The Lawyer Podcast

Hosted by editor Catrin Griffiths and litigation editor Christian Smith, every second Thursday The Lawyer Podcast brings you our take on the top stories, trends and views moving the legal market.

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Have litigation funders been chasing a busted flush?
May 29, 2025 – 27:05
What law firms aren’t telling you about AI
May 15, 2025 – 31:19
Trump v BigLaw, part three: Where's your line in the sand?
May 2, 2025 – 54:50
Trump v BigLaw, part two: Deal or no deal?
Apr 29, 2025 – 50:33
Trump v BigLaw, part one: Crisis
Apr 24, 2025 – 01:06:07
Your firm may not be interested in private equity, but private equity is interested in your firm
Apr 10, 2025 – 27:21
Could you hack it as a startup GC?
Mar 27, 2025 – 26:30
Does Linklaters’ exit spell the end for the Magic Circle in Eastern Europe?
Mar 13, 2025 – 22:00
Absolute scenes: Freshfields, Willkie and how Merricks v Mastercard bankrolled the litigation market
Feb 27, 2025 – 29:34
Law firm sustainability in the age of Trump
Feb 13, 2025 – 32:43
We need to talk about Latham
Jan 30, 2025 – 31:58
When litigation gets big, who you gonna call?
Jan 16, 2025 – 25:00
Christmas Special: Is someone you know a workaholic?
Dec 19, 2024 – 30:30
Five smaller firms to watch for good or for ill
Dec 5, 2024 – 32:39
The HSF merger: Two firms do not a transatlantic powerhouse make
Nov 14, 2024 – 31:00
How Kirkland is shaking up the European order
Oct 31, 2024 – 25:03
UK 200 Special: What we really think of Freshfields, BCLP and Osborne Clarke
Oct 17, 2024 – 30:10
UK 200 Special: UK law firms fight back
Oct 3, 2024 – 28:26
Is the A&O Shearman honeymoon over?
Sep 19, 2024 – 30:56
Why lawyers now control football
Sep 5, 2024 – 34:50
Qualification: the end of your career?
Jul 18, 2024 – 26:45
The Election Special
Jul 5, 2024 – 28:31
Addleshaws and the myths of the mid-market
Jun 20, 2024 – 31:45
WANTED: A female leader
Jun 6, 2024 – 27:05
Bumble and billables: the woes of dating as a lawyer (and why partners should care)
May 23, 2024 – 31:00
Why you should leave Big Law for a boutique (and why you shouldn't)
May 9, 2024 – 30:07
A&O Shearman’s five biggest challenges - and worst mistake
Apr 25, 2024 – 30:00
Emergency Episode: The SQE shambles
Apr 16, 2024 – 32:02
Big Law outside London: crumbling offices, crumbling strategies
Apr 11, 2024 – 32:43
The SQE: Students deserve better than this
Mar 28, 2024 – 31:27
Scream if you wanna grow faster
Mar 14, 2024 – 29:10
Who wants to be a millionaire associate?
Feb 29, 2024 – 24:46
Everyone wants to be Simpson Thacher’s friend
Feb 15, 2024 – 24:35
We need to talk about Linklaters
Feb 1, 2024 – 30:07
Lawyers and the Post Office scandal: “Are we the baddies?”
Jan 18, 2024 – 25:35
Law firms and climate change: That green office is a distraction
Dec 7, 2023 – 29:22
Forget dealmakers, litigators are law's true entrepreneurs
Nov 23, 2023 – 29:15
The City-regional salary gap: are associates being mugged off?
Nov 9, 2023 – 29:05
Horizon, not live
Oct 26, 2023 – 15:16
Stop whinging about PEP - it matters
Oct 12, 2023 – 25:33
The truth behind the CMS redundancies
Sep 28, 2023 – 22:31
Paul Weiss and the Goblet of Money
Sep 14, 2023 – 20:56
FROM THE ARCHIVES: A&O and Shearman & Sterling emergency episode
Aug 22, 2023 – 21:24
Buried treasure, AI, and are trophy offices a male thing?
Jun 29, 2023 – 25:54
Simpson Thacher boss on A&O-Shearman; super-senior associates; and Lawyer Awards preview
Jun 15, 2023 – 26:20
Special edition: Live from the GC Strategy Summit
Jun 1, 2023 – 26:02
Emergency Episode: We don’t buy the A&O line
May 22, 2023 – 21:24
Quinn and Pallas’s client tussle; new partners; and we sympathise with A&O and Linklaters
May 11, 2023 – 26:13
Ince; US firms have more lawyers but less work; and office dog days are over
Apr 27, 2023 – 26:27
Litigation funders are the new banks; Paul Hastings' memo is good for its brand; and small firms: the life you could have had
Apr 13, 2023 – 25:39