Above The Law Covid Cast Breaking Media

Joe and Kathryn talk with Charlie Harrel, COO of Opus 2 about building platforms that make virtual hearings actually work. We all saw the ad hoc Zoom rooms of the early days of the pandemic, but conducting real trials, arbitrations, and mediations require a lot more than a simple videoconference. Harrel talks about designing a product that increasingly serves the domestic and international hearings securely and as seamlessly as possible. They've run over 800 days worth of virtual hearings since March, so they appear to be on to something.
 
Highlights
Doing electronic trials - 2:39 Working digitally and remotely - 4:42 Making it seem simple - 8:45 Maximizing the virtual experience - 12:14 The security side of things - 17:10 Justice needs to be seen and heard - 18:21 The implications of tech in the current moment - 23:38


Episode Resources
Connect with Kathryn Rubino and Joe Patrice kathryn@abovethelaw.com  joepatrice@abovethelaw.com  Connect with Charlie Harrel charrel@opus2.com  https://uk.linkedin.com/public-profile/in/charlie-harrel-86415437?challengeId=AQH_5E10y8EjPAAAAXTaFSko55SUWsKVOV3NlsZ8JivbozDgZwwETB77msfBs3T8geKtOuj5lgXljJNAB6-46Hsur_8MjkyFiA&submissionId=e6a3ed00-ad44-3916-480b-aee834b41221

Sports and entertainment attorney Darren Heitner joins Joe and Kathryn to talk about sports and the law in the age of COVID. Conference contractual agreements, declining TV ratings, bubbles, season tickets, occupancy limits, business interruption insurance -- the pandemic has created all sorts of havoc for practitioners in this space.
 
Highlights
A new return to college football - 0:59 Darren’s background - 2:37 Sports world and the pandemic - 3:34 The NBA “bubble” example - 4:49 MLB problems - 5:56 Fans in the stadiums? - 7:00 College sports - 7:27 Which is the best choice? - 11:11 How conferences avoid problems - 15:14 What hurdles the leagues will have to confront - 22:59 How serious this is - 27:13 What’s going to happen to this industry going forward? - 28:15 Litigation takes time - 29:32  
Episode Resources
Connect with Kathryn Rubino and Joe Patrice kathryn@abovethelaw.com  joepatrice@abovethelaw.com  Connect with Darren Heitner heitner@gmail.com

Oklahoma 1Ls threw themselves a party and... oops someone has COVID. And the law school didn't tell most of the class what was going on. As law schools return to campus and frighteningly few are going completely remote, this is something that's going to come up again and again. How should law students approach the semester?
 
Highlights
A new Above The Law story in Oklahoma - 0:42 COVID on campus - 2:09 Managing emergencies - 3:19 The danger of forcing people going to school during a pandemic - 3:33 Schools that have decided to reopen - 9:26 Take action to change things - 10:40  
Episode Resources
Connect with Kathryn Rubino and Joe Patrice kathryn@abovethelaw.com  joepatrice@abovethelaw.com

Joe and Kathryn talk with Chris Chapman, CEO of AccessLex, about their study on the components of a successful online legal education environment. They discuss the scope of online and/or hybrid models of legal education, the key features of a good online law school learning environment, which technology is essential, and the potential pitfalls of online law school.
 
Highlights
Distance learning and law schools - 1:27 Online legal education - 4:33 Technology is the baseline - 5:54 One of the critical factors to access - 7:18 Teaching online is different - 8:25 The world is changing - 11:21 Legal education right now - 16:12 People believing this is temporary - 17:00 Everybody believes their program is unique - 20:01 Do not pretend that this is going to be over in November - 25:01  
Episode Resources
Connect with Kathryn Rubino and Joe Patrice kathryn@abovethelaw.com  joepatrice@abovethelaw.com Connect with Chris Chapman: aharris@sspr.com  https://www.accesslex.org/board-directors

In Pennsylvania, an attorney was barred from the courthouse because she'd been exposed to someone with COVID. But where do we draw the line before we intrude on people's ability to be represented by counsel of choice? And what rules do we place on mandatory video conference hearings to maintain fairness? All that and a discussion of the latest developments with managing bar exams around the country.
 
Highlights
A case in Pennsylvania - 2:25 Being exposed to COVID - 4:24 What is the standard? - 5:50 We need clear standards - 6:23 A violation of privacy - 10:38 Being worried about the situation - 16:50 What judges need to start considering - 17:50 Each court system needs to act together - 18:53 States that are doing the worst - 21:38


Episode Resources
Connect with Kathryn Rubino and Joe Patrice kathryn@abovethelaw.com joepatrice@abovethelaw.com

With everyone working from home, firms face new security risks they probably weren't prepared for. Joe and Kathryn check in with Brian Schrader, CEO of eDiscovery and digital forensics firm BIA, about working from home, the new vectors of discoverable data being created by COVID, and the importance of training everyone to, well, not do dumb things with their computers.
 
Highlights
The accessibility of data - 3:04 People working from home - 4:37 Security risks from working from different environments - 6:41 Instructing people how to use and store data - 8:49 New discoverable information - 10:53 Education and cybersecurity - 13:57 The importance of being diligent - 16:07 The construction litigation - 21:02 Some challenges of collecting data - 22:00  
Episode Resources
Connect with Kathryn Rubino and Joe Patrice kathryn@abovethelaw.com  joepatrice@abovethelaw.com  Connect with Brian Schrader bschrader@biaprotect.com  https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianeschrader/  https://www.biaprotect.com/company/executive-leadership/brian-schrader/ https://twitter.com/SchraderBrian