Welcome to Let’s Review – a division of the Leicester Student Law Review! A podcast sharing with you emerging issues, cases, and challenges happening in the legal sector. Current legal challenges are complex – from the rise in global crime rates to the climate crisis. These are the same challenges that are taking place in our Community.
From the rise in global crime rates to the climate crisis. There are the same challenges impacting our local communities. The Let's Review! podcast will explore some of these issues and research and the work being done is response. From tackling issues taking place on a global scale, this podcast invites students, faculty, staff, and change-makers from the broader legal sector to share their views and review the discrepancies that exist to work towards a brighter world.
The SEND Project hosts the podcast this episode, discussing how the law affects people with disabilities.
17 Mar 2023
Self Defence and the Law (ft. Street Law)
Street Law takes over the podcast once again as guest hosts, discussing self-defence and the law.
20 Feb 2023
Illuminating the Reality of Abortion Laws in the U.K. (ft. Street Law)
Street Law takes over the podcast as guest hosts this episode. Kaze and Shannon discuss the current status of laws on abortion in the U.K.
15 Jan 2023
Becoming a Judge (ft. Dr. Irving André)
Justice Dr. Irving André joins us on the podcast to discuss his journey in law and academia, including his many accomplishments and the challenges he had to overcome along the way.
Hosted by Zach Gladstone
Editor-in-Chief, Concept by Angel Panag
5 Dec 2022
Rehabilitation Through Mindfulness (ft. Geoff O'Meara)
Geoff O'Meara is the program director for Prison Yoga Program in the UK. The Prison Yoga Program is an organization devoted to pursuing a cultural shift toward a healing-centered approach to addressing crime, addiction, and mental illness through yoga and embodied mindfulness.
Geoff joins us on the podcast to discuss his experience working with prisoners, the benefits of yoga, and his efforts to expand the program.
Hosted by Zach Gladstone
Editor-in-Chief, Concept by Angel Panag
10 Apr 2022
Is Justice Always Blind: The Daniel Perry Sampson Story (ft. David Steeves)
Accused of a double-murder in 1933 Daniel P. Sampson, a Black WWI veteran, was the last man to be executed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Today, decades after his death - many questions remain unanswered. This episode sheds a light on the courts' historic grievances on matters of mental health and racism.
David Steeves is a Canadian barrister called to the provincial bars of Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Ontario - where he resides. David has developed a complex civil litigation practice with appearances before all levels of court in Ontario including long trials as well as judicial and private mediations. In 2009, David earned a thesis-based LL.M. at Dalhousie University where his research focused on the areas of legal history as well as legal and litigation theory. During this graduate work, David was introduced to the case of Daniel Perry Sampson and his chapter on the case in The African Canadian Legal Odyssey was awarded the inaugural Race and the Law Prize by the Nova Scotia Barristers Society in 2009 and shared the 2013 Peter Oliver Prize by the Osgoode Society for the best publication by a student in the area of Canadian legal history.
We are joined by Dr. George Elliott Clarke as he offers a special rendition of his poem '1933' for this episode of Let's Review.
Hosted by Angel Panag: A Canadian JD Pathway student with a background in human rights and entertainment.
10 Apr 2022
Deficiencies in the Criminal Justice System (ft. Jo Sidhu QC)
Jo Sidhu QC is a leading barrister in criminal law and the chair of the Criminal Bar Association in England. Jo is a leading silk with a formidable national reputation in serious cases including fraud, homicide, terrorism, drugs, armed robbery, extradition, and in cases involving human rights issues. He is an elected Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn and President of the Society of Asian Lawyers (2013-2016). Winner of the Asian Professional of the Year award (2016) and listed in GG2 Magazine as one of the top 101 most influential Asians in the UK.
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