The Legal Department
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The Legal Department is a business podcast hosted by Stacy Bratcher. It has 91 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Practical, efficient and fun, The Legal Department podcast delivers the bottom line of what busy in-house attorneys need to know to level up their career. Whether you’re the general counsel or just starting a career in a corporate law department, The Legal Department podcast is the place to get real world advice from leading legal executives, executive coaches, and other thought leaders on how to grow your career and deliver more value to your clients. Through conversations with prominent general counsel, chief legal officers and select law firm thought leaders, you’ll get to the bottom line of what you need to know about front page legal issues like digital privacy, cybersecurity and AI. Guests will share their strategies for managing the legal team, budgets, and navigating tricky company politics. Episodes will also tackle in-house fundamentals like the attorney client privilege, litigation, M&A, governance and working with boards of directors and the c-suite.
business ·en-us ·91 episodes
Goal Getter: Ask Big Questions To Get Big Goals: Charles Holmes, Executive Coach [E91]
Office Hours: Stacy Answers Your Listener Questions
In-House Privilege Redux: Diana Feinstein, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP [E89]
Goal Getter: Look Back To Go Forward With Michael Melcher, CEO M2 Leaders And Author Of "Your Invisible Network" [E88]
Ethics In The Legal Department With Ryan Little, Founder Little Legal And Former State Bar Prosecutor [E87]
Goal Getter: The Happiness Factor Marla Persky Executive Coach, 2x GC And Independent Board Member [E86]
Contracting In The #Creator Economy: Brittany Ratelle, Ratelle Law [E85]
Stuck At Work? Tips To Reboot Your Career With Ellen Yang
ACC Replay: The Influential Counsel: Mastering Personal Branding In The Corporate World [E83]
Escape From Meeting Hell: Run Better Meetings With Anita Kishore, Executive Coach [E82]
Do This Before You Spend $$$ on Legal Tech With Lyndsey Cain Of LegalEng [E79]
Office Hours: How To Get Your First GC Job With Leah Huddleston And Candace Jackson [E81]
Closed Mouths Don't Get Fed: Use Metrics To Tell The Story Of The Legal Department With Kathy Zhu, CEO And Co-Founder Of Streamline AI [E80]
Leveling Up: My Conversation With Alex Su And Candice Reed On Leveraging Latitude Podcast [E78]
Make Your Legal Department A Revenue Generator With Greg McPolin And Andrew Johnstone [E77]
No Really, This Is How To Use AI In The Legal Department With Sterling Miller, CEO & Author Of Ten Things You Need to Know As In-House Counsel (E76)
Direito Sem Fronteiras: Building A Global Legal Career With Juliana Calil (E75)
Office Hours: 2 GCs And A Law Firm Partner Answer Listener Questions Kate Dugan, GC Of Energizer Holdings and Joe Glynias, Chair Of Husch Blackwell (E74)
What Would The CEO Do? The Start-Up GC’s Mindset With Jonathan Levy, Y Combinator (E73)
From The Legal Department Into The Board Room With Jeanine Wright Former GC, Tech Founder & 5x Board Member [E72]
“Your Job is Not to Redline!” Innovation and The Legal Department Mick Ebeling, Founder & CEO Not Impossible Labs
Use Your Voice And Build Influence With Kelley Barnett Of AmTrust Financial (E70)
Legal Department Compensation REVEALED! John Gilmore, CEO Barker Gilmore
Office Hours: 3 GC's Answer Your Burning Questions Sterling Miller And Deborah Solmor (E68)
Lawyer Math, Truffle Sniffing And Other Lessons From Litigation Finance Eva Shang, Co-founder & CEO, Legalist (E67)
Creating An Inclusive Legal Department: Tricia Montalvo Timm, Board Member, Former GC & Author Of Embrace The Power Of You, Owning Your Identity At Work
Talk The Talk: How To Communicate With Sales And Drive Results + Office Hours With Alex Su, Chief Revenue Officer, Latitude Legal (E65)
AI in Litigation Alex Alben UCLA Law School, 2x Tech GC and Former Chief Privacy Officer of Washington
The "F" Word: Feedback in The Legal Department Hanna Hart Executive Coach and Forbes Contributor
Executive Presence In The Legal Department Joe Schohl Inside Counsel Academy And 2x Public Company GC (E62)
Deputies: From DGC To GC + Office Hours With Candace Jackson, SVP And General Counsel, Silvaco (E61)
C-Suite Series: What The CEO Wants In The Legal Department With Evan Wong, CEO Checkbox
Brass Tacks Of Litigation Management: Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour, VP Litigation, Albertsons Companies (E59)
Bonus Episode: Personal Jurisdiction Replay With Allison Freedman And Hallie Ritzu (E58)
Shake Down Repellent: How To Survive A Class Action Lawsuit Chris Chorba, Co-Chair Class Actions Practice Group, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (E57)
The "Why" And "How" Of Delegating With Elizabeth Smith And Michael Albino Of Major, Lindsey & Africa (E56)
More Than Just OK: Great Lawyers Give Opinions - Tracey Lesetar-Smith TLSK Advisory, Former NASCAR GC (E55)
AI for the Legal Department: Laura Jeffords Greenberg, Senior Legal Director Worksome and Legal AI Consultant (E54)
The First 90 Days In The Legal Department: Michael Watkins, Executive Coach, Professor & Author Of The First 90 Days (E53)
Flirting with AI and Tech In The Legal Department Ari Kaplan Ari Kaplan Advisors (E52)
How To Be Productive In The Legal Department: Sterling Miller CEO Hilgers Graben 6x Author (E51)
Why We Need Creativity In The Legal Department – Anne Jacoby, CEO Of Spring Street And Author Of Born To Create (E50)
Deputies: How To Position Yourself For A GC Role With Brittney McDonough, BarkerGilmore (E49)
Don't Say "No" Ask How: Developing a Team in The Legal Department Kate Dugan Energizer (E48)
Wellness In The Legal Department: Janet Thompson Jackson, CEO Paraplu Wellness And Founder Of The Well-Law App (E47)
How To Build An Advocacy Practice In The Legal Department: Chad Golder General Counsel, The American Hospital Association (E46)
Do You Want To Be A GC? Taking The Next Step In The Legal Department: Julie Kinch And Deborah Solmor Ready Set GC (E45)
C-Suite Series: How to Partner with the CIO and IT Sarah Richardson This Week Health (E44)
NSFW? Emojis and The Legal Department: Eric Goldman Professor, University of Santa Clara School of Law (E43)
C-Suite Series: What The CFO Wants In The Legal Department Kevin Rubin, CFO BetterUp (E42)
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