
Legal Speak
Hosted by Cedra Mayfield · Charles Garnar
4.6from 40 ratings
- 413
- Episodes
- 256
- Transcribed
- 40
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Legal Speak
Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what's happening in the legal industry. Each episode tackles a subject that's worthy of a deep dive—from law firm profit hacks to Supreme Court showdowns to the most promising plays in legal tech. Hosted by Senior Litigation Reporter of the Daily Report Cedra Mayfield and Senior Staff Writer for the American Lawyer Patrick Smith, Legal Speak offers straight talk from experts, plus an inside-the-newsroom perspective on market-shaping stories.
- Publisher
- Charles Garnar
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 16 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
256 of 413 episodes have a transcript.

9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Live from RelFest with Jessica Tseng Hasen

8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Live from RelFest with Johnathan Hill

7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Live from RelFest with Susan Stone
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Live from RelFest with Jessica Tseng Hasen
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] All right. I like that intro. Let's talk about the changing legal workforce for a second. What are clients asking for today that looks different from the traditional law firm model? You know, I think clients are thinking really deeply in terms of how they're consuming legal services and thinking outside the billable hourly model. I'm not willing to commit to the billable hour is dead quite yet because people have been saying that for decades now. But clients are certainly asking a lot more of their law firms, I think, asking them about how they are demonstrating ROI, how they are demonstrating value to the relationship, even outside of the sort of financial aspect of the engagement. […]
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- Jessica Tseng Hasen
- Johnathan Hill
- Susan Stone
- Cristin Traylor
- Martha Louks
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 40 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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Who hosts Legal Speak?
Cedra Mayfield host the show. Published by Charles Garnar.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Legal Speak take guests?
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