University of Miami School of Law: Explainer

With voting rights measures before state legislatures, FRANCES HILL looks at the chances. Recorded January 24, 2023.

Environmental and property scholar JESSICA OWLEY discusses rehoming Confederate statues. Recorded January 11, 2023.

Constitutional scholar CHARLTON COPELAND unboxes the state of the current Supreme Court of the United States. Recorded January 11, 2023.

Through a history of immigrant worker organizing in Los Angeles in the 1990s, ANDREW ELMORE explains how the living wage movement influenced contemporary union organizing, especially Fight for $15. Recorded on November 21, 2022.

Moore v. Dempsey is examined by PATRICK GUDRIDGE through a post-Charlottesville lens. Recorded November 15, 2022.

Miami Law's DONNA COKER looks at alternative paths to justice for domestic violence perpetrators. Recorded November 10, 2022.

Using Vladimir Nabokov’s classic novel Lolita, Miami Law's Christina Frohock explains how we can read the novel as a prolonged sentencing memorandum. Recorded November 2, 2022.

Prince and Warhol meet at the Supreme Court. STEVEN URICE talks to Simon Frankel about the argument. Recorded October 27, 2022.

Foster children often have little providence over decisions about their everyday lives. BERNARD PERLMUTTER looks at the alternatives, with CHARLTON COPELAND. Recorded on October 19, 2022.

The recent White House Hunger Summit looked at reducing hunger in the U.S. RIght to food expert DENISSE CORDOVA MONTES addresses best practices. Recorded October 14, 2022.

Elon Musk v. Twitter. MARCIA NADINE WELDON unboxes what’s next. Recorded September 30, 2022.

America has split between acceptance of racial history and whitewashing the past. DONALD JONES dives into the past, present, and future of racial equity. Recorded on September 22, 2022.

Republican governors are flooding progressive enclaves with migrants. PABLO RUEDA SAIZ examines the larger issues at play. Recorded September 21, 2022.

Proposed changes are in the works. Tamera Rice Lave unpacks the good and the bad. Recorded on September 14, 2022.

The right to choose is in the headlines. Caroline Mala Corbin checks all the angles of the debate. Recorded September 8, 2022.

Multidistrict litigation was roiled last week with a surprising bankruptcy decision. Drew Dawson explains. Recorded on August 31, 2022.

The CFO of the Trump organization recently pleaded guilty to more than a dozen felonies, including tax fraud and grand larceny. Miami Law's federal tax expert Frances Hills adds it all up. Recorded on August 25, 2022.

For better outcomes, tenants need representation in eviction proceedings. Miami Law's Tenants' Rights Clinic Director Jeffrey Hearne unpacks the process and the need for more attorneys. Recorded August 18, 2022.

Two cases in the courts have been closely watched recently -- the Parkland massacre and the Alex Jones/Infowars defamation case brought by two Sandy Hook massacre parents. Miami Law's innocence clinic director Craig Trocino unpacks them both. Recorded on August 11, 2022.

Employment law expert ANDREW ELMORE unpacks the current state of employee lawsuits. Recorded on April 21, 2022.

Climate change on the docket. Environmental law expert JESSICA OWLEY unpacks the stalls and the threats. Recorded April 7, 2022.

Innocence Clinic Director CRAIG TROCINO looks at the state of punishment in a partisan world with the recent SCOTUS ruler on the Boston Bomber death sentence and new Oklahoma laws. Recorded March 24, 2022.

As Russia advances, the financial world is reeling and resetting. Marcia Narine Weldon examines the fiscal battlefield. Recorded March 10, 2022.

Campus sexual misconduct expert TAMARA RICE LAVE examines the failures and successes of the law. Recorded February 24, 2022.

Justice Stephen Breyer retires from the U.S. Supreme Court, opening a spot for President Biden to make an appointment. Constitutional law expert Charlton Copeland handicaps and the future of the court. Recorded on February 9, 2022.