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Is unpaid work ever legal? Brian Newman, Archinect Sessions' Legal Correspondent, answers the question.

2015-01-13T18:47:00-05:00

Need legal advice? Sure you do, all architects could use some. Archinect Sessions is proud to have Brian Newman of Dykema Gossett PLLC as our official legal correspondent, offering insight into the legal quagmire of architectural practice. Brian is a regular guest on the podcast, dishing out info on internships, how to negotiate a contract, and when to take things to court. We've extracted his segments to better focus directly on his wisdom.

Brian made his podcasting debut on Episode #10, Powers of 10 with Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic at the LA Times. In that episode, Paul spoke with Brian about when unpaid work is legal (and when it certainly isn't). Listen to their conversation below:

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Want to ask Brian something specifically, or suggest a future topic for him to cover on the podcast? Send your legal questions to us via email at connect@archinect.com, through Twitter #archinectsessions, or leave a mess...

Powers of 10 with Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic at the LA Times, on Archinect Sessions #10!

2014-12-11T17:39:00-05:00

How far we've come: this week, we're thrilled to have Christopher Hawthorne on the podcast, architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times. Paul, Amelia, Donna and Ken talk with Christopher about his recent 3-part series on architecture and immigration in southern California, the role of the architecture critic at a major national newspaper, and his take on new media journalism.

We're also proud to introduce our inaugural bit with Archinect's lawyer-correspondent, Brian Newman at Dykema Gossett PLLC, where we submit our architectural legal queries to an actual lawyer. And per usual, we check in on recent news, discussing the stormy marketing campaign for a Steampunk luxury condo building.

And has it really already been ten episodes? To celebrate Archinect Sessions' rite-of-passage into double digits, we reflect on how it's been going so far – what we'd like to change, criticism we've received, and our favorite episodes.

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