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In this episode, Elizabeth Berenguer , Associate Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law, discusses her article "Gut Renovations: Using Critical and Comparative Rhetoric to Remodel How the Law Addresses Privilege and Power," which is co-authored by Lucy Jewel and Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb, and which will be published in the Harvard Latinx Law Review. Berenguer begins by explaining how t...

In this episode, Ilan Wurman , Associate Professor of Law at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, discusses his new book " The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment ," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Wurman begins by explaining his concept of constitutional originalism and how it applies to the 14th Amendment. He discusses the concep...

In this episode, Roy Shapira , Associate Professor at IDC Herzliya in Israel, discusses his book " Law and Reputation: How the Legal System Shapes Behavior by Producing Information ," which is published by Cambridge University Press. Shapira begins by describing the law and economics argument that reputation effects can make legal enforcement unnecessary, as well as responses to that argument. He...

In this episode, Etienne C. Toussaint , Associate Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, discusses his article " Dismantling The Master’s House: Toward A Justice-Based Theory of Community Economic Development ," which is published in the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. Drawing on personal experience, Toussaint begins by describin...

In this episode, Marie-Amélie George , Assistant Professor of Law at Wake Forest Law, discusses her article " Expanding LGBT ," which will be published in the Florida Law Review. George begins by providing a brief history of the LGBT movement. She introduces the concept of LGBTQIA, which includes queer, intersex, and asexual persons. She explores how those identities broaden and complicate sexual...

In this episode, G. Alex Sinha , Assistant Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law, discusses his article " Virtuous Law-Breaking ," which will be published in the Washington University Jurisprudence Review. Sinha begins by explaining what virtue ethics and virtue jurisprudence are, and how they differ from other ethical and jurisprudential theories. He observed that virtue ethics...

On October 13, 1932, Guy A. Thompson , President of the American Bar Association, delivered an address in Washington, D.C., on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone for the new Supreme Court Building. The address was recorded on an acetate disc, which was donated to the Supreme Court by Thompson's grandson. The recording begins with a reporter setting the scene, followed by Thompson's addr...

In this episode, Samantha Zyontz , postdoctoral research fellow in intellectual property at Stanford Law School and a fellow of the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences, discusses her new article Does Alice Target Patent Trolls? , coauthored with Mark Lemley . They argue that the Supreme Court’s 2014 patent-eligibility decision in Alice v. CLS Bank has had a mixed impact, including som...

In this episode, Dan L. Burk , Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the AI Global Public Policy Institute at the University of California Irvine School of Law, discusses his article " Thirty-Six Views of Copyright Authorship, By Jackson Pollock ," which will be published in the Houston Law Review. Burk begins by explaining the origin of his article in a short story by Roger Zelazn...

In this episode, Ezra Rosser , Professor of Law and Associate Dean of the Part-Time and Evening Division at American University Washington College of Law, discusses his essay " On Becoming 'Professor:' A Semi-Serious Look in the Mirror ," which was published in the Florida State University Law Review. Rosser begins by explaining the context in which he wrote the essay. He reflects on storytelling...

In this episode, Michael J. Madison , Professor of Law and John E. Murray Faculty Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, discusses his article " Fair Play: Notes on the Algorithmic Soccer Referee ," which will be published in the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law. Madison begins by explaining how the rules of soccer or "football" give the referee a degree of...

In this episode, Colin Starger , Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, discusses his essay " The Argument that Cries Wolfish ," which is published in the MIT Computational Law Report. Starger begins by explaining what pretrial detention is and why it is a problem. He describes his empirical study, which shows that many innocent people are detained before trial, with inadeq...

In this episode, Enrique Guerra-Pujol , Associate Instruct of Law at the University of Central Florida College of Business, discusses his draft article " Love and Liberty: A Short History of Adam Smith in Love ." Guerra-Pujol begins by explaining who Adam Smith was, focusing on his prominence as a moral philosopher. He explains how little we know about Smith's personal life, and presents new evide...

In this episode, Rachel Slepoi, a law student at the University of Virginia School of Law, discusses her article " Bostock's Inclusive Queer Frame ," which will be published in the Virginia Law Review Online. Slepoi begins by explaining what happened in Bostock, and how it grew out of Title VII jurisprudence on the meaning of "sex." She reflects on how the Court's textualist opinion in Bostock rel...

In this episode, Joshua A. Douglas , Ashland, Inc-Spears Distinguished Research Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, discusses his essay " Undue Deference to States in 2020 Election Litigation ." Douglas begins by outlining the election litigation happening this year, and reflects on the likelihood of further litigation. He explains how federal courts evaluate the constit...

In this episode, Taleed El-Sabawi , Assistant Professor of Law at Elon University School of Law, discusses her article, " A Model for Defunding: An Evidence-Based Statute for Behavioral Health Crisis Response ," which she co-authored with Jennifer J. Carroll. El-Sabawi begins by explaining the need to reform police response to behavioral health crises. She describes her study of the Portland, Oreg...

In this episode, Ian Ayres , Deputy Dean and William K. Townsend Professor of Law at Yale Law School, and Fredrick E. Vars, Ira Drayton Pruitt, Sr. Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law, discuss their new book " Weapon of Choice: Fighting Gun Violence While Respecting Gun Rights ," which is published by Harvard University Press. They begin by explaining that their book explor...

In this episode, Tarra Simmons , an attorney and candidate for Washington State Representative, discusses her experiences running for public office. She begins by describing her incarceration, how she came to attend law school, and how she successfully fought for admission to the Washington Bar. She reflects on her experiences, and how they inform her legislative priorities, especially in relation...

In this episode, Kathryn Brown , Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture at Loughborough University, discusses her article " Disappearing acts: Fictitious capital, aesthetic atheism, and the artworld ," which is published in the Journal of Visual Art Practice. Brown begins by briefly describing the history of the relationship between art and markets. She argues that "aesthetic atheism" has turn...

In this episode, Rory Van Loo , Associate Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, discusses his article " Federal Rules of Platform Procedure ," which will be published in the University of Chicago Law Review. Van Loo begins by describing how internet companies regulate the content produced by their users, reflecting on some examples of mishandled decisions. He explains the incentives...

In this episode, Nathan D. Richardson , Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, discusses his article " Deference is Dead (Long Live Chevron) ," which will be published in the Rutgers Law Review. Richardson begins by explaining what Chevron deference is an how it is supposed to work. He observes that courts don't seem to actually observe Chevron deference in m...

In this episode, Adrian Ho , Director of Digital Scholarship at the University of Kentucky Library, discusses the library's alternative textbook grant program and its focus on open educational resources. Ho explains why open access is important and how it benefits students. He describes the University of Kentucky's program to promote open access scholarship. And he reflects on the future of the pr...

In this episode, evelyn douek , Lecturer in Law and doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School, discusses her article " Governing Online Speech: From 'Posts-As-Trumps' to Proportionality and Probability ," which will be published in the Columbia Law Review. douek begins by explaining how internet platforms have typically relied on a categorical approach to content regulation, and why it has failed....

In this episode, Sarah Burstein , Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec , Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, and Andres Sawicki , Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law, discuss their draft, open-access Patent Law casebook, which will be available for adopting for the Fall 2021 semester. You can read a chapter fro...

In this episode, Mihailis Diamantis , Associate Professor of Law at the University of Iowa College of Law, discusses his article "The Corporate Insanity Defense," which will be published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Diamantis observes that nothing about the insanity defense prevents its application to a corporation. He argues that in some circumstances, corporations fail to cont...