Legal Management Talk Podcast Guidelines

What to Know When Appearing on Legal Management Talk 

Thank you for being a guest on Legal Management Talk! In preparation for our taping, here are a few guidelines to keep in mind to ensure that everyone looks and sounds great, that the episode is informational and that discussions fall within ALA’s standards.  

General Info

LMT’s audience is legal managers and those who run the business of law at law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies. (In other words, lawyers are not the main audience.) We’re interested in points that are tailored to those demographics, while also having universal connections when the opportunity arises for new listeners. Your LMT host can help if you have any questions.

Podcast episodes are meant to be educational, not advertorial. Please refrain from promoting yourself, your company or any specific product. Feel free to reach out if you’d rather pursue one of those routes.

Preparing for the Taping

• We aim to keep episodes to around 30 minutes, so being succinct is helpful! 
• Please try to avoid having a window or light behind you, as this can negatively affect the contrast of your video. Ideally, light should be coming from in front of you or behind your computer/camera. We’ll use a background blur for recording, so factor that in when choosing where to record. Your host will talk you through video and audio settings in the remote recording studio before we begin recording.
• Please use headphones for high-quality audio, and if you have a headset or external microphone, please use that as well. Try to schedule the recording for a time when there’s limited background noise, and turn off any fans or other external noise contributors.  
• There is no set dress code, but most guests (and the hosts) usually stick to business casual. But if there’s a unique part of your wardrobe you want to show off (i.e. you wear cool bow ties or pocket squares), feel free to do so! 
• Please use the Riverside link that was sent in the calendar invite for your taping — ignore the Microsoft Teams link! 

After the Taping

• We will try to communicate as quickly as possible the exact publication date. Episodes will likely be published between 2 and 10 weeks from when they were recorded. We will keep you and/or your PR representative posted once we have a clearer timeline. 
• ALA reserves the right to edit any part of the episode to ensure clarity, continuity and adherence to the guidelines above. Guests or their representatives may not view the episode before it is published. 
• Your host will send the link to the published episode as soon as it comes out. ALA will share the link and any clips from the episode on social media. Please share with your network as widely as you’d like! 
• ALA will not share with you any original or edited video files. Once the taping is complete, all content is the property of ALA and may only be shared via the link to ALA’s webpage or the YouTube video itself. 

Have a Podcast Topic to Pitch?

We’d love to hear it! Email your ideas to publications@alanet.org. Be sure to read over our Legal Management Talk guidelines.