Heels In The Courtroom

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EP 1018: The First Woman Judge, Part One: Rediscovering Florence Allen's Legacy

September 23, 2026

Long before "first woman" headlines became familiar, Florence Allen was breaking barriers no one had broken before her. She was the first woman on a state Supreme Court. The first woman on a federal appellate court. And a 12-time U.S. Supreme Court shortlist finalist across four presidential administrations who never got the nod. In this episode, Professor Tracy Thomas, Director of the Center for Constitutional Law at the University of Akron School of Law discusses her new book, The Firs...

EP 1017: From TikTok to Trial: Paige Sparks on Building a Legal Brand That Actually Works Part 2

September 09, 2026

She’s an employment attorney, founder of Sparks Legal and one of the most recognizable online legal creators. And, in this episode of Heels in the Courtroom, Paige Sparks goes past the highlight reel and into what it actually costs to build a public legal brand. Paige gets real about the trolls, the death threats, and the strangers who feel entitled to an opinion on her face and how therapy, boundaries, and a well-placed comeback have helped her stop internalizing any of it. She also pulls ba...

EP 1016: From TikTok to Trial: Paige Sparks on Building a Legal Brand That Actually Works Part 1

August 26, 2026

She's been watched by 30 million people making her morning coffee and explaining wrongful termination in the same breath. In this episode of Heels in the Courtroom, Elizabeth McNulty, Sydney Marino, and Mary Simon sit down with Paige Sparks, employment attorney, founder of Sparks Legal, and one of the most recognizable legal creators online to talk about what it actually takes to build a personal brand as a lawyer. Paige gets candid about the accidental path that led her to employment law, th...