Ipse Dixit

In this episode, John P. Mayer, the executive director of CALI, the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, discusses technology and legal education. He describes the history of CALI and some of its primary projects. He explains how CALI works to help law schools provide more effective legal education. And he describes how CALI is responding to the Covid-19 crisis. Among other things, he discusses CALI's open-access eLangdell casebook program and how it works. Mayer is on Twitter at @johnpmayer.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, Camilla Hrdy, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Akron School of Law, and Mark A. Lemley, William H. Neukom Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology, discuss their article "Abandoning Trade Secrets," which will be published in the Stanford Law Review. They begin by explaining what trade secrets are and what they protect. They describe the conventional association of trade secrets with patents and observe that analogizing to trademark could be more helpful. They argue that trade secret law should draw on the trademark abandonment doctrine, and explain how it would improve trade secret policy. Hrdy is on Twitter at @CamillaHrdy and Lemley is on Twitter at @marklemley.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, William Nicholson Price II, Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School, and Jonathan I. Tietz, a recent graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, discuss their article "Acknowledgements as a Window into Legal Academia," which will be published in the Washington University Law Review. Price and Tietz explain how publication works in legal scholarship, and how it differs from publication in other academic fields. They reflect on the benefits and costs of the legal publication model, and explain how they used acknowledgement footnotes to study legal scholarship empirically. They discuss their findings, and reflect on future projects. Price is on Twitter at @WNicholsonPrice and Tietz is on Twitter at @harmonslide.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, Gregory H. Shill, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Iowa discusses his essay, "Congressional Securities Trading." Shill begins by discussing how securities regulation manages trading by corporate insiders. His essay examines how to bring those regulatory structures over to manage trading by members of Congress. He is on Twitter at @greg_shill.

This episode was hosted by Benjamin P. Edwards, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law. He is on Twitter at @benpedwards.

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In this episode, Rachel E. Lopez, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Andy and Gwen Stern Community Lawyering Clinic at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, discusses her article "The Law of Gravity," which will be published in the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Lopez begins by describing the role of the concept of "gravity" in international law. She observes that it has always been a central concept, and reflects on how its role has changed over time. She explains how courts and other international bodies conceptualize and apply gravity. And she argues that it is the right way to approach international law. Lopez is on Twitter at @Rachel_E_Lopez.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, Amanda Levendowski, Associate Professor of Law and founding Director of the Intellectual Property and Information Policy (iPIP) Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center, and Laura Ahmed, a 3L at Georgetown University Law Center, discuss using Wikipedia editing as a pedagogical tool in legal education, among other things. They describe the process of Wikipedia editing and how it can help law students learn and develop critical skills. And they explain how to implement Wikipedia editing in any law class. Levendowski is on Twitter at @levendowski.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, Darya Balybina, a 3L at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, discusses her career in privacy law. In particular, she reflects on privacy issues presented by the Zoom platform, in relation to its near-universal adoption by law schools and other educational institutions. She also analyzes the class action law suit recently filed against Zoom, alleging privacy violations.

This interview was conducted by Jess Miers, a 2L at Santa Clara University School of Law. Miers blogs at CTRL-ALT-DISSENT and is on Twitter at @jess_miers.

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In this episode, Rebecca Giblin, Associate Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School and Director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, discusses her article "Are Contracts Enough? An Empirical Study of Author Rights in Australian Publishing Agreements," which she co-authored with Joshua Yuvaraj and will be published in the Melbourne University Law Review. Giblin begins by describing what copyright termination or reversion rights are and how they are supposed to work. She explains that they don't exist under Australian law and discusses her empirical study of publication contracts, which shows that contracts are no substitute. She reflects on why reversion is important and what he study can tell countries that do have a reversion right. Giblin is on Twitter at @rgibli.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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In this episode, Luke Morgan discusses his article "The Broken Branch: Capitalism, the Constitution, and the Press," forthcoming in the Penn State Law Review. Morgan begins by discussing the economic decline of journalism, and why applying market logic to the public good of journalism has precipitated its decline. He continues by explaining why journalism cannot exist as a market product, arguing that its limited success in that regard is a result of a combination of subsidization by advertisers, a business model that has been destroyed by the internet. Describing two emerging models of addressing the problem -- patronage and corporatization -- he details how each undermines the democratic purpose of journalism without solving its fundamental economic problem.

Morgan then explores the role of the institutional press within the Constitutional system, noting the importance of press freedom and of the institutional press itself to America's founding generation. He argues that the Press Clause of the First Amendment has been essentially been written out of the Constitution through the Supreme Court's adoption of the "dissemination theory" of the Press Clause, and argues against that theory. He notes that the combination of market and political pressures threaten press freedom, creating a condition of "press unfreedom." Morgan concludes by providing his insights and recommendations for the public, policymakers, and governments. He is on Twitter at @s_lukemorgan.

This episode was hosted by Luce Nguyen. She is on Twitter at @NguyenLuce.

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In this episode, Caroline Mala Corbin, Professor of Law & Dean's Distinguished Scholar at the University of Miami School of Law, discusses her article "Trump's Lies: The Unconstitutionality of Government Propaganda," which will be published in the Ohio State Law Journal. Corbin argues that the First Amendment should limit government speech, specifically propagandistic government speech. She provides a definition of the kinds of propaganda that can and should be prohibited, and explains why such a prohibition is consistent with First Amendment values. Corbin is on Twitter at @CarolineMCorbin.

This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye.

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