University of Miami School of Law: Explainer

Michigan parents Jennifer and Jason Crumbly are being tried for a school shooting committed by their son. Criminal law expert Scott Sundby looks at the crime and the impact. Recorded February 1, 2024.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended two popular and elected progressive state attorneys, who promptly filed suit. Innocence Clinic Director Craig Trocino tracks the two cases. Recorded January 23, 2024.

Major changes are coming to legal education, with JD-Next offered as an alternative to the LSAT and the NextGen bar exam, a shorter test focusing on eight foundational concepts and principles. Miami Law Dean David Yellen weighs the pros and cons. Recorded on January 17, 2024.

Climate expert Jessica Owley unpacks the upcoming 2023 United National Climate Change Conference in Dubai. Recorded on November 8, 2023.

Fresh off a stint at the Federal Trade Commission, John Newman gets into antitrust in the news. Recorded November 1, 2023.

Miami Law's comparative law expert Pablo Rueda Saiz slogs through the humanitarian disaster unfolding in the Darien Gap, a treacherous sliver of jungle connecting Colombia and Panama, through which hundreds of thousands of migrants pass in the march to the United States. Recorded October 18, 2023.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is on trial for fraud following his company's high-profile collapse in 2022. Miami Law's Investor Rights Clinic Director Scott Eichhorn handicaps SBF's legal peril. Recorded October 19, 2023.

Mindfulness expert Scott Rogers explores finding happiness in a legal mind. Recorded October 4, 2023.

Civil rights expert Donald Jones opines on SCOTUS ruling in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard. Recorded October 3, 2023.

Election expert Frances Hill dispels election myths and misinformation and unpacks automatic voter registration and gerrymandering. Recorded on September 26, 2023.

Director of Miami Law's Innocence Clinic Craig Trocino unpacks the Illinois Pretrial Fairness Act. Recorded September 221, 2023.

A force behind the landmark homelessness case Pottinger v. City of Miami, Stephen Schnably opines on a case that may go before the U.S. Supreme Court. Recorded September 11, 2023.

Professor Kunal Parker previews his forthcoming book, The Turn to Process. Recorded September 8, 2023.

Miami Law's Tamara Rice Lave unpacks the knowns and unknowns of former President Donald Trump's handfuls of legal woes. Recorded on August 29, 2023.

Miami Law’s Director of the Environmental Justice Clinic Doug Ruley handicaps the planet's chance of surviving the climate crisis. Recorded August 22, 2023.

With limits to abortion measures passing in many states and the battle for medical abortion medications reaching the U.S. Supreme Court docket, on today's show, constitutional law expert CAROLINE MALA CORBIN wades into the assaults on women's rights. Recorded on April 27, 2023.

The path to group and individual minority rights among immigrants is limited, says DAVID ABRAHAM. Recorded April 20, 2023.

Juries are being doxxed. SCOTT SUNDBY looks at political meddling. Recorded April 12, 2023.

The push for automated vehicles has been lauded as likely leading us to a safer driving future. But the question before us is whether the costs we pay to reach that destination are fairly distributed across economic groups. Professor William Widen says they are not. The failure to take this into account exemplifies troubling issues with the regulatory state, involving issues like industry capture...

On today's episode, intellectual property expert ANDRES SAWICKI takes on artificial intelligence. Recorded March 14, 2023.

Pro-bono investor rights clinics are the only hope for many small investors who have been defrauded. Miami Law Investor Rights Clinic Director SCOTT EICHHORN takes a look at the industry. Recorded March 1, 2023.

On today's episode of Takeoffs and Landings, Associate Dean of Intellectual Life Charlton Copeland interviews Professor Michele DeStefano about her paper "Chicken or Egg: Diversity and Innovation in the Corporate Legal Marketplace. Recorded on February 21, 2023.

Legal education has been in flux lately. DEAN DAVID YELLEN discusses the developments. Recorded on February 14, 2023.

In Florida, the republican governor is pushing for changes to the state death penalty statutes. On this episode, Miami Law's Innocence Clinic Director Craig Trocino examines the developments. Recorded on February 8, 2023.

Comparative law expert PABLO RUEDA SIAZ looks at the campaign to stop oil drilling on Indigenous lands. Recorded January 26, 2023.