Source Collect: California Law Review's Podcast

In “People over Profit: The Case for Abolishing the Prison Financial System,” Sean Kolkey discusses a form of prison economic exploitation, typified by fee-laden debit release cards and exorbitant money transfer fees. He argues that the prison financial system must be abolished and proposes a community-centered alternative to the existing system that centers economic power within the communities m...

In “Virtual Reality Data and Its Privacy Regulatory Challenges: A Call to Move Beyond Text-Based Informed Consent,” Yeji Kim explains how virtual reality collects data from users and argues for more meaningful and customizable methods of gaining informed consent from users than traditional text-based methods. Author: Yeji Kim is a J.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, School of...

In "Viral Injustice," Professors Brandon L. Garrett and Lee Kovarsky explore how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the institutional flaws in our legal detention systems and how the pandemic has posed unique legal challenges for prisoner litigation. Author: Brandon L. Garrett is the L. Neil Williams, Jr. Professor of Law and Director of the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke University Scho...

In "Courts and the Abolition Movement," Professor Matthew Clair and Director Amanda Woog discuss how criminal courts perpetuate mass criminalization and injustice, and the advantages of replacing these courts using abolitionist principles. Author: Matthew Clair is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and (by courtesy) Law at Stanford University. Author: Amanda Woog is the Executive Director of the...

Free speech continues to dominate our nation's discourse, with the Berkeley campus often at the center of heated debate. We sat down with Charles Robinson, general counsel for the University of California, to discuss how his office approaches evaluating, fostering, or regulating speech on campus.