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In this episode, Chief Justice Bridget McCormack of the Michigan Supreme Court and Judge Stephen Dillard of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, discuss how and why judges should use social media to help the public better understand the work of the judiciary. They begin by explaining how they became judges and how their think about their jobs. And they describe how they use social media t...

In this episode, Joy Kanwar , Associate Professor of Legal Writing at Brooklyn Law School, discusses her article "Avatars, Acting, and Imagination: Bringing New Techniques Into the Legal Classroom," which is published in the Journal of the Legal Profession. Kanwar begins by explaining how acting techniques can help law students learn and become better lawyers. She reflects on how she uses acting t...

In this special series of coronavirus pandemic episodes,  Maybell Romero  and  Brian L. Frye  explore  Charles H. Baker, Jr. 's mixological treatise, " The Gentlemen's Companion: Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask ," which was originally published in 1939 by Derrydale Press. Each episode will feature one drink. Romero and Frye will read Baker's description of t...

In this special series of coronavirus pandemic episodes,  Maybell Romero  and  Brian L. Frye  explore  Charles H. Baker, Jr. 's mixological treatise, " The Gentlemen's Companion: Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask ," which was originally published in 1939 by Derrydale Press. Each episode will feature one drink. Romero and Frye will read Baker's description of t...

In this special series of coronavirus pandemic episodes,  Maybell Romero  and  Brian L. Frye  explore  Charles H. Baker, Jr. 's mixological treatise, " The Gentlemen's Companion: Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask ," which was originally published in 1939 by Derrydale Press. Each episode will feature one drink. Romero and Frye will read Baker's description of t...

In this episode, Dr. Mason Marks , Assistant Professor of Law at Gonzaga University School of Law and Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project, discusses his article " Emergent Medical Data: Health Information Inferred by Artificial Intelligence ," which will be published in the UC Irvine Law Review. Marks begins by explaining how technology companies derive "emergent med...

In this episode, Luke Herrine , a PhD candidate in Law at Yale Law School and Law and Political Economy Fellow, discusses his draft article "Socializing Contract." Herrine begins by explaining what he means by "socializing" and "de-socializing" contract law. He briefly describes the history of contract theory, and reflects on how modern contract theory tends to de-socialize contracts by conceptual...

In this special series of coronavirus pandemic episodes, Maybell Romero and Brian L. Frye explore Charles H. Baker, Jr. 's mixological treatise, " The Gentlemen's Companion: Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask ," which was originally published in 1939 by Derrydale Press. Each episode will feature one drink. Romero and Frye will read Baker's description of the drink and his recipe, prepa...

In this episode, Brian L. Frye , Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, discusses his circuitous path to legal academia. He describes his initial interest in filmmaking, his studies in art school, his many failures, his eventual decision to attend law school, and his eventual decision to pursue a job as a law professor. He also offers some thoughts...

In this episode, Christa Laser , a senior associate at WilmerHale in Washington D.C., discusses her article "Patent Law's Equitable Defenses: The Coming Battle of Dynamic and Traditional Interpretive Regimes," which will be published in the University of Miami Law Review. Laser begins by discussing the difference between legal and equitable regimes and defenses. She describes the equitable defense...

In this episode, Pamela Foohey , Associate Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, discusses her article " Reducing The Wealth Gap Through Fintech 'Advances' in Consumer Banking and Lending ," co-authored with Nathalie Martin, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Frederick M. Hart Chair in Consumer and Clinical Law at the University of New Mexico School of...

In this episode, Jennifer Murphy Romig , Professor of Practice at Emory University School of Law, and Mark Edwin Burge , Professor of Law and Director of San Antonio Programs at Texas A&M University School of Law, discuss their work on legal education outside JD and LLM programs, in relation to their new book " Legal Literacy and Communication Skills: Working With Law and Lawyers ," which is p...

