profit and their newly launched podcast.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

What it takes to be a special education law attorney
How they figured out it was time for them to open their own practice together
Is going solo for everyone?
How can you make a law firm partnership last and how to make sure you're protected in case the love doesn't last
How someone in a niche practice area can generate business
What to use to market your practice when you don't have a big budget…or a budget at all!
Why they started their non-profit and a podcast to support the non-profit's mission

Resources Mentioned:

Connection Café

Contact Information:

www.selogiebrett.com

Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter

Inclusive Education Project

Facebook, Instagram

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How to Build a Sales Funnel to Generate New Legal Clients with Sam Mollaei [GWL 118] Oct 30, 2017

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Joining us today is young attorney and digital marketer, Sam Mollaei. In just over 2 years, Sam managed to grow his virtual law practice from zero to over 600 clients. He shares his insights on how to build a sales funnel that continuously attract clients to your law practice.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

How Sam's content marketing efforts began to pay off about 12 months after he began writing blogs
What type of good quality content you should be creating to attract legal clients
The importance of links and link-building on your website for attracting visitors
3 essential elements to figuring out the right niche
- High urgency
- High demand
- Premium pricing
2 main ways to begin attracting clients online
Why it's important to build a system and sales funnel in order to get clients
Sam shares his 4-part sales funnel
How (and when) to properly ask for a Google review from your clients
Sam's 3 most valuable lessons learned
Which practice areas lend themselves the best to sales funnels

Resources:

Google Trends

Google Keyword Planner

Google Adwords

MixMax – email plugin that connects with Gmail to set up automatic follow up sequence

Contact Information:

Email: sam@legalfunnel.com

www.mollaeilaw.com

How to Rewire Your Brain for Optimal Performance with Leila Nosrat [GWL 117] Oct 23, 2017

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The mind is powerful. There's no doubt about that. But if you're like me, then you haven't learned how to tap into its power to unlock your full potential. Thankfully, Leila Nosrat is joining us today to teach us to do just that. She has perfected a 4-step process to help us rewire our brains in order to achieve our goals.

Leila is an attorney, mindset coach, and an academic success strategist. She is the host and producer of the YouTube series, Law with Leila, and is the founder of Bar Prep Mindset, a bar prep company helping law students get in the right mindset for the bar exams.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

Why managing stress, both in law school and as a lawyer, forms the basis for success
Can we rewire and retrain our brains to accelerate our learning and do more?
How you can train your brain to wake up with more motivation and use certain strategies to perform at your optimal level
Leila's 4-step "IPSA" system to help you set and achieve your goals
The importance of affirmations, even in the absence of immediate results
Why Leila believes YouTube is a worthy platform to spend time on

Resources Mentioned:

Carol Dweck

Legal Seagull YouTube channel

Contact Information:

Law with Leila YouTube channel

Instagram: law_with_leila

Facebook: Leila Nosrat

Winning Your Case in the Court of Public Opinion with Wayne Pollock [GWL 116] Oct 16, 2017

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Wayne Pollock joins us in this episode to share his insight on how lawyers, can use the press and various media outlets to help tell the stories of their clients and help shape the opinions of those who might have some say in the outcome of our clients' cases, i.e. a jury or other decision makers.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

What is the Court of Public Opinion and why should young lawyers know about it
Who are the members of the Court of Public Opinion
How a lawyer can engage members of the Court of Public Opinion and how that's beneficial from a legal service perspective, client perspective, and marketing perspective
The ethical concerns when it comes to engaging the media and press
Do transactional attorneys need to worry about how their clients' cases appear in the press too?
Why it's important to think critically about your brand and how you position yourself when it comes to your own media pursuits
Part of being a competent attorney might include telling their story to the public
What are the first steps to engaging the media for any of our cases
How Wayne is marketing his niche law firm

Contact Info

www.copostrategies.com

Email: waynepollock@copostrategies.com

LinkedIn: Wayne Pollock

Twitter: @waynepollock_cs

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Millennial Leadership and Constructing Effective Teams with Mark Beese [GWL 115] Oct 09, 2017

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I love leadership! That's why I'm glad to have our guest, Mark Beese, on the show today. Mark is a leadership expert and he's here to chat about how Millennial lawyers can step up and become the leaders they are meant to be.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

How lawyers can learn to become better leaders
The impact of leadership on business development and sustainability of firms
Why Mark believes Millennials will save the legal profession
Why it's important to understand negative and positive stereotypes in order to start building your leadership skills
What makes Millennial employees loyal
How to ask for and give feedback the right way
How to construct highly effective teams even as a young lawyer
Why we can do a lot better in teams than as individuals
Does teamwork make sense in a fiercely competitive legal profession?
What it'll take for law firms to build better workplace culture

Resources:

Center for Creative Leadership

Jennifer Deal, "What Millennials Want From Work"

Contact Information:

mark@leadershipforlawyers.com

www.leadershipforlawyers.com

This episode is sponsored by MM.LaFleur

Best Biz Dev Tips from Clio Conference Attendees [GWL 114] Oct 02, 2017

Show notes

Between trying to remain calm before presenting at the Clio Cloud Conference and trying to enjoy the conference as an attendee, I managed to snag 4 short interviews with some of the attendees. The question I asked them? What is your best business development tip for getting your first client (or any client!)?

I was grateful that I recorded my quick chat with the following individuals who contributed their insight on this question:

Rehan Hasan, corporate attorney and business advisor

Julia Shapiro, Founder and CEO of Hire an Esquire

Adam Callahan, One400

Paul Rummel, CTO of Vijilent

Prior Episodes mentioned in this Episode:

Julia Shapiro - Episode 62

Creativity - Episode 80

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