William & Mary Law Podcast

On March 24, 2026, Professor John O. McGinnis joined William & Mary Law School's Federalist Society to present a lecture on “Why Democracy Needs the Rich: The Hidden Benefits of Wealth in a Free Society.” The event was co-sponsored by the Institute of Bill of Rights Law and the Center for the Study of Law and Markets. Professor McGinnis is the George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law at the N...

On March 17, 2026, Professor John F. Duffy joined William & Mary Law School's Center for the Study of Law and Mark to present a lecture on “Property Theory and the Emergence of NIL Rights.” Professor Duffy is the Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.

On October 15, 2025, The Institute of Bill of Rights Law and the Center for the Study of Law and Markets hosted the Professor Charles Koch Administrative Law Forum. Panelists included Paul Verkuil, Former Chair of the Administrative Conference of the United States and President Emeritus of William & Mary, and John Duffy, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, former clerk to Justice Anton...

On February 28, 2025, Professor Barak D. Richman returned to William & May Law School to present a lecture as a guest of William & Mary Law School's Center for the Study of Law and Markets titled "Market Failures in US Health Care Markets: The Curious Case of Private Equity." Professor Richman is the Alexander Hamilton Professor of Business Law at the George Washington University Law School.

On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, The Center for the Study of Law and Markets, The Federalist Society, and The Business Law Society co-sponsored a lecture by Professor Julia D. Mahoney, "ESG Disclosure and Securities Regulation." Professor Mahoney is the John S. Battle Professor of Law and the Joseph C. Carter, Jr., Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.

In this episode, William & Mary Law School Professor of the Practice of Law and CLCT Deputy Director, Dr. Iria Giuffrida, hosts William & Mary School of Education Class of 1963 Associate Professor of Higher Education, Dr. Stephanie Blackmon, to discuss the importance of experiential learning in cybersecurity education, and the significance of interdisciplinary collaboration. Dr. Blackmon is Progra...

On Monday, February 4, 2019, Professor Gary Brown sat down with CLCT to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and the law of war. Joined by William & Mary Law Professors Fred Lederer (CLCT Director) and Iria Giuffrida (CLCT Associate Director for Research), this 45-minute interview surveys key legal issues involving AI, Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems, cyber warfare, and international law. Guest S...

Blockchain seems to be everywhere: from cryptocurrency to smart contract and more. Increasingly, many industries are asking whether blockchain is a solution for their business objectives and concerns. With the increased use of this often misunderstood technology, legal issues are bound to arise. To brace for change, CLCT is asking the questions lawyers will want to know — starting with “what is bl...

Once hailed as the cars of the future, self-driving or autonomous vehicles (AV) are quickly becoming a contemporary reality — but one with significant legal and policy implications. Regulators have been eager to pass legislation and issue orders governing this new technology, leading to a patchwork of state laws. Federal regulators have also had their eyes on AVs, but comprehensive federal legisla...

Over the past decade, virtual reality has gone from an experimental pipedream to a multi-billion dollar market reality. While much has been made of the entertainment and educational possibilities of the technology, VR also has use cases in the legal system. In this episode, Brennan McGovern, Ott Lindstrom, and Alex Ashrafi work through the practical and evidentiary considerations that may arise if...

This episode kicks off a new podcast series looking at the developing legal landscape surrounding smart city technology. Innovations such as smart homes, smart transportation, autonomous vehicles, and the like have the capacity to take city planning by storm, and upend the way citizens and businesses interact with the communities within which they live and work. This innovation comes with great pr...

In this first in-depth discussion of the interaction between the law and smart cities, we examine how the First Amendment may be implicated. Of the enumerated rights granted under the U.S. Constitution, those of the First Amendment are often hailed the most important and fundamental rights afforded to U.S. citizens. The big question, then, is whether smart cities will “chill” the ability for citiz...

In this episode, CLCT Research Fellows Taylor Lain (host), Katherine Sorrell, and Alex Pratt explore the implications of smart city technology for members of the intellectual and developmentally disabled (“I/DD”) community. As the world’s largest minority group, the I/DD community has the unique characteristic of being intersectional—many members of the community are also members of other minority...

