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This episode, The Pervasive Method: Jews in American Legal Education, features Professor Noah Feldman as the speaker of the inaugural Charles Rubenstein Lecture. Professor Feldman’s topic speaks directly to the creation and purpose of the Rubenstein Lecture: To focus on Jewish contributions to the American legal system Professor Feldman is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Chair of the Society of Fellows, and founding director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard University.. This event was recorded on April 8, 2025. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/U1wmOL7F3Qg) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep50Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

This episode, A Discussion and Q&A with Professor Jill Hasday, features an in-depth review of her latest book, We The Men: How Forgetting Women's Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality. This event was recorded on April 1, 2025. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/XKkLDoKL0jg) Visit www.jillhasday.com for a preview of the book and schedule of upcoming book talks. A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep49Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

This episode, State Constitutions and Racial Segregation: Minnesota in 2025 features professor and director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, Myron Orfield, as he discusses how states like Minnesota can protect lost civil rights under their state constitutions and statutes. This event was recorded on February 27, 2025 as part of the Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Appointment Lecture. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/T_PJjvgo8wY?si=mEMxRGEqZmTIuGxN) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep48Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

This episode Realizing Dr. King’s Dream: The Role of Justice and Public Service in Advancing Equality and Access features Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Natalie E. Hudson '82, as the featured guest of Minnesota Law’s 10th Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation. Professor Christopher Roberts facilitates the conversation with Chief Justice Hudson which focuses on the obligation of lawyers and courts to ensure equal access to justice, while pulling inspiration from Dr. King's words: "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" This event was recorded on February 14, 2025. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/8AdqKjg1ZBU) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep47Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

This episode,The Road to Qamishli: Chasing Law in a Time of Counter-Terrorism features Professor Fionnuala Ni Aolain, former UN Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights (2017-2023) sharing excerpts from her forthcoming book that draws on her work during her UN mandate, with a particular focus on the conflict in Syria, and the counter-terrorism practices of state and non-state actors in North East Syria and their human rights consequences. The presentation will particularly draw on her visit to north east Syria in the Summer of 2023 and her observations and experiences in this conflict zone. This event was recorded on December 12, 2024. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/KAVMDGKqCrE) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep46Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

This episode, Citizenship Exceptionalism: How the Deportation Power Has Reduced Constitutional Protection for Everyone features associate professor of clinical law and the director of the Detainee Rights Clinic Linus Chan and his lecture on how the growing reality of immigration detention and deportation has transformed our understanding of constitutional due process and equal protection away from "personhood" into something where citizenship becomes all too relevant. He also discusses how centering this conversation on citizenship weakens the Constitution for everyone, citizen and non-citizen alike. This event was recorded on October 15, 2024 and is part of The James H. Binger Clinical Professor of Law Appointment Lecture. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/nXK_T_3R7yQ) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep45Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting https://law.umn.edu

This episode, U.S. Supreme Court Preview Panel – 2024-25 Term, features three of Minnesota Law’s distinguished faculty experts and The Honorable Elizabeth G. Bentley, former visiting assistant professor, in previewing the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming term. The panelists offered their insights into some of the major cases on the upcoming year’s docket. The featured panelists are: Nadia Anguiano ’17 - Associate Clinical Professor of Law The Honorable Elizabeth G. Bentley with the Minnesota Court of Appeals Kristin Hickman - Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life &Distinguished McKnight University Professor Alan Rozenshtein - Associate Professor of Law You can find links to the 2024-25 Docket and overviews of each case featured on this program in the show notes. This event was recorded on October 8, 2024. You can watch the event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/I0LcLVc_Zpc) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep44Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu Links for this episode: 2024-25 Docket: https://ballotpedia.org/Supreme_Court_cases,_October_term_2024-2025 Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-paxton/ United States v. Skrmetti: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/united-states-v-skrmetti/ Garland v. VanDerStok: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/garland-v-vanderstok-2/ FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/food-and-drug-administration-v-wages-and-white-lion-investments-llc/ Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas: https://ballotpedia.org/Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission_v._Texas Velazquez v. Garland: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/velazquez-v-garland/ Delligatti v. United States: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/velazquez-v-garland/

This episode, To Speak or Not to Speak: Balancing Corporate Interests and Pressures in External Communications features Minnesota Law alumnus and former Vice President, Chief Counsel, Employment Law at Medtronic, Michelle Miller ‘86. Miller’s lecture is on the corporate decision making process regarding public statements in an age of influence by, and expectations of, social media, employees, customers and institutional investors. This event was recorded on September 30, 2024, as part of Minnesota Law’s Matheson Lecture in Corporate Governance series. You can watch the event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/vMUPmccExsY) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep43Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting http://law.umn.edu