Lawtrades Podcast
Welcome to the Lawtrades Podcast, where we explore the ever-evolving world of legal services and the transformative power of legal marketplaces. Through our interviews with legal experts, entrepreneurs, and executives, we uncover the experiences and insights that have reshaped the way companies approach their outside counsel work.
Personal Finance Tips For Lawyers
In this event we cover:
Managing Your MoneyUnderstanding Risk Vs. RewardChoosing Investments‍
Managing Your Money‍
To manage your money effectively, focus on both cash flow (money coming in and going out) and net worth (assets minus liabilities).
Prioritize paying off high-interest debt before investing or saving.Consider automating savings contributions to make it easier to save consistently.‍
Understanding Risk vs Reward
6:11 Investing involves balancing risk and reward. Generally speaking, higher-risk investments offer higher potential rewards but also come with higher potential losses.Diversification is key to managing risk in you...A Conversation with OpenAI on Innovation in the Legal Industry
In this episode we cover:
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What it’s like working at a company with over 20 million monthly usersHow the OpenAI legal team use AIConcerns around privacy and liabilityWhat’s next in AI?‍
What is OpenAI?
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03:29 OpenAI was founded as an AI research organization in 2015 with a mission to create artificial general intelligence that benefits all of humanity.04:10 It's still governed by a non-profit organization today with a capped profit structure which helps them stay true to their mission.‍
How Does Chat GPT Work?
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04:49Â ChatGPT uses AI to genera...GPT-4 Raises the Bar (Exam), Leaky Tweety, & Crypto Suits
This Week: An AI model just passed the bar exam in the 90th percentile, Twitter is dealing with a source code leak, and the crypto space is facing serious litigation. Plus, remote work ≠bonus, and tort reform in Florida has sparked a feud.
Special Edition: Too Local to Fail?
🗞️ South Park’s Bitter Fight, Regulating AI, & Art v. Computer
THIS WEEK: The streaming wars arrive in South Park, California stands up to AI, and what part of AI-generated art is the actual art. PLUS, pandemic-era lawyers may need to boost their experience, and the Texas Two-Step continues to unravel.
Shell Directors Sued For Climate Change, Are NFTs Art, and SBF's Texting Turmoil
Bankruptcy Is Only For The Bankrupt, Is The Alphabet Breaking Up, & Pirate Wars
THIS WEEK: Johnson and Johnson finds no success in bankruptcy, Google's search for digital ad dominance may be ending, and Silicon Valley is caught up in fighting pirates. Plus, Rick Astley will never let you down, and Meta reverses course.
Winklevoss Twins Face The SEC, JPMorgan Gets Scammed, & Twitter's Fight Over Severance
This Week: The Winklevoss twins are back in litigation, JPMorgan goes to court over a recent acquisition, and ex-Twitter employees say they weren't paid severance. Plus, a new copyright court venue is doing well, and scammers are increasingly eyeing former tech workers.
🗞️SBF Pleas Not Guilty, TikTok Gets Blocked, & California and Washington Boost Labor Laws
THIS WEEK: Sam Bankman-Fried pleas not guilty and throws his lawyers under the bus, TikTok gets blocked on government devices, and pay transparency becomes law. Plus, Big Law pay cuts keep coming, spyware at the DEA, and a law school rankings refresh.
Going VC with James Walker
On this episode of Not Billable, we sat down and chatted with James Walker, Associate Counsel and Investments at Draper Associates (an investor of Lawtrades), a venture capital firm run founded and managed by Tim Draper.
James shares his experience getting his MBA/JD through the J-Term program at Columbia University and what it was like to pivot from Big Law at Latham & Watkins into a hybrid business legal role at Draper Associates.
Working at Latham & Watkins
James started his career as an associate attorney at Big Law firm, Latham & Watkins
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