Legal Influencer Series: A Conversation with Alex Su

04/26/23 • 60 min

Leveraging Latitude: Cultivating a Full Life in the Law

In the first podcast in Latitude’s Legal Influencers series, Candice Reed speaks with Alex Su, head of community development at Ironclad, a contract lifecycle management platform. Best known for his TikTok videos satirizing the legal profession, Alex is the author of “The Unauthorized Guide To Getting Into Law School With Bad Grades” and the popular newsletter, “Off The Record”.

Candice and Alex discuss Alex’s fascinating career journey and the legal trends he’s identified using his own experience and by staying close to the people on the front lines of the legal industry.

Alex’s journey from global law firm attorney to legal influencer with viral TikTok videos and a newsletter with over 5,000 subscribers.
How career setbacks and embracing authenticity can lead to new paths to success for legal professionals.
To be a successful lawyer today requires a diverse set of skills, including building relationships with mentors and sponsors and developing a book of business earlier than traditionally expected.
How AI and a new generation of lawyers will impact how legal work gets done for both legal departments and law firms.

A podcast by Latitude Legal - Flexible Legal Talent.

Alex’s journey from global law firm attorney to legal influencer with viral TikTok videos and a newsletter with over 5,000 subscribers.
How career setbacks and embracing authenticity can lead to new paths to success for legal professionals.
To be a successful lawyer today requires a diverse set of skills, including building relationships with mentors and sponsors and developing a book of business earlier than traditionally expected.
How AI and a new generation of lawyers will impact how legal work gets done for both legal departments and law firms.

A podcast by Latitude Legal - Flexible Legal Talent.

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Finding Purpose and Fulfillment Outside Traditional Legal Careers | Juanita Ingram

Royalty visits Leveraging Latitude as the reigning Mrs. Universe catches up with Candice Reed. Juanita Ingram is an attorney, author, award-winning actress and filmmaker, and she is also the first black woman to be crowned Mrs. Universe. Juanita speaks about her unique career path and the life lessons she’s learned along the way. With her characteristic charm, wit, and vulnerability, she shares how she came to embrace her full self and the opportunity to be found in stepping outside the confines of established expectations. She discusses:

Why, in the midst of a successful legal career, she began competing in pageants;
The challenges she faced as a “trailing spouse” after leaving her in-house position with Rolls-Royce to move to London for her husband’s job;
The advice from her life coach that helped her to embrace the possibility and value of a successful and meaningful nontraditional legal career;
How a backyard BBQ gave her the idea for the award-winning docuseries, The Expats International Ingrams;
Why she believes it is critical to tell a variety of black stories in film and television; and
How she found her purpose by charting her own path.

A podcast by Latitude Legal - Flexible Legal Talent.

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Legal Influencer Series: A Conversation with Brittany Leonard

In the second installment of Latitude’s Legal Influencers series, Candice Reed speaks with Brittany Leonard, general counsel at Civix, a multinational technology company that provides services and software solutions to over 100 airports, 90 percent of U.S. nuclear power plants, and nearly half of the country’s secretaries of state.

Candice and Brittany discuss Brittany’s inspiration for her creative, authentic, no-holds-barred posts providing strategic business leadership and pragmatic career advice to her online community of thousands of attorneys and legal operations professionals. They discuss:

Brittany’s unique path from contemplating leaving the practice of law to becoming General Counsel;
Hot topics among the legal industry, including the impact of AI, the growth and significance of legal operations, and the pursuit of healthier work environments;
Conquering self-censorship and fear that may hinder active participation in these conversations on social media and elsewhere, empowering attorneys to engage in meaningful dialogue;
Tackling imposter syndrome by reflecting upon past accomplishments; and
Brittany’s advice for not performing within other people’s framework and showing up as your authentic self in the practice of law.

A podcast by Latitude Legal - Flexible Legal Talent.