The DEI Podcast with Max Gaston

By Max Gaston

What's The DEI Podcast with Max Gaston about?

The DEI Podcast at Notre Dame Law School explores concepts of diversity, equity, inclusion, culture, belonging, and justice as they arise in law and key social and cultural issues. The podcast is hosted by Max Gaston, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Notre Dame Law School.

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The DEI Podcast with Max Gaston episodes:

05.28.2024
Breaking the Unconscious Bias Habit
According to research, bias is a habit that begins to take shape at an early age. As we form our own social identities surrounding things like ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, and gender, we start to identify as members of...
05.13.2024
Understanding Imposter Feelings
Have you ever felt like an imposter? Unqualified for the job, less intelligent than your classmates, or undeserving of your accomplishments, and that somehow you managed to convince others you were more capable than you really are? In this episode...
03.20.2024
Stereotypes, Representation, and Real Talk: Black Law Students Speak Out
In this episode, three students from the Notre Dame Black Law Students Association join Max for a lively discussion on the power of representation in law school, the complexity and pervasiveness of stereotypes, and contemporary social issues in the Black...
02.16.2024
JUST ACTION: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law
In his best-selling book, The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein demolished the de facto segregation myth that Black and White Americans live separately by choice, providing the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave...
02.12.2024
Stop Making the Business Case for Diversity
In recent years, the business case for diversity has emerged as the go-to argument for why organizations should prioritize diversity in their recruiting efforts. Though most organizations don’t feel the need to explain why they care about core values such...
12.21.2023
Protecting Law Clerks from Harassment
Judicial clerkships are typically characterized as an unadulterated good—lifelong mentor-mentee relationships between judges and law clerks that confer professional benefits. But little information exists to help law students identify positive work environments and avoid judges who mistreat their clerks. At...
12.04.2023
The Danger of Racial Color Blindess
Have you ever heard the phrase “I don’t see color,” when talking about race or ethnicity? Color blindness is the idea that ignoring or overlooking racial and ethnic differences promotes racial harmony and helps us treat people equally. But research...
11.06.2023
Advocating for the Innocent: Exoneration Justice
“Innocent people should not be in prison.” (Anna McGinn, Notre Dame Law School ‘22). In the latest episode of the DEI Podcast, Max revisits his conversation on exoneration justice with two lawyers who are working to free the innocent. Exoneration...
10.23.2023
Understanding Imposter Feelings
Have you ever felt like an imposter? Unqualified for the job, less intelligent than your classmates, or undeