Best Legal Podcasts

It has been a huge year of growth for legal industry podcasts. While mainstays such as ‘Happy Lawyer Happy Life’ surpassed 200 episodes, niche new shows such as ‘Counsel’ have brought lawyers to the podcasting medium in droves.

In a year that saw massive change to the industry, information about the legal profession has never been more relevant. Plus, as legal communities, events and businesses continue to digitise, there is more demand than ever for legal industry information and entertainment.

To save you the effort, we’ve curated the Top Legal Podcasts for in-house lawyers.

The Leading Lawyer Project

Summary

The Leading Lawyer Project is a podcast featuring interviews with General Counsel, Law Firm Partners and legal industry leaders to uncover the habits, traits and career paths of high performers.

Why we love it

The Leading Lawyer Project has a unique focus on unearthing the qualities and journeys that lead to successful careers, especially the careers of great innovators. Plus, it’s hosted by Plexus’ very own Associate Commercial Director, Sam Burrett!

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Episode 1 The Leading Lawyer Project explores legal technology and the future of in-house legal departments with Andrew Mellett, CEO of Plexus.

The Legal Ops Podcast

Summary

The Legal Ops Podcast is about all things legal operations, legal business and legal technology. It’s hosted by Alex Rosenrauch, who is a Director in PwC’s New Law team and Elliot Leibu, who is the Head of Legal Operations at ANZ.

Why we love it

We love the interviews with top legal industry innovators, sure, but the best part of TLOP is listening to Elliot and Alex muse about the latest technology, whether it’s a legal chatbot or a new Apple Watch.

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Check out episode 4 with Connie Brenton, Director of Legal Ops at NetApp and former CEO of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, to hear about the journey of one of the industry’s most influential innovators.

The Future Law Podcast

Summary

The Future Law Podcast is about understanding the changes in the legal industry, whether it’s the development of legal tech, the rise of managed services and legal ops, or the changes to student numbers and graduate outcomes.

Hosts Dan Hunter (Dean of Law at QUT) and Michael Madison (Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law) interview a range of voices from across the legal spectrum, from a range of countries and jurisdictions and backgrounds, all focused in some way on coming to grips with the future of law.

Why we love it

The Future Law Podcast is unique in that it is run by senior academics who are studying the changes facing the legal industry and exploring how those changes will affect law schools and graduates. Their perspective is important for any in-house lawyer who is thinking about mentoring younger lawyers or wanting to understand how graduates will be impacted by the changing legal profession.

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Check out interview 5.1 with Mick Sheehy, former General Counsel of Telstra, discussing legal transformation for in-house teams.

Doing Law Differently

Summary

Hosted by author, lawyer and innovator, Lucy Dickens, The Doing Law Differently podcast takes a practical look at how progressive legal businesses are transforming the practice of law for the better.

Why we love it

Not only was Lucy born with a voice perfectly suited to broadcasting, she brings her practical, hands-on approach to interviews with guests. This is a must-listen for small and mid-sized law firms and legal departments who want to understand what it actually takes to execute legal innovation.

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Episode 42, ‘Reflections from 10 years of Doing Law Differently’ is an excellent introduction to Lucy’s work and her unique perspective on legal innovation.

The Happy Lawyer Happy Life Podcast

Summary

The legal industry has shockingly high rates of depression and unhappiness. Clarissa Rayward is a Brisbane-based divorce lawyer on a mission to explore how lawyers can find a balance between being a great lawyer and having a great life.

Why we love it

This podcast is one of the original Australian legal industry podcasts and has featured interviews with many of Australia’s leading legal innovators. Across over 200 episodes, Clarissa shares her infectious enthusiasm for designing a lawyer life that is meaningful and happy.

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Episode 144 with Kiara Tarrant, legal counsel at Virgin Australia Group, explores finding your purpose, passion and happiness in-house.

Lawyers Weekly: Corporate Counsel Show

Summary

The Lawyers Weekly Show takes an in-depth look at the world of law in Australia, talking to lawyers and other sector experts with fascinating careers, ground-breaking case work or insights into the profession. The Corporate Counsel Show airs on The Lawyers Weekly Podcast feed every two weeks and features interviews and discussions with in-house lawyers.

Why we love it

Host Jerome Dorisamy is one of Australia’s leading legal journalists. He has a talent for finding great guests and asking them insightful questions.

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Check out ‘Life as a BigLaw GC’ featuring a great interview with Sarah Hine, General Counsel of the world’s largest law firm, Dentons.

Counsel

Summary

Counsel is a new podcast launched in 2020 specifically exploring in-house lawyer life. Counsel is hosted by Mel Scott, Senior Legal Counsel at a global technology company based in Brisbane, and features interviews with in-house lawyers from various industries.

Why we love it

Mel’s enthusiasm for in-house life is infectious. Whether you want to learn more about successful in-house lawyers or simply need some counsel inspiration, this show is always an uplifting listen.

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Episode 2 of Counsel features the inspiring Anna Lozynski, one of Plexus’ great clients, and explores Anna’s legal innovation journey.

Over to you

The legal industry has taken to the podcast airwaves, and we couldn’t be happier. From discussion of mental health, to small-firm innovation, to AI in law, there is a lot to love about legal industry podcasts.

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