Continuing our discussion of smart city technology and civil rights, CLCT Research Fellows Taylor Lain (host), Katherine Sorrell, and Alex Pratt explore the implications of specific smart city technology, such as facial recognition, predictive policing, and risk-assessment tools, and how these tools may affect minority or disadvantaged populations. While it is clear that there are major benefits i...

In this episode, 2019-2020 postgraduate Buswell Research Fellow Lindsey Whitlow hosts recent William & Mary Law School graduates Alex Pratt and Andrew Parslow. The discussion begins with a brief history of the discipline of urban planning before diving into just some of the complexities of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Our researchers explore how smart city plans may come into conflic...

In this episode, 2019-2020 postgraduate Buswell Research Fellow Lindsey Whitlow hosts her final episode before the conclusion of her fellowship. She is joined by CLCT Research Fellows Katherine Sorrell, Mechelle King, and Sam Habein to discuss the global implications of smart city technology. Our researchers explore how smart city plans may come into conflict with International Human Rights Law, a...

CLCT’s AI Senior Research Fellow, April Sawhill, debuts with her first episode of Exhibit AI. She is joined by CLCT Research Fellows Brennan McGovern and CLCT Cybersecurity Researcher Daniel Shin to discuss the rise of misinformation and disinformation. Our researchers explore how automation within information systems can facilitate disorder in our society. As Brennan lays the landscape of misinfo...

In this episode, Senior AI Research Fellow April Sawhill hosts Cisco Principal Engineer, Chris Shenefiel, and CLCT Cybersecurity Researcher, Daniel Shin, to discuss recent supply chain ransomware attacks in the United States. Examining the cyberattacks on SolarWinds and Kaseya VSA, our guests explain how threat actors infiltrated these systems to push out malicious code to service provider custome...

On February 10, 2021, William & Mary Law School’s Center for the Study of Law and Markets hosted Professor Bruce Caldwell, who presented a lecture entitled "The Life and Contributions of F.A. Hayek." Prof. Caldwell is Research Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University.

On November 17, 2020, William & Mary Law School’s Center for the Study of Law and Markets hosted Professor Jamel K. Donnor, who presented a lecture entitled "Racial Capitalism and College Sports." Prof. Donnor is Associate Professor of Education at William & Mary and Affiliated Faculty, American Studies, and Affiliated Faculty, Africana Studies.

On November 8, 2019, The Center for the Study of Law and Markets hosted a public lecture by Professor Merritt B. Fox, "The New Stock Market: Law, Economics, and Policy," based on his latest book. Professor Fox is Michael E. Patterson Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He is Co-Director of the Center for Law and Economic Studies and co-director of the Program in the Law and Economics of Capit...

William & Mary Law School is back in session and that means Office Hours is back on the airwaves! This week Davis sits down with Kelsie Sicinski, Chair of the Law School’s Honor Council, and Rebecca Jaegar, President of the Student Bar Association. Tune in to hear the ins-and-outs of these two organizations and whether Jed Wyatt from The Bachelorette would have violated William & Mary’s Honor Code...

On February 21, 2019, The Center for the Study of Law and Markets hosted a lecture by Professor Molly Brady, "Markets and the Evolution of Property Law." Professor Brady joined the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law as an associate professor of law in 2016.

We're back on the airwaves this week with Tolu Olaniyan and Ndome Essoka, the new President and Vice President (respectively) of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at William & Mary. Tolu and Ndome painted a great picture of BLSA as an organization—both here and nationally—and provided scores of invaluable advice for current and prospective law students. We had a great time chatting with th...

This week, Professor David Boelzner and AmeriCorps Legal Fellow (though soon-to-be Professor!) Caleb Stone joined Scott and Davis to talk about their work at the law school's Lewis P. Fuller Veterans Benefits Clinic. They discussed the clinic's vital role in helping disabled service veterans obtain compensation through the often-arduous VA claims process, outlined the opportunities for students to...