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LawTalk Episode 61 - The Gender Wealth Gap: A Conversation on "Fair Shake" Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. In this episode, The Gender Wealth Gap: A Conversation on "Fair Shake", Professor Clair Hill hosts a conversation w...

LawTalk Episode 60 - From Unwritten Law to Written Constitutions: The Evolution of Fundamental Rights in the Western Legal Tradition Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, From Unwritten Law to Written Constitutions...

LawTalk Episode 59 - Major Questions, Tariffs and Emergency Powers Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, Major Questions, Tariffs and Emergency Powers, features a panel discussion regarding the U.S. Supreme Court c...

On this installment of the Minnesota Journal of International Law's Scholar Interview Series, Mackenzie Gearin, an MJIL Staffer, interviews Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin on her time visiting prison camps in Syria as part of her Special Rapporteur mandate, the intersection between counter-terrorism practices and gender, and her forthcoming book. You can watch the interview on the Minnesota Law YouT...

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, The Perennial Dialectic and a Baseline Theory of State Law, features a lecture from Professor Brian Tamanaha, the John S. Lehmann University Professor at Wash U Law. Professor...

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, Reconstructing Justice: Honoring Dr. King's Vision in Our Federal Justice System, features United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves. Judge Reeves explores Rev. Dr. Martin...

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, The Right to Freedom of Assembly in the United States, features Justin Mazzola, the Deputy Director of Research for Amnesty International USA, in conversation with Amanda Lyons...

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, U.S. Supreme Court Preview Panel – 2025-26 Term features four of Minnesota Law’s distinguished faculty experts for a panel discussion previewing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2025-2...

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, Challenges for Today’s General Counsel features James L. Chosey ‘89, the Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel for U.S. Bank. James reflects on the shifting deman...

On this installment of the Minnesota Journal of International Law's Scholar Interview Series, Candace Dasanna, MJIL Co-Lead Managing Editor, sits down with Dr. Stephen Mumme, emeritus professor at Colorado State University, to discuss the Water Treaty between the U.S. and Mexico. You can watch the interview on the Minnesota Law YouTube Channel. (https://youtu.be/AGFipuSPEC8) Subscribe to the Minne...

In the second installment of the Minnesota Journal of International Law's Scholar Interview Series, Sofia Reed, MJIL Staffer, sits down with Professor Donald Clarke, David Weaver Research Professor Emeritus of Law at George Washington University Law School, to discuss his research regarding Chinese legal institutions, including how he developed the Anti-Anti-Orientalism approach. You can watch the...

This episode, Overcoming Imposter Syndrome discusses the impacts and realities of imposter syndrome in the legal profession. This discussion also features practical strategies in recognizing, managing and supporting yourself and colleagues against imposter syndrome. The featured panelists are: Ra’Shya Ghee ‘13 - Visiting Assistant Professor at Minnesota Law whose research focuses on the First Amen...

Welcome to the first featured interview of Minnesota Journal of International Law's Scholar Interview Series. Through this program, MJIL members have the opportunity to interview professors about their research and publications in the field of international law. Megan Marvin, MJIL Staffer, spoke with Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin about what brought her to the University of Minnesota, her time as a...

This episode, Navigating the Digital Frontier: Regulation and limitations on Social Media features an expert panel that delve into the critical areas of law impacting social media platforms and users, including content moderation and platform liability, data privacy and security, free speech, and online expression The panel features: Alan Rozenshtein - Associate Professor of Law at Minnesota Law a...

This episode, Operationalizing Human Rights Due Diligence in Supply Chains features Jeff Vockrodt ‘05, President and CEO of the Fair Labor Association, as he explores the practical implementation of human rights due diligence in today’s evolving regulatory landscape, drawing on the Fair Labor Association’s projects and programs as illustrative examples. Executive Director of the Human Rights Cente...

This episode, The Pervasive Method: Jews in American Legal Education, features Professor Noah Feldman as the speaker of the inaugural Charles Rubenstein Lecture. Professor Feldman’s topic speaks directly to the creation and purpose of the Rubenstein Lecture: To focus on Jewish contributions to the American legal system Professor Feldman is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Chair of the Socie...

This episode, A Discussion and Q&A with Professor Jill Hasday, features an in-depth review of her latest book, We The Men: How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality. This event was recorded on April 1, 2025. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/XKkLDoKL0jg) Visit www.jillhasday.com for a preview of the book...

This episode, State Constitutions and Racial Segregation: Minnesota in 2025 features professor and director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, Myron Orfield, as he discusses how states like Minnesota can protect lost civil rights under their state constitutions and statutes. This event was recorded on February 27, 2025 as part of the Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Li...

This episode Realizing Dr. King’s Dream: The Role of Justice and Public Service in Advancing Equality and Access features Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Natalie E. Hudson '82, as the featured guest of Minnesota Law’s 10th Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation. Professor Christopher Roberts facilitates the conversation with Chief Justice Hudson which focuses on the obligation of lawyers...

This episode,The Road to Qamishli: Chasing Law in a Time of Counter-Terrorism features Professor Fionnuala Ni Aolain, former UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights (2017-2023) sharing excerpts from her forthcoming book that draws on her work during her UN mandate, with a particular focus on the conflict in Syria, and the counter-terrorism practices of state and non-state actor...

This episode, Citizenship Exceptionalism: How the Deportation Power Has Reduced Constitutional Protection for Everyone features associate professor of clinical law and the director of the Detainee Rights Clinic Linus Chan and his lecture on how the growing reality of immigration detention and deportation has transformed our understanding of constitutional due process and equal protection away from...

This episode, U.S. Supreme Court Preview Panel – 2024-25 Term, features three of Minnesota Law’s distinguished faculty experts and The Honorable Elizabeth G. Bentley, former visiting assistant professor, in previewing the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming term. The panelists offered their insights into some of the major cases on the upcoming year’s docket. The featured panelists are: Nadia Anguiano ’1...

This episode, To Speak or Not to Speak: Balancing Corporate Interests and Pressures in External Communications features Minnesota Law alumnus and former Vice President, Chief Counsel, Employment Law at Medtronic, Michelle Miller ‘86. Miller’s lecture is on the corporate decision making process regarding public statements in an age of influence by, and expectations of, social media, employees, cust...

The Student Note Writing Process: Exploring One of the Biggest Parts of Law Review that You Didn't Know Existed (Part II) In the second part of this series, Lucy Chin (Lead Online Editor, Volume 108) talks with three Minnesota Law Review Editors whose Student Notes were published in this year's volume of Minnesota Law Review. Discussing both the substantive areas of law that each student wrote abo...

The Student Note Writing Process: Exploring One of the Biggest Parts of Law Review that You Didn't Know Existed (Part I) In part one of this two part series, Lucy Chin (Lead Online Editor, Volume 108) talks with three Minnesota Law Review Editors whose Student Notes were published in this year's volume of Minnesota Law Review. Discussing both the substantive areas of law that each student wrote ab...