Law in Action: A UW Law School Podcast

Aug 13 2024 36 ep. 34 mins 77
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Wisconsin Law in Action is a monthly podcast featuring new or forthcoming scholarship from the University of Wisconsin Law School. The podcast explores a variety of legal topics and examines new developments in the legal academic field by discussing these topics with UW Law School Faculty.

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Steve Wright Podcast Interview- Episode 36

Aug 13 2024 61 mins  
Steve Wright Podcast Interview- Episode 36 by Law in Action: A UW Law School Podcast

Ion Meyn Podcast Interview- Episode 35

Jun 24 2024 49 mins  
Interview with University of Wisconsin Law School Assistant Professor of Law Ion Meyn on his recently published article, "White-on-Black Crime: Revisiting the Convict Leasing Narrative." The article examines the years between 1880-1915 and the growing amount of evidence that suggests criminal convictions of Black men were the result of criminal conspiracies to traffic Black victi

Jennifer Binkley Podcast Interview- Episode 34

Jun 12 2024 30 mins  
Interview with UW Law School Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Family Court Clinic Jennifer Binkley to discuss her recently-published book, "Wisconsin Family Law with Forms." The book is an essential resource for Wisconsin family law practitioners.

Peter Carstensen Podcast Interview- Episode 33

May 30 2024 40 mins  
Interview with UW Law School Professor Emeritus Peter Carstensen on his recent article, "How to Break Up Amazon."

Yaron Nili Podcast Interview- Episode 32

Jul 11 2023 33 mins  
A remotely-recorded podcast episode with Yaron Nili (SSRN; Law Repository), Professor of Law and Smith-Rowe Fellow in Business Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor Nili is an expert in corporate law, governance, and business. His new article “Side Letter Governance” is forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review. This newest article focuses on a sta

Elizabeth Manriquez Podcast Interview- Episode 31

Mar 27 2023 21 mins  
An interview with Head of Reference & Scholarly Services at the University of Wisconsin Law School Library Elizabeth Manriquez. Elizabeth discusses her role and how it fits in to the UW Law School's digital repository. She gives the history of the repository, talks about the team of librarians who work on it, and describes some of the newer collections housed within it.

Richard Monette Brackeen case Podcast Interview- Episode 30

Mar 22 2023 50 mins  
An interview with Professor of Law and Director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center Richard Monette at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prof. Monette discusses the recent (Nov. 2022) SCOTUS case Brackeen v. Haaland. This case focused on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978's placement preferences for child placement proceedings involving an "Indian child".

Nina Varsava Podcast Interview- Episode 29

Jan 23 2023 28 mins  
An interview with Assistant Professor of Law Nina Varsava at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prof. Varsava discusses her forthcoming article, "Precedent, Reliance, and Dobbs". The article examines treatment of stare decisis in the 2022 majority Dobbs opinion focusing on its approach to reliance. The article argues that the justices’ refusal to recognize the reliance int

Nyamagaga Gondwe Podcast Interview- Episode 28

Nov 21 2022 33 mins  
An interview with Assistant Professor of Tax Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School Nyamagaga Gondwe. Prof. Gondwe discusses her forthcoming article, "The Tax-Invisible Labor Problem: Care Work, Kinship, and Income Security Programs in the IRC."

Robert Yablon Podcast Interview- Episode 27

Aug 25 2022 24 mins  
An interview with Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School Robert Yablon. Prof. Yablon discusses his recent article on the concept of "gerrylaundering", an idea related to gerrymandering.