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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. Presented by LexBlog, the network powering independent legal voices worldwide.
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Kevin talks with Cyndy McCollough, founder of McCollough Consulting, about moving legal marketing beyond AI experiments and into a shared roadmap. Cyndy explains why training first matters, how to pick one small pilot and measure it, and why a middle-out model beats top-down or bottoms-up alone. She shares practical wins—prompt libraries, email tri…
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From Mosaic and Usenet to one of the first immigration websites, Greg retraces securing his domain in 1993 and launching an email bulletin in mid-1994 that still runs today. He digs into early ABA advertising fights, daily site change logs and how that publishing drew calls from places like Cirque du Soleil. Greg explains why a Matthew Bender healt…
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Kevin O’Keefe sits down with Dan Harris, founder of the renowned China Law Blog, to talk about how a niche blog can transform a law practice. Dan shares the origin story of his pioneering legal blogs, why his firm requires lawyers to publish and how blogging has generated major clients in unexpected ways. They discuss lessons from launching the Can…
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Legal commentator David Lat joins host Kevin O’Keefe to chart his path from writing the irreverent, anonymous blog Underneath Their Robes to launching Above the Law in 2006 and now steering his reader-funded Substack, Original Jurisdiction. Lat explains how legal gossip and personality-driven stories grabbed attention inside a buttoned-up professio…
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In this episode Kevin talks with Katie Wyka — Clio’s first in-house performance coach — about how to build resilient, high-functioning teams inside a fast-growing legal-tech company. Katie explains how her research on mental toughness informs her coaching approach and unpacks her “solo, doubles and team” framework for guiding individuals, pairs and…
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Kevin talks with Carolyn Elefant — renewable‑energy litigator, MyShingle founder and leading voice for solo and small‑firm lawyers — about what it means to “own your talent” and build a sophisticated niche practice outside big law. Carolyn traces how her 2002 launch of MyShingle paved the way for democratized legal publishing and advocacy that chal…
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Kevin talks with Amy Shepherd—strategic advisor at Gladstone Growth Strategies and founder of Amy AI—about using artificial intelligence to streamline business development and modernise law-firm marketing. They cover lessons from scaling Ballard Spahr’s blog and podcast network, the role of lawyer champions, early survey data on AI adoption and why…
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Davis Williams joins Kevin O’Keefe to talk about how law students can create their own opportunities through publishing, networking and exploring emerging areas of law. A rising 3L at North Carolina Central and founder of the International Legal Practice Society, Davis shares how he’s written about topics like digital personhood, AI and space law t…
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Publishing in law is moving at AI speed. Kevin O’Keefe talks with Guy Alvarez—Founder & CEO of Alvarez AI Advisors and Good2BSocial before that—about using generative tools to fuel client-centric content, sharpen business development and carve profitable niches. They cover HubSpot’s early AI push, lessons from bootstrapping, a new survey on legal-i…
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In this episode, Kevin talks with John Corey, co-founder of Green Target, about the evolution of legal marketing and the growing importance of thought leadership. They cover takeaways from the 2025 Marketing Report, the staying power of blogs and how AI is reshaping legal publishing. John highlights the need for actionable content and the chance fo…
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