Personal Jurisdiction

Jonathan Jacobson is a Trial Attorney in the Public Integrity Section at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Illinois (2008) and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (2014).  Learn more about the Honors Program at the Department of Justice here .  Connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn. Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com...

Chloe is Senior Counsel at Longroad Energy. You can find out more about the work Longroad does here .  Chloe Rossen is a graduate of Tufts University (2008) and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (2014).  Connect with Chloe on LinkedIn .  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com On Twitter @PersonalJxPod And on Instagram @PersonalJxPodcast Personal Jurisdiction is powered and di...

Leah Litman is a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. She teaches and writes on constitutional law, federal courts, and federal sentencing. Her research examines unidentified and implicit values that are used to structure the legal system, the federal courts, and the legal profession. Leah’s scholarship has appeared in several top law reviews. Her work also appears in popular...

Donya Khadem is a judicial law clerk on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Previously, she was a judicial law clerk on the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison (2015) and the University of Michigan Law School (2019). Connect with Donya on LinkedIn .  Find us online at https://www.personaljxpod.com On Twitter @PersonalJxPo...

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All opinions in this episode are those of Katherine Leung, personally, and not intended to be attributed to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Katherine Leung is a Field Attorney at the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. Katherine is a graduate of Wellesley College (2014) and Harvard Law School (2017).  Connect with Katherine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katheri...

Get excited for Season 2 by catching up on the great episodes from Season 1. During Season 1, we talked to:  🗳 Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, Esq. , ✏️ Marquette University Law School Assistant Dean of Students Anna Fodor ,  📃 ACLU Staff Attorney My Khanh Ngo , 👐 Executive Director of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services Alissa Lietzow 💉 AbbVie Corporate Brand Counsel Amy Chapple , 💼 Sidley Austin LLP P...

John Mack is a graduate of Princeton University (2000) and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (2012).  John is the Director of Athletics at Princeton University. Learn more about John here: https://alumni.princeton.edu/stories/john-mack-princeton-athletic-director  Connect with John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mack-7b66194   Get new episodes by email by subscribing to our Substa...

Dan Sharpe is a Patent Attorney and DEI Professional at Bookoff McAndrews in Washington, D.C. Dan is a graduate of Princeton University (2007) and the University of Virginia School of Law (2012).  Connect with Dan on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-sharpe-922b389/ If you'd like to learn more about implicit bias, Harvard's Implicit Association Test is a good starting point and is use...

Tom Kayes is a graduate of Pomona College (2007) and Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (2013). He is a solo practitioner and owner of the Law Office of Thomas R. Kayes where he practices civil rights litigation. Check out Tom's firm here: https://www.kayes.law Follow Tom on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/kayes_tom?s=20  And on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kayes-7644...

Jordan Matthews is currently Of Counsel at the law firm of Jones Day in Chicago. She is a graduate of Yale University (2006) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (2009). Jordan was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois from September 2014 - March 2021.  Here's some history on Chicago's iconic Merchandise Mart: http...

Courtney Francik is a graduate of Harvard College (2011) and the George Washington University Law School (2015). She is currently an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Baltimore, Maryland. On the state side, Courtney was an Assistant Public Defender first in the Law Office of the Shelby County Public Defender in Memphis, Tennessee from 2015-2018, and later in the Maryland Office of the Public De...

Leslie Kuhn-Thayer is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Law School. During law school, Leslie worked with the Wisconsin Innocence Project. Learn more about the Wisconsin Innocence Project here: https://law.wisc.edu/fjr/clinicals/ip/  Leslie served as a judicial law clerk directly out of law school and again several years later when she became a career clerk....

Please note that the content in this podcast reflects Amy Chapple's opinions only and not the opinions of AbbVie.  Amy Chapple is U.S. Commercial Brand Counsel at AbbVie in Deerfield, Illinois. She is a 2014 graduate of University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and a 2007 graduate of Loyola University of Chicago.  We tried some new things in this episode with Amy. Let us know what you think! We...

Alissa Lietzow is a 2007 graduate of the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina and a 2010 graduate of the Charleston School of Law. She is the Executive Director of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services. Visit Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services online at https://charlestonprobono.org Charleston Pro Bono is also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/charlestonprobono/  Visit the Charles...

My Khanh Ngo is a 2017 graduate of Yale Law School and a 2013 graduate of Yale University (B.A. Political Science, International Studies).  Check out the Appellate Project - https://theappellateproject.org/ - a resource for students of color interested in appellate work. During Due Diligence, we discussed the concept of saying no and how it can be helpful (and some even argue, essential) to succes...

During this episode, Anna discussed research she has done regarding law student happiness. She provided a couple of articles for our listeners. Check them out here: Kennon M. Sheldon and Lawrence S. Krieger, Understanding the Negative Effects of Legal Education on Law Students: A Longitudinal Test of Self-Determination Theory, available at https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2007_She...

Sumbul Siddiqui is the Mayor of the City of Cambridge Massachusetts. She is a 2014 graduate of Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a 2010 graduate of Brown University. Mayor Siddiqui's City of Cambridge website: https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/citycouncil/citycouncilmembers/sumbulsiddiqui Mayor Siddiqui's reelection website: https://www.votesumbul.com Follow Mayor Siddiqui o...

Link to the University of Michigan Law School's Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic where Allison is a Clinical Fellow:   https://michigan.law.umich.edu/academics/experiential-learning/clinics/civil-criminal-litigation-clinic  Our Theme Song is Pleasant Porridge by Kevin MacLeod. Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7614-pleasant-porridge License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Our logo...

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