How One Lawyer Used Early Blogging to Build a Career in Appellate Law
When Todd Smith launched his first appellate blog in the mid-2000s he wasn’t chasing trends. He was a young lawyer leaving big law with no book of bus…
Real Lawyers Podcast
(9)Real Lawyers with Kevin O’Keefe explores how legal professionals publish to build influence and drive the business of law. Each week, LexBlog Founder & CEO Kevin O’Keefe sits down with lawyers, journalists, technologists and other leaders to discuss the evolving role of publishing in the legal profession—from blogs and newsletters to podcasts and beyond.
Why Jon Hyman’s Straightforward Voice Still Cuts Through in Employment Law
For nearly two decades, Cleveland employment lawyer Jon Hyman has published the Ohio Employer Law Blog with a consistency and clarity few lawyers sust…
From Lawyer to Legal Tech Leader: The Publishing Path of Nicole Black
This week on the Real Lawyers podcast, Kevin O’Keefe talks with Nicole Black of 8am about a career that changed course because she decided to publish.…
How Alan Kaplinsky and Ballard Spahr Turned Niche Consumer Finance Insight into a Must-Read Publication
Alan Kaplinsky did not set out to be a media company. He set out to help clients make sense of a fast-changing consumer finance landscape, especially…
Clio's Joshua Lenon and A.J. Axelrod Join Us on the Real Lawyers Podcast
Apologies for getting you this week's Real Lawyers podcast a little later than normal—there's just so much from our time at ClioCon 2025 to wo…
On the Podcast: Chris Stock on Clio Draft, AI Workmates and Access to Justice
In the latest Real Lawyers podcast episode, Kevin O’Keefe sits down at ClioCon with Chris Stock, Clio’s VP of Legal Content and Migrations. Stock trac…
From Boston: Jack Newton on VLex, AI for Small Firms and Clio’s Culture
We were on the ground in Boston for ClioCon 2025, recording new episodes of the Real Lawyers podcast and talking with the people shaping where legal w…
Ed Walters on Blogs as Secondary Law and the Future of Legal AI
In this episode, Kevin talks with Ed Walters—Fastcase co-founder and now chief strategy officer at vLex—about how consistent publishing drives referra…
Bob Ambrogi Previews ClioCon 2025
Bob Ambrogi has been attending ClioCon since the start and has covered legal tech longer than most of us have been online. In this episode of the Rea…