CAFE is rolling out a slate of new contributors. "Note From Joyce" is the latest addition to the CAFE Insider subscription. Joyce Vance is a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, a professor at the University of Alabama Law School, and an MSNBC legal analyst. 

To access the full transcript of Joyce’s note, head to CAFE.com: https://cafe.com/notes-from-contributors/note-from-joyce-why-we-should-witness/

In this episode of Third Degree, Elie Honig and NYU Law student Safeena Mecklai break down the early arguments from both the prosecution and defense in the trial of Derek Chauvin. 

Join Elie every Monday and Wednesday on Third Degree for a discussion of the urgent legal news making the headlines. Third Degree takes on a bit of a different flavor on Fridays, when Elie speaks with a rotating slate of America’s most impressive law school students, exclusively for members of CAFE Insider. 

Transcript, references and supplemental materials are available on the CAFE website: https://cafe.com/third-degree-podcast/chauvin-trial-the-arguments/

Third Degree is produced by CAFE Studios. 

Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio and Music Producer: Nat Weiner; Editorial Producer: Sam Ozer-Staton.

Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie's Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription.

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In this Bonus from Stay Tuned, longtime Slate legal journalist Dahlia Lithwick discusses the drawbacks of specialization in the law, and what it felt like when Justice Samuel Alito called her “some hack.”

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For references and show notes, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned-bonus/stay-tuned-bonus-4-1-dahlia-lithwick/