In this episode, Ezra Ishmael Young , a civil rights attorney based in New York City, whose litigation and scholarship centers on trans rights, discusses his article " What the Supreme Court Could Have Heard in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC and Aimee Stephens ," which will be published in the California Law Review Online. Young begins by explaining what happened in R.G. & G...

In this episode, Thomas J. McSweeney , Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, discusses his book " Priests of the Law: Roman Law and the Making of the Common Law's First Professionals ," which is published by Oxford University Press. McSweeney begins by describing the English legal system of the 11th and 12th centuries. He explains the relationship between the early common law, Roman o...

In this episode, JoAnne Sweeny , Professor of Law at the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, discusses her Fulbright research o comparative #metoo movements in the United States and Europe. Sweeny begins by describing the origins and development of the #metoo movement in the United States. She observes that similar movements emerged in many other countries at the same time, i...

In this episode, Greg Day , Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the Terry College of Business, and Abbey Stemler , Assistant Professor of Business Law and Ethics at Indiana University Kelley School of Business, discuss their article " Are Dark Patterns Anticompetitive? " This article explores how online platforms utilize tactics to manipulate the attention cycle of their users and invade decis...

In 1956, Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra & Chorus, conducted by Howard Hanson, recorded "The Testament of Freedom" (Four Passages From the Writings of Thomas Jefferson) and "Songs From 'Drum Taps'" (Poems By Walt Whitman). The LP was published by Mercury, as part of American Music Festival, Vol. 1. This recording is available on archive.org . Thanks to Mike Overby for suggesting this recordin...

In this episode, Alexandra J. Roberts, Associate Professor of Law at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, discusses her experiences with online legal education. Roberts created an online trademarks class, offered to students at any law school, which she has taught twice. She explains how she designed and created the class, and reflects on what she has learned about online...

In this episode, Lucy Jewel , Professor of Law and Director of Legal Writing at the University of Tennessee College of Law, discusses her article " Does the Reasonable Man Have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder? ," which was published in the Wake Forest Law Review. Jewel begins by describing the origins of the "reasonable man" concept, and its role in legal doctrine. She reflects on the ideological as...

In this episode, Edward W. De Barbieri , Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Community Economic Development Clinic at Albany Law School, discusses his draft article "Opportunism Zones." De Barbieri begins by explaining what "opportunity zones" are and why they were created. He observes that they present the risk of abuse, and that in the absence of reporting requirements, it is impossib...

In this episode, Michael J.Z. Mannheimer , Professor of Law at Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, discusses his article " The Unusual Case of Anthony Chebatoris: The 'New Deal for Crime' and the Federal Death Penalty in Non-Death States ," which will be published in the Syracuse Law Review. Mannheimer begins by explaining why the death penalty presents a federalism problem, when fe...

In this episode,  Aaron Roth  and  Michael Kearns , both professors of computer science at the University of Pennsylvania, discuss their new book,  The Ethical Algorithm  (Oxford U. Press 2020). This wide-ranging interview covers issues related to privacy, fairness, and explainable algorithms. The interview has three parts. First, Aaron and Michael explain the goal, proces...

Part 1: The Perils of Cronyism A summary of the Supreme Court's place in United States society through the lenses of white supremacy and the process of nominating new justices. It covers the development of African-American-driven civil rights case law as a pressure on American politics. Ultimately, Part 1 is about what lead to the Warren Court's famously liberal rulings, the effects those rulings...

In this episode, Dr. Jill Goldenziel , Associate Professor at the Marine Corps University-Command and Staff College and Distinguished Senior Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania's Fox Leadership International Program, discusses her draft article "Law as a Battlefield: The US, China, and the Global Escalation of Lawfare." Goldenziel begins by explaining what "lawfare" is and how states use law...

In this episode, Justin (Gus) Hurwitz , Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Space, Cyber, and Telecom Law Program at the University of Nebraska College of Law, discusses his article "Madison and Shannon on Social Media" and his work in progress "An Information Theory of Information Pollution." Hurwitz begins by explaining what information theory is and how it conceptualizes the trans...