Talking Legal Ed

Naomi Cahn (Justice Anthony M. Kennedy Distinguished Professor of Law & Armistead M. Dobie Professor of Law- UVA Law), June Carbone (Robina Chair in Law, Science and Technology- UMN), and Nancy Levit (Associate Dean for Faculty and Curator's Professor and Edward D. Ellison Professor of Law- UMKC) all join us to discuss their new book, Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy.

Kellye Testy (President and CEO of the Law School Admission Council) joins us to talk about her time as a law school dean, as well as how she helps law students succeed even before they enter law school.

Cathy Cox ( President of GA State College & University, former Dean of Mercer Law School, former President of Young Harris College, former GA Secretary of State) talks with us about her experiences as both a president and dean in universities in Georgia.

Robert (Bobby) Ahdieh (Dean and Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean's Chair; Vice President for Professional Schools & Programs, Texas A&M-Fort Worth Chief Operating Officer, Texas A&M University) talks with us about the joys of teaching law and being a dean.

In this episode, Barbara McQuade (professor from practice at University of Michigan Law School) talks with us about her work as an law analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, teaching law to students from a practical point of view, as well as her upcoming book- Attack from Within: how disinformation is sabotaging America

In this episode, we talk to Stephen Vladeck (Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law) about his book The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic.

Steve's newsletter: https://stevevladeck.substack.com/

Steve's book: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Docket-Supreme-Undermine-Republic/dp/1541602633

In this episode we talk to Matthew Sag (Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School) about his work in developing FLAIR (Forward Looking Academic Impact Rankings) for US law schools, an alternative to traditional law school rankings.

Find out more here: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4465455

In this episode we discuss why writing code with law students is a valuable addition to the law school curriculum. Prof. Wes Oliver (Duquesne) and his former student Morgan Gray walk us through the development of their course in coding for law students.

Tune in to hear Prof. John Linarelli (Touro) discuss the differences--and similarities--between legal education in the U.S. and the U.K.

Dean Tony Varona (Seattle) discusses his journey to becoming a Dean in a U.S. Law School.