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Host Stacy Bratcher
Stacy Bratcher is a general counsel who has spent most of her career in-house in healthcare and higher education. Feeling isolated after a pandemic move from Los Angeles to the lovely beach community of Santa Barbara, she started a podcast to connect with other in-house attorneys. With a passion for professional development, she aims to help lawyers learn, connect and grow their careers with interesting guests from law firms, in-house legal departments, C-suite executives and thought leaders. What started as a professional hobby, has developed into a growing community of lawyers who want to level-up their careers. With listeners in more than 30 countries and 2000+ monthly downloads, The Legal Department is a leading legal podcast. She’s inspired each week as new guests share what gets them “pumped up.”

Recent Episodes
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Small But Mighty: Using AI to Scale Your Legal Department Camilo Artiga-Purcell GC of Kiteworks [E101]
Read more: Small But Mighty: Using AI to Scale Your Legal Department Camilo Artiga-Purcell GC of Kiteworks [E101]We’ve all heard about AI’s power to scale many “routine” business functions, but the lawyers are skeptical. In this episode, Kiteworks Chief Legal Officer Camilo Artiga-Purcell describes how his team has used AI to in-source most legal work, including M&A and some litigation. Working with a lean legal team across the globe, Camilo has…
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Stop Sleepwalking Through Your Career: Find Your Hedgehog Jim Reid, Executive Coach and 3x CHRO [E100]
Read more: Stop Sleepwalking Through Your Career: Find Your Hedgehog Jim Reid, Executive Coach and 3x CHRO [E100]Not sure what you should be doing with your life? Are you where you’re supposed to be? Have you hit a career speedbump and not sure what’s next? In this episode, executive coach and former CHRO and military pilot Jim Reid is in The Legal Department to help you chart your next move. Jim…
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Goal Getter: How To Make A Career Pivot Shayna Bergman Executive Coach [E99]
Read more: Goal Getter: How To Make A Career Pivot Shayna Bergman Executive Coach [E99]Feeling unsettled at work? Things are “good enough” but not quite right… You have a nagging feeling that there’s something different out there for you, but you’re not sure what it is or how to find it. Or maybe, you know what you want to do, but you feel like you can’t make a…
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Speed Of Trust: How A CEO And His Lawyer Got A Supreme Court Win In 10 Months Rick Woldenberg, CEO Learning Resources, Inc. And Pratik Shah, Partner Akin Gump [E98]
Read more: Speed Of Trust: How A CEO And His Lawyer Got A Supreme Court Win In 10 Months Rick Woldenberg, CEO Learning Resources, Inc. And Pratik Shah, Partner Akin Gump [E98]Tariffs have been front page news since the 2024 presidential campaign. In February 2025 (and again in April 2025), President Donald Trump issued executive orders levying tariffs that threatened small and large businesses alike. But only one CEO of a small family business stepped forward…with only one major law firm. In this episode, Rick Woldenberg,…
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Goal Getter: How To Avoid A Career Flatline: Sheila Murphy Executive Coach [E97]
Read more: Goal Getter: How To Avoid A Career Flatline: Sheila Murphy Executive Coach [E97]Ever feel like you’re stuck in place? You have excellent technical skills, get the job done and do excellent work. So why aren’t you progressing? In this Goal Getter episode, executive coach and former GC Sheila Murphy is in The Legal Department to show you how to get noticed as “high potential.” Spoiler alert: no…
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Office Hours: Questions From Aspiring GCs With Deborah Solmor, Founder, Ready Set GC [E96]
Read more: Office Hours: Questions From Aspiring GCs With Deborah Solmor, Founder, Ready Set GC [E96]In this Office Hours episode, Deborah Solmor, founder of GC development program “Ready Set GC” is in The Legal Department to answer questions from aspiring general counsel. Tough questions include: Stacy and Deborah also chat about the Ready Set GC Ascend program, which helps deputy GCs and other aspiring legal leaders get ready for…




