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Taking 100% Responsibility for Your Happiness with Okeoma Moronu [GWL 113] 0

Sep 25, 2017

Is happiness an inside job? How can we, as lawyers, take responsibility for the choices we make that ultimately impact our level of happiness? Joining us this week is Okeoma Moronu, a young attorney and host of The Happy Lawyer Project Podcast where she explores this concept of happiness.

What You’ll Learn

How she transitioned from BigLaw to in-house counsel
How she manages the pressures of being part of a small in-house legal team
Why she launched The Happy Lawyer Project Podcast
Why is it that lawyers are unhappy?
How can young lawyers figure out what it is they want and what they enjoy
How diversity in the profession all starts with being happy and feeling like we belong
What role her two children play in her decision making
How she was able to make it known that her family is a priority while interviewing for her position
Where her interest in personal finance stems from

Resources:

The Happy Lawyer Project Podcast

Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @thehappylawyerproject

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How to Nurture Your Connections and Get Referrals with Lou Shapiro [GWL 112] 0

Sep 18, 2017

If you’re wondering how to make the best use of your connections, then my guest today, Lou Shapiro, will certainly shed some light on how to go about doing that. Lou is a state and federal criminal law attorney, and he is a master at making friends online and offline and nurturing those relationships into referrals and opportunities.

What You’ll Learn:

What experience is needed in order to eventually open your own practice as a criminal defense attorney
Why he considers his firm to be a “concierge law firm”
Where he gets his best referrals from other lawyers
What exactly he posts on Facebook to invite conversations and generate attention
How his involvement in his volunteer work at his temple led to a spot as a legal consultant on a tv legal comedy
How he managed to secure Amanda Knox as a speaker for his local bar association
The right way to stay in contact with people that you meet
Why he’s waiting for the case that “defines” him
Why you don’t need to experience every area of law in order to find out what you truly love

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Contact info:

Email: lousijshapiro@gmail.com

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Working with YouTubers and Creating Your Own Opportunities with Franklin Graves [GWL 111] 0

Sep 11, 2017

With internet creators becoming more and more popular in today’s YouTube-crazed world, wanting to become a lawyer who serves the needs of this group of people is a viable career path. That’s why I reached out to my friend Franklin Graves, General Counsel for Naxos Music Group. Franklin is immersed in the world of internet creators and YouTubers and is a content creator himself. He creates content to help educate creators of the legal side of digital content.

What We Discuss:

How he networked the smart way and made the most of his connections to land his first job
Why it’s important to get involved in a bar association’s project instead of merely networking
How a trip to an ABA conference started him off on his branding journey
How an article he wrote for the ABA eventually led to an opportunity to speak on a panel at the massive video conference, VidCon
What drew him to wanting to create content on YouTube and for YouTubers
The importance of immersing yourself in the industry you wish to represent
Should lawyers create videos to market their law firms?
How to figure out what type of videos you should create for your firm

Resources:

The Law School Strategy

Frankly Legal YouTube channel

Naxos Music Group

Contact Information:

www.franklingraves.com

@franklingraves – Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

franklingraves@gmail.com