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In this episode, Jennifer Sturiale , Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, discusses her articles "A Balanced Consideration of the Federal Circuit's Choice of Law Rule," which will be published in the Utah Law Review, and "The Unseen Force in Civil Litigation: The Chief Justice's Appointment of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation." Sturiale begins by explaining that...

In this episode, Alan Mygatt-Tauber , Adjunct Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and Assistant Counsel at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northwest, discusses his article " Rethinking the Reasoning of Verdugo-Urquidez ," which will be published in the Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality. Mygatt-Tauber begins by describing the Supreme Court's holding in United States v....

In this episode, Valena Beety ( @valenabeetv ), Professor of Law at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, and Jennifer Oliva ( @jenndoliva) , Associate Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law, discuss their new article, "Regulating Bite Mark Evidence: Lesbian Vampires and Other Myths of Forensic Odontology," forthcoming in the Washington Law Review . Profe...

In this episode, Carolyn Shapiro , Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States at Chicago-Kent College of Law, discusses her article " Democracy, Federalism, and the Guarantee Clause ," which will be published in the Arizona Law Review. Shapiro begins by describing what the Guarantee Clause of the Constitution is and what it was originally...

In this episode, Simon Tam , the founder and bassist for The Slants , an Asian-American dance-rock band, discusses his fight to register his band's name as a trademark with the USPTO, and how he helped changed trademark law. Tam begins by describing the origins and aesthetics of The Slants, including why he chose the band's name. He explains why he filed a trademark registration application, and w...

In this episode, King and ECC11 discuss religion in relation to the ideas of the Latin King and Queen Nation, specifically in relation to the concept of Icona. They explain the origins of the concept of Icona, with reference to the Communist Manifesto and other historical texts on the history of class struggle. This episode was hosted by King, who is an incarcerated person. King is on Twitter at @...

In this episode, Robin Effron , Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, discusses her article " Putting the 'Notice' Back Into Pleading ," which will be published in the Cardozo Law Review. Effron begins by explaining what pleading is and what a plaintiff is expected to plead under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in order to survive a motion to dismiss. She describes the origins of what came...

In this episode, Guy Hamilton-Smith interviews David Garlock , Program Director at New Person Ministries, Co-Chair of the Lancaster County Re-Entry Coalition, and a 2019 JustLeadership Fellow. Garlock talks about his work with helping people convicted of sex offenses transition back into society, his journey in how he came to do that work, his work with Bryan Stevenson, and his role in the new fil...

In this episode, Derek T. Muller , Professor of Law at Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, discusses his draft article " Weaponizing the Ballot ." Muller begins by describing the history of tax disclosures by presidents and presidential candidates, as well as the history of ballots and the electoral process. He reflects on state regulation of elections, and the constitutional difference be...

In this episode, Walter I. Gonçalves, Jr., a Federal Public Defender in the District of Arizona, discusses his article " Narrative, Culture, and Individuation: A Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Race-Conscious Approach to Reduce Implicit Bias for Latinxs ," which is published in the Seattle Journal for Social Justice. Gonçalves begins by explaining what implicit bias is and how it can affect criminal pro...

In this episode, Dylan Gilbert , Policy Counsel at Public Knowledge, discusses his new white paper, " Making Sense of the Termination Right: How the System Fails Artists and How to Fix It ," which he co-authored with Meredith Rose and Alisa Valentin. Gilbert begins by explaining what copyright's termination rule is, how it works, and why it was created. He observes that it is supposed to benefit a...

In this episode, Susan E. Provenzano , William Trumbull Professor of Practice at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and Brian N. Larson , Associate Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law, discuss their article " Civil Procedure as a Critical Discussion ," which will be published in the Nevada Law Journal. They begin by explaining the purpose of the Federal Rules of Civil Proc...

In this episode, Becca Rothfeld , an essayist, literary critic, and PhD candidate in philosophy at Harvard University , discusses her essay " Having a Cake and Eating It, Too ," which was published in AGNI, as well as her scholarship on aesthetic value more generally. Rothfeld begins by describing the thought of Simone Weil, and how it inspired her essay. Specifically, she reflects on Weil's desir...

This sound recording captures a February 2, 1947 radio broadcast on WTOP Washington, D.C. (which then broadcast at 1500 am), in which Republican Senator Robert A. Taft called for curbs on the power of the executive branch of the government, and a return of power to local and state governments. This recording is from the collection of the National Archives and was provided by Zvi S. Rosen . Hosted...

In this episode, Wayne A. Logan , Gary & Sallyn Pajcic Professor of Law at Florida State University College of Law, discusses his article " Contracting for Fourth Amendment Privacy Online ," which he co-authored with Jake Linford, and which is published in the Minnesota Law Review. Logan begins by explaining the origins of the modern Fourth Amendment doctrine, and how it relies on both subject...

In this episode, Gerald Barnett , a former technology transfer director and consultant on university innovation policy, discusses his perspective on university patent policies. He begins by explaining the history of the Bayh-Dole Act and his perspective on how it affected university technology transfer. He discusses on the incentives affecting university technology transfer offices. And he reflect...

In this episode, ECC11, a leader of the Latin King & Queen Nation and an incarcerated person, discusses the theory of the lumpen proletariat and how it has informed the thinking of the Latin King & Queen Nation. This episode was hosted by King, who is an incarcerated person. He is on Twitter at  @King_ShankRadio . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Jean Mangan , Legal Writing Instructor at the University of Georgia School of Law, discusses her article " Clinical Syllabi as Demonstration of Best Practices Implementation ," which she co-authored with Fernanda Mackay and published in the Georgia Law Review Online. Mangan begins by describing the history of legal education and recent efforts at reform, focusing on the Carnegie R...

In this episode, Colleen Chien , Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, discusses her article " The Second Chance Gap ," which will be published in the Michigan Law Review. Chien begins by describing "second chance" laws, which give people convicted of crimes the potential for mitigating their punishment. She observes that many second chance laws are rarely applied, and asks why...

In this episode, Jonathon Booth , a PhD Candidate in History at Harvard University, discusses the first chapter of his dissertation, "Free Labor Under Proper Regulation: Britain and Jamaica, 1831-1840." He begins by explaining why the period 1831-1840 was such an important moment in the history of the British colonies, especially colonial Jamaica. Most importantly, the period included the abolitio...

In this episode, Karen Woody, Assistant Professor of Law at Washington & Lee School of Law, discusses her article " The New Insider Trading ," which will be published in the Arizona State Law Journal. Woody begins by describing what insider trading is, how it is regulated under Rule 12b-6, and the limits courts have placed on the scope of insider trading. In particular, she observes that the p...

In this episode, ECC11, a leader of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation and an incarcerated person, discusses his life story and intellectual history. Among other things, ECC11 discusses how he became incarcerated and how imprisonment changed him. He discusses the writings that influenced his ideas, including Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed," as well as his own beliefs and goals. Th...

In this episode, ECC11 and King discuss the internationalist ideas of the Almighty Latin King & Queen Nation. Among other things they discuss the meaning of being a Nation member, and the relationship between nationalism and internationalism in the Nation's ideas. They observe that "Latinism" is not racially divisive, but inclusive, and reflects the fact that the Nation does not discriminate....

In this episode, Yonathan Arbel, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law, and Roy Shapira , Associate Professor at IDC Herzliya in Israel, discuss their article " Theory of the Nudnik: The Future of Consumer Activism and What We Can Do to Stop It ," which will be published in the Vanderbilt Law Review. They begin by explaining what makes someone a "nudnik," and why nu...

In this episode, Daniel Takash , Regulatory Policy Fellow at the Niskanen Center, discusses his white paper " Why 'Intellectual Property' is a Misnomer ," which he co-authored with Brink Lindsay , Vice-President of the Niskanen Center. Takash begins by describing the different theoretical justifications for property rights and how the apply to intellectual property. He argues that intellectual pro...