About this episode

This episode explores strategies for lawyers to secure speaking engagements and build their professional authority.

In this special episode, host Jared Correia partners with MCLE New England to decode the exact strategy lawyers need to deploy to secure high-visibility speaking engagements, build domain authority, and generate massive referral networks. Bruce Richard, Director at MCLE New England, breaks down the inner workings of CLE selection, revealing that his organization coordinates over 360 programs annually and is constantly hunting for fresh educational curriculum and proactive legal voices. Bruce shares his direct access channel for any attorney ready to pitch a program topic. Stepping up to the microphone, an elite panel of veteran presenters share their diverse shortcuts and real-world execution strategies for commanding the legal stage: Victoria Santoro (Santoro & Gray) reflects on the brutal workload of balancing a new law firm launch with serving as the immediate past President of the Massachusetts Bar Association. She reveals how her early marketing blog, "The Limber Lawyer," built an authentic brand identity, and emphasizes that joining volunteer bar section councils is the fastest track to getting noticed by major CLE decision-makers. Pete Jamieson (Hastings, Jamieson…

People in this episode

Host: Jared Correia

Guests: Bruce Richard, Victoria Santoro, Pete Jamieson

Topics covered

• legal speaking engagements
• domain authority
• referral networks
• continuing legal education
• marketing for lawyers
• professional development

Keywords

• legal education
• speaking gigs
• law firm marketing
• CLE programs
• networking
• professional branding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MCLE New England, Santoro & Gray, Hastings, Jamieson Lipschutz Family Law Group, Massachusetts Bar Association

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