Join Peter, Natalie, and special guest co-host Laura van Wyngaarden as they speak with Rebecca Kacaba and Mat Goldstein from DealMaker about their journey to create a new way for companies and investors to streamline the capital-raising process

S04E05: Client relationships are changing - here's what you should do about it

Aug 5th, 2019 32m 29s

Developing personal relationships and fostering greater understanding of your client's needs are as important as ever in the legal world. In this episode, Natalie and Peter chat with Mark Le Blanc about how the changing dynamic between in-ho

How innovating the field of legal education will create better lawyers (and the training that will get you ahead of the curve)

Jul 1st, 2019 32m 47s

Extensive education is essential for producing lawyers that will meet the needs of your firm and clients. In this episode, Peter and Natalie speak with Bill Henderson about how he aims to teach both law students and established legal profession

[REBROADCAST] S03E07: What one litigator learned from launching a legal tech startup

Jun 20th, 2019 41m 7s

Alma Asay didn't plan to become a legal entrepreneur. But when she looked for a tool that would help her manage information in her litigation practice, she didn't find it. Instead, she found herself building a piece of software called Allegory

S04E03: How legal writing and editing software will make you a better lawyer (and save your partner’s and mentor’s time)

Jun 3rd, 2019 37m 1s

Good lawyers are good writers. In this episode, Peter and Natalie speak to Ivy Grey about techniques and technologies that will help make you a better writer and a better lawyer. Peter, Natalie and Ivy explore the technology and training method

[REBROADCAST] S03E05: Partnering with Millennials to build better law firms

Apr 18th, 2019 59m 37s

Aly Haji is researching what it means to be a millennial at a law firm – why they’re leaving en masse, why they find their jobs soul-crushing, and why all of this is a real problem for law firms. Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold talk to him ab

A better way to gather text message and social media evidence

Apr 2nd, 2019 29m 35s

Litigators and clients find it difficult to collect cell phone and social media evidence. Peter and Natalie speak with Puneet Tiwari about his new tool that will help you search and collect evidence. This way, you won’t miss the important evide

[REBROADCAST] S03E04: Counter Tax Lawyers built a better law firm, for real

Mar 21st, 2019 33m 30s

This episode is a bit different: it’s a recording of a talk that Peter gave at the Clio Cloud Conference in 2017 called The More Complete Law Firm. If you’ve ever wanted to hear more from one of BNL’s beloved hosts, now’s your chance. In the ep

[REBROADCAST] S03E03: Incremental innovation & forgetting about the sexy robots

Feb 21st, 2019 43m 34s

Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Ron Friedmann, founder and principal of Prism Legal Consulting and consultant at Fireman & Company. They talk the nitty gritty details of NewLaw: building knowledge management systems, handling budget

[REBROADCAST] S03E02: S03E02: The failure of the most innovative law firm & the lessons NewLaw needs to learn

Jan 17th, 2019 52m 47s

Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Mark Cohen, co-founder of Clearspire. The group discusses the Clearspire story, why its bleeding-edge technology and legal expertise weren’t a commercial success, and the lessons NewLaw needs to lear

S04E01: Unlock your people to reinvent your law firm

Jan 7th, 2019 38m 1s

Peter Aprile and Quinn Ross discuss the Ontario Bar Association’s inaugural “Innovator-in-Residence” Program and the reasons that Peter chose to analyze traditional law firm structures and leadership, and his belief that the paradigm that under

[REBROADCAST] S03E01: Litigation funding & the expanded opportunities for lawyers & clients, alike

Dec 20th, 2018

Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Tania Sulan and Naomi Loewith of Bentham IMF. The group discusses Bentham IMF's recent arrival in Canada, the stimga of litigation funding, and the opportunities it opens for lawyers and clients, ali

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Dec 12th, 2018 1h 10m

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[REBROADCAST] S02E11: Combining retail and law to deliver “Axess-able” legal services

Nov 22nd, 2018 42m 47s

Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Lena Koke, co-founder of Axess Law, Canada. The group discusses the innovative approach that Axess uses to deliver legal services. The law firm works in retail spaces across Ontario, with 12 locations

S03E09: Why your litigation analysis is weak and what you should do about it

Nov 7th, 2018 36m 38s

Jamie Gardiner believes that most lawyers' complex litigation analysis is weak so he set out to find a better way. Jamie believes that litigation tools can help lawyers and clients better understand litigation value and risk so that clients can

REBROADCAST] S02E10: Weathering the great legal reformation & practicing law as a team sport

Oct 18th, 2018 29m 50s

Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Mitch Kowalski, author, advisor and innovator in the global legal services industry. The group discusses Mitch’s newest book, The Great Legal Reformation: Notes from the Field. Natalie, Peter, and M

S03E08: How hourly billing is hurting your people and profit

Oct 1st, 2018 44m 38s

John Chisholm did not think that he would end up researching, writing, and consulting about law firm pricing. However, John learned how the billable hour model is limiting law firm profitability, and he became a passionate value pricing advocat

[REBROADCAST] S02E09: Using legal trends & vision to help lawyers build something bigger

Sep 20th, 2018 42m 55s

Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Jack Newton, co-founder of Clio. If you’re not familiar with Clio, then you might have been living under a rock. Clio is the most widely used cloud-based legal practice management system in the world.

S03E07: What one litigator learned from launching a legal tech startup

Sep 4th, 2018 41m 7s

[REBROADCAST] S02E08: Asking questions & the problem of the client-centric law firm

Aug 23rd, 2018 39m 41s

Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Casey Flaherty, a former outside and inside counsel known for creating the Service Delivery Review, a tool that facilitates communication between law firms and clients. The interview focuses on Casey’

S03E06: The reasons why legal ops failed to change a BigLaw firm

Aug 7th, 2018 1h 10m

John Grant has a lot of experience bringing change to law firms – or trying to. As you might expect, John has seen both success and failure in those attempts, and he brings all of those stories to his discussion with Peter Aprile and Natalie Wo

[REBROADCAST] S02E07: Building a client-first law firm before it’s too late

Jul 19th, 2018 29m 25s

Peter Aprile and Nathalie Worsfold interview Jordan Furlong. Jordan is a leading global legal market analyst and the interview focuses on Jordan’s new book Law Is A Buyer’s Market: Building A Client-First Law Firm. In the interview, Jordan sh

Partnering with Millennials to build better law firms

Jul 10th, 2018 59m 37s

[REBROADCAST] S02E06: Lawyer proofing law firms & building stronger enterprises

Jun 21st, 2018 25m 42s

Peter Aprile and Natalie Worsfold interview Jordan Furlong, leading Canadian analyst of the global legal market. Peter, Natalie, and Jordan discuss Jordan’s first book, Law is a Buyer’s Market: Building a Client-First Law Firm. They dive dee