Neena R. Speer
Attorney at LawLawyer | Author | Speaker | Truth
Neena R. Speer is an attorney, author, speaker, and truth dealer. She has a solo law firm called the Neena R. Speer Law Firm LLC. She is a Founder and Executive Director of her mentoring nonprofit focused on continuous mentorship for all students at all levels K-12 & college, Step 1-2-3 Mentor for Life Initiative that she started her 3L year of law school. Lastly, she is a five-time published author with her most recent book is a republished Kindle version of Dear Future Lawyer: An Intimate Survival Guide for the Female Minority Law Student which hit #1 in two different categories in November 2020 earning her the title of Amazon Bestseller. Her passion since she was in eighth grade was to be a criminal defense attorney in her hometown where she grew up: Birmingham, AL. She is living out that dream and speaking for countless organizations including the University of Alabama School of Law, the YMCA, the Black Girl Project, the National HBCU Pre-Law Summit, Black Pre-Law Conference, Northern Illinois University Law School, various other organizations, and her upcoming TedxYouth Davenport Talk entitled “Diversity Redefined” March 2021. She speaks about her experiences as a law student, a black minority in the law field, and her journey past failing her first bar exam. She specializes in Trademarks, Copyrights, Business Formation, Contracts Drafting/Review, Criminal Defense, and Family Law.
Featured Publications
Articles
- DEAR FUTURE CEO ®ANI: A Thriving Business Owner’s Secret Playbook (CEO RANI),(April 2021), Book 1 Kindle
- FROM $80 TO FIVE FIGURES TOOLBOX: Techniques to Innovate Your Business During Your Slow Season (April 2021), Book 2, Kindle
- 10 INSIDER TIPS FOR TRADEMARKS: Making Your Power Move to REGISTERED TRADEMARK OWNER (April 2021), Book 3, Kindle
- CEO RANI Coloring Book: a coloring book for the royal hustler that needs rests within you. Your peace lies here… (April 2021)
- Lost Sisters Circle Guidebook for Minority Law Ladies Who Are Craving Their Own Safe Space, Book Publication (June 2020)
- “Being Left Out”: Black Women in the Law in the U.S. and Australia and the Effect on Black American Women’s Psyche,” Harvard Journal on African-American Policy, (Sep 1, 2018)
- Dear Future Lawyer An Intimate Survival Guide For The Female Minority Law Student, Ingram Spark Publishing, (Aug 1, 2018), Kindle
- The Gay Rights Movement Rhetoric Has Adopted Legal Rhetoric from the Civil Rights Movement: “Immutable Characteristic” and Controversy between Equating “Gay” and “Black,” Southern Journal of Policy and Justice, Vol. XII, (Mar 1, 2018) [Print-Only Publication]
- Hip-Hop and Black Identity: A Meta-Analytic Review Explaining How Modern Hip-Hop Relates To Black Identity and How It Has Created Signs of Complacency in African-American Youth, National Council on Undergraduate Research, (Sep 4, 2014)
- Black Esquire LLC Blog
- Pigmented | Blog
- JD and Grace For the Grind Mastermide Live Event/Article
- Birmingham Times
- @Squire Magazine
- Legally Melanated Blog
- VoyageATL
- Black Women Allowed Black History Month Article
- Incline Magazine
- National HBCU Pre-Law Summit and Fair
- Women in Publishing Summit
- SRBLSA Academic Retreat
- The Black Girl Project, Workshop Leadership
- Charles A. Brown Elementary, Career Day
- Wilkerson Middle School, Growing Kings Speaker
- Ephesus Academy, The Hate You Give Panel
- Wenonah High School
- Hale County College and Career Academy
- UA Law Diversity Summer Institute
- Northern Illinois Law College of Law
- Birmingham School of Law, Celebrity Juror for Law Day
- Shades Valley YMCA
- Author’s Circle Podcast
- Goonsquad Podcast
- AFROLAWTINA Podcast
- You Are a Lawyer Podcast
- Networking for Law Students Talk and Article
- V94.9 FM
- Good Morning Alabama
- Alabama in Black On Uplift TV
- Author Spotlight on Alabama Cable Network