The Law School Lounge

We are joined this week in the Lounge by Professor Kamina Pinder, a Professor of Practice at Emory University School of Law. Kamina’s new book, The 1L Guide to Legal Writing , was created with the law student in mind. Kamina includes samples of legal writing throughout with ways to assess those samples and margin notes. Her new book incorporates feedback from students and professors alike to creat...

**Listener discretion is advised for this episode.** Welcome back for another episode of the Law School Lounge! This week our host, Krystal Norton, is joined by author and scholar Ronald K. L. Collins. Ron Collins recently published Tragedy on Trial: The Story of the Infamous Emmett Till Murder Trial with Carolina Academic Press, and he is here to talk about this historical work. Whether this is y...

We are back in the Lounge this week to have another discussion about legal writing. This week we tackle style, tone, grammar and more as it relates to the real-world consequences of poor legal writing. Professor Diana J. Simon of the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and Professor Mark Cooney of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, co-authors of The Case for Effective...

The conversation on Multicultural Lawyering continues this week here at the Law School Lounge. Professor Kimberly O'Leary and Dean Mable Martin-Scott of Western Michigan Cooley Law School are back with our host, Krystal Norton, to talk more about their experiences with multicultural lawyering while providing suggestions and tips for our listeners who are new to or continuing the journey. These two...

We are back in the Lounge this week with two very special guests to talk about multicultural lawyering. Professor Kimberly O'Leary and Dean Mable Martin-Scott of Western Michigan Cooley Law School created a course and wrote a book dedicated to learning and understanding the concept of multicultural lawyering. In part one of this two-part conversation, we focus on the definition and contours of mul...

On the latest episode of the Law School Lounge, Host Krystal Norton is joined by Dean Christina Chong-Nakatsuchi, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the Monterey College of Law. Dean Chong is the author of CAP's The Perfect Practice Exam: The Skill of Legal Analysis . Dean Chong talks about why she was inspired to write this book. She also walks listeners through her "Three...

Time to share some changes for the Law School Lounge! Our release schedule will be changing for new episodes! You can now expect new episodes every other Tuesday, the first and third Tuesday of every month. We understand that this will mean a few less episodes for our incredible listeners, but we want to be able to create consistent engaging interviews and other content for you. This change will a...

The Law School Lounge is back with a new episode about international dispute resolution (IDR). Host Krystal Norton is joined by author and Professor of Law Mary Ellen O'Connell of the University of Notre Dame Law School. Professor O'Connell explains how she found herself an expert on IDR and why IDR is so crucial to our ever-evolving global community. Mary Ellen and Krystal explore the skills lear...

We return this week to talk about pretrial practice with special guests Professor Alex Tanford, Professor Emeritus of Law from Indiana University's Maurer School of Law, and Professor Layne Keele, an Associate Professor of Law at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law. These two guests bring so much to the lounge, including stories and experience about the practice of law, notes for student...

The Law School Lounge is back this week with an insightful and current discussion about Election Law. Special Guests Dean Daniel Tokaji of the University of Wisconsin School of Law and Professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos of Harvard Law School bring their expertise to our listeners. They share insights on concepts of pluralism and factions, gerrymandering and districting, campaign finances, the right...

We are closing out our discussion on integrating diversity and equity into law school courses (for now) with part three of the series. This series is inspired by the Integrating Doctrine and Diversity volumes, co-edited by today's guests Professors Nicole Dyszlewski and Suzanne Harrington-Steppen of Roger Williams University School of Law. As this is the final part of our series (go back and list...

We are back in the Lounge with Part Two of our discussion on integrating diversity and equity into law school courses. This three-part series is inspired by the Integrating Doctrine and Diversity volumes, co-edited by today's guests Professor Nicole Dyszlewski of Roger Williams University School of Law and Anna Russell, a librarian at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In Part Two, we dive deeper...

Welcome back to a new year here at the Law School Lounge! We are kicking off 2024 with a three-part series inspired by the Integrating Doctrine and Diversity volumes, co-edited by today's guests Professors Nicole Dyszlewski of Roger Williams University School of Law and Genevieve Tung of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. In Part One, we discuss the impetus for their work, goals they...

We are in the Lounge this week with Professor Laura Riley, the Director of the Clinical Program at UC Berkeley School of Law and the author of "Homless Advocacy." Professor Riley's discussion with our host, Krystal Norton, covers the stigma faced by unhoused people in the United States, the history of homelessness within the country, how being an effective advocate means competently and compassion...

Professor Kathy Vinson of Suffolk University Law School and Professor David Romantz of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law are back in the Lounge with host Krystal Norton to dive deeper into CREAC. The second part of their discussion focuses on the "What next?" part of legal analysis. They talk about how to handle multiple CREACs for one document, how to handle policy argume...

Host Krystal Norton is joined in the Lounge by Professor Kathy Vinson of Suffolk University Law School and Professor David Romantz of the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law to talk legal analysis and CREAC. As the co-authors of "Legal Analysis: The Fundamental Skill" and creators of the now widely-applied paradigm CREAC, Professors Romantz and Vinson discuss the thought behind...

The Law School Lounge is back this week to talk about the historical and enduring nature of racism faced by Black Americans in the context of the criminal jury system. Host Krystal Norton is joined by special guest, Professor Emerita Raneta Lawson Mack, and together they walk through cases, reflections, and current legal issues surrounding racism in criminal jury participation. Professor Mack star...

The discussion topic for this week's episode of the Law School Lounge is transactional lawyering and skills. Host Krystal Norton is joined by Peter Siviglia, an attorney with more than 50 years' experience practicing law in New York and author of Transactional Skills: Contract Preparation and Negotiating (What to do - and What Not to Do). Peter's candid comments throughout this episode help listen...

We are back in the Law School Lounge this week and host Krystal Norton is joined again by Dean Darby Dickerson, the Dean and President of Southwestern Law School, and Professor Brooke Bowman, a Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law. These two experts in legal scholarship are turning the discussion to law review and law journal editorial boards. In last week's episode, the structure...

On this week's episode of the Law School Lounge, host Krystal Norton is joined by Dean Darby Dickerson, the Dean and President of Southwestern Law School, and Professor Brooke Bowman, a Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law. These two experts in legal scholarship are here to discuss law reviews and law journals. Throughout this episode, Dean Dickerson and Professor Bowman articulat...

We are back in the Lounge! Host Krystal Norton is joined by three very special guests: Jessica Carmichael, Bethany Carr, and Sarah Covington. These three friends wrote a book as law students (incredible) to share their experience and practical tips for students entering an online JD program. Their book, Digitally Remastered: Modern Law School is an honest look into what it's like to be an online l...

On the latest episode of the Law School Lounge, host Krystal Norton is joined by Professors Robert M. Jarvis, J. Wesley Cochran, and Ronald J. Rychlak to discuss the history, nuances, and current issues in gaming and gambling law! The discussion begins with a history of gaming in the U.S., then these special guests discuss a recent case, West Flagler Assoc. v. Haaland , that considers whether Flor...

The Lounge is back this week with the final episode featuring very special guests Professors Richard Michael Fischl (University of Connecticut School of Law) and Jeremy Paul (Northeastern University School of Law)! The professors' discussion with our host, Krystal Norton, ends big by tackling the question: What is a legal argument? The discussion goes one step further and considers whether IRAC, a...

Professors Richard Michael Fischl (University of Connecticut School of Law) and Jeremy Paul (Northeastern University School of Law) are back this week to talk about the art of legal issue spotting. When students find themselves in law school, they tend to hear the term "issue spotting" very early on, even before they truly know what the term means or how to identify a legal issue. Professors Fisch...

It's time to dive into law student and lawyer well-being again with guest Professor Shailini Jandial George. In the second part of this conversation, Shailini and Krystal Norton (host) talk about reflection as a tool for well-being. They talk about how to meaningfully incorporate this practice into your life without becoming overwhelmed. They also define and discuss resilience in the context of la...