Dialectic

In this episode we are joined by Professor Scott Cummings, Professor of Law and the Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics at UCLA School of Law to discuss his forthcoming article "The Autocratic Legal Playbook" that outlines the blueprint autocrats have used throughout history to dismantle democracy through seemingly lawful procedures.

In this episode we are joined by Professor Alex Sinha, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University to discuss his recently published article "Fascist Government Speech," the history of protected speech, and the Trump administration.

In this episode we are joined by Joanna Schwartz, Professor of Law and Faculty Direct of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law to discuss her book Shielded, which explores the various ways in which the police are protected from accountability for misconduct.

In this episode, we are joined by Professor Thalia González of UC San Francisco School of Law and Paige Joki, Staff Attorney at the Education Law Center-PA (ELC) and the Leader of the ELC's Black Girls Education Justice Initiative, to discuss their recently published article "Reproducing Inequality: Racial Capitalism and the Cost of Public Education," which is the first-of-its-kind exploration of school-based fines and fees in United States public schools.

Link to the article: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4547446

Education Law Center Publications: https://edlawcenter.org/publications/

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Link to the UCLA Law Review Dialectic page: https://www.uclalawreview.org/episode-9-2-reproducing-inequality-with-thalia-gonzalez-paige-joki/

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Dialectic volume 72! In this episode, host Kyler McVoy and guest Leah Goodridge discuss the racial dynamics of professionalism and its origins in settler-colonial and white supremacist ideologies, expanding on Leah's recently published essay: Professionalism as a Racial Construct.

Professionalism as a Racial Construct: https://www.uclalawreview.org/professionalism-as-a-racial-construct/

More from Leah Goodrige:

X: @leahfrombklyn

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leah-goodridge/

SXSW Panel:

https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP146069

Go behind the scenes with UCLA Law lecturer and telecoms expert Sanford S. Williams, who has worked at the FCC since 1999 and is currently Special Adviser to the FCC Chairwoman and a Deputy Managing Director of the FCC.

Episode transcripts are available on our website.

In 2012, Australian Aboriginal artist Bibi Barba Googled herself. She found an entire boutique hotel designed in her image.

Episode transcripts are available on our website.

Music by Podington Bear and the Free Music Archive.

In this episode, Grace Carson discusses the intersections of abolition theory and decolonization theory, and how Tribes should reconsider systems of punishment and instead create systems of care and liberation as outlined in her article, Tribal Sovereignty, Decolonization, and Abolition: Why Tribes Should Reconsider Punishment, which will be punished in December 2022.

This work, calls upon the civil rights and education justice communities to expand their vision of school discipline law and policy reform to include the often ignored, yet deeply impacted lives of parents, caregivers, and families.  Deploying what critical race theorists define as storytelling or counter-narratives, the authors share Nyla’s story to bring forward an all too common deployment of education laws—flown under a banner of safety, order, maintenance, and well- being of school communities—that reinforce anti-Black racism.

In this episode, we sit down with UCLA Law Professor Susan Genco to learn more about her illustrious career in the music industry and discuss contemporary issues in music law.