Podcast for the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. The Journal of Law Reform is one of the country’s foremost academic journals dedicated to promoting legal reform. Across its four issues, annual symposia, and online publication, Caveat, the Journal identifies the critical problems facing domestic decision-makers and presents responsive solutions. In every medium, the Journal provides content that is timely, novel, and focused on reform.
Interview with Co-Authors Tessa Bialek & Matt Akiyama
Join us as we chat with co-authors Tessa Bialek and Matt Akiyama about their piece, "Policies for Expanding Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in United States Prisons and Jails." More information about this piece and the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse’s policy white paper series, Learning from Civil Rights Lawsuits, is available at: clearinghouse.net/policy/1/22.
14 Feb 2023
Interview With Longtime Public Defender Ann Roan
https://www.breadandroseslaw.org
Dedicated public defender, former head of Colorado Public Defender's Training Office, and dedicated attorney Ann Roan join's JLR to discuss issues including and around becoming a public defender.
15 Nov 2022
Episode 10 - Interview with ACLU of Idaho Legal Director Aadika Singh
We're very excited to present this week's guest who kicks off our Job Hunt series. Over the next few episodes, we hope to bring on guests who can highlight what work in a particular public interest field looks like. This interview is fascinating for everyone, but is hopefully helpful to people interested in impact litigation.
Aadika's Bio: https://www.acluidaho.org/en/biographies/aadika-singh
20 Apr 2022
Episode 9 - Amy Fettig on Prisoner Rights Litigation and Reforming Solitary Confinement
Director of the Sentencing Project and prison litigation expert Amy Fettig joins us to explain to talk the current state of prison litigation, methods of reform, and a path to ending solitary confinement in prisons.
Sentencing Project website: https://www.sentencingproject.org/
Fettig's Twitter: https://twitter.com/abfettigJLR
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichiganLaw_JLR
Website: https://mjlr.org/
28 Mar 2022
Episode 8 - Professor Roseanna Sommers on Consent, Psychology, and the Law
Experimental psychologist and legal scholar Professor Roseanna Sommers joins us to discuss her proposed reforms to the law of consent, particularly with regards to increasing calls for the written formalization of consent.
Join Sommers' Law and Psychology Mailing List: rosesomm@umich.edu
Sommers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosesomm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichiganLaw_JLR
Website: mjlr.org
Panel 5 of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform's 2022 Symposium, "Reimagining Police Surveillance: Protecting Activism & Ending Technologies of Oppression." Panelists explain what “reform” of police surveillance technology means to them, current reforms they endorse, proposed reforms of which they believe we should be suspicious, activist efforts worth endorsing, and what they envision as the best path forward.
24 Jan 2022
Episode 6 - Ending Targeted Surveillance Of Communities Of Color (JLR Symposium 2022)
Panel 4 of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform 2022 Symposium, "Reimagining Police Surveillance: Protecting Activism & Ending Technologies of Oppression." Panel discussion on how digital surveillance tools such as facial recognition technology, predictive algorithms, and social media monitoring, among others, are heavily relied upon by police during investigations, despite evidence that the technology is flawed and disparately impacts people of color.
21 Jan 2022
Episode 5 - Surveillance of Social Movements & Public Protest (JLR Symposium 2022)
Panel 3 of JLR's 2022 Symposium on police surveillance technology. Panel discussion on how police and federal agencies utilize their extensive resources to track, identify, and surveil public protest. More info at https://reimaginignsurveillancejlr.com
19 Jan 2022
Episode 4 - The Expansion Of Police Surveillance Technology (JLR Symposium 2022)
This episode of the JLR podcast features JLR's 2022 Symposium, entitled "Reimagining Police Surveillance: Protecting Activism and Ending Technologies of Oppression." Panel 2 of the symposium continues with a discussion of the expansion of police surveillance technology.
For more information about JLR's 2022 Symposium, and to register to attend, please visit reimaginingsurveillancejlr.com/
17 Jan 2022
Episode 3 - The History and Overview of Police Surveillance in America (JLR Symposium 2022)
This episode of the JLR podcast kicks off JLR's 2022 Symposium, entitled "Reimagining Police Surveillance: Protecting Activism and Ending Technologies of Oppression." Panel 1 of the symposium begins with a discussion of the history and overview of police surveillance in America. Panelists include Professor Andrea Dennis (University of Georgia School of Law), Matthew Guariglia (Electronic Frontier Foundation), and Professor Daanika Gordon (Tufts University).
For more information about JLR's 2022 Symposium, and to register to attend, please visit https://reimaginingsurveillancejlr.com/
17 Nov 2021
Episode 2 - Black Lawyers Matter: Author Talk with Vitor Dias
This episode of the JLR podcast features a conversation with author Vitor Dias, who is publishing an article in Volume 55, Issue 1 of the Journal of Law Reform. His piece is "Black Lawyers Matter: Enduring Racism in American Law Firms."
15 Nov 2021
Episode 1 - Blue Racing: Author Talk with Chris Williams
The Michigan Journal of Law Reform speaks with author Chris Williams about his forthcoming article, "Blue Racing," which will be published in Volume 55 of the Journal.
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