Using Comedy to Win Court Cases with Mitra Shahri

8 October, 2020

When you're one lawyer up against a powerful and sometimes ruthless industry, it can help to have a sense of humor. At least, that's what comedian and attorney Mitra Shahri has found in her years of representing whistleblowers and workers with sexual harassment and discrimination claims against thei...

How Our Outmoded Legal System Is Being Updated

4 September, 2020

Adam Benforado is a lawyer, writer, and professor at the Thomas R Kline School of Law at Drexel University. He made a splash with his New York Times best-selling book, “Unfair: the New Science of Criminal Injustice.” The book explores his extensive research into cognitive psychology and ...

How Brittany Barnett is Changing the Criminal Justice System

24 July, 2020

Brittany K. Barnett was a successful accountant for an international firm. She switched to law and became a rising star in the corporate legal world, but something along the way moved her into a very different path. She threw herself into pro bono work to free those serving life behind bars for non...

Rocky Anderson's Commitment to Advocacy

19 June, 2020

We're sitting down today with Rocky Anderson. Rocky was the mayor of Salt Lake City for eight years; he founded his own party, the Justice Party; and he ran for President in 2012. He then created a non-profit to fight for human rights and address the climate crisis around the world. But we're here ...

Jonathan Ord, Founder and Former CEO of DealerSocket

5 June, 2020

"It's easy to fix metal—it's not easy to fix relationships." Jonathan Ord is a big believer in passion, and its ability to promote positive change in individuals and teams. While most businesses take a lean and mean approach, focusing more on technical aspects and bottom lines, Jonathan focu...

Mario Cariati, Founder of Cariati Law

29 May, 2020

What does "passion" mean to you? For Mario Cariati, it's more than just a word—it's a way of life. Mario is the founder of Cariati Law in Toronto, Canada. His practice focuses mainly on motor vehicle accidents, personal injury cases, and incidents of serious negligence. What makes the law fi...