Today we share our conversation with Evan Parker, a Ph.D statistics expert and founder of Parker Analytics. Evan is ushering in a new era of data-driven decision-making for law firms by working with them to collect, assess, and evaluate their data, optimizing how they do business.  He uses data to help them discover problematic trends in recruitment, diversity, and efficiency, then identifies their solutions.  He recently discussed one of these trends on Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast, Revisionist History.  

In this episode, Evan shares some surprising insights he has unearthed through looking at firm data, like how a good grade in torts is a better predictor of success than a good grade in contracts, why a top tier law degree does not predict greater success at a law firm than a mid-tier law degree, and the key factors causing certain demographic groups at law firms to fall behind, and others to succeed.

Intuition And Indicators

Today we share a conversation with Erwin Chemerinsky, a preeminent constitutional law scholar, Supreme Court litigator, and Dean of Berkeley Law. 

In this episode, we talk to Erwin about several topics, including Berkeley Law’s response to the pandemic, his vision for innovative legal education, advice to new students and graduating 3Ls, and how he picks which cases he takes on pro bono, many of which he argues at the Supreme Court or Circuit Court level.  Finally, he talks about new constitutional law issues arising out of the pandemic, and what key decisions we should watch for in this Supreme Court term.

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Join Anand Upadhye as he speaks to giants in the legal industry about rapid change in legal technology and the business of law.  Check us out athttps://modernlawyerpod.com/

Intuition And Indicators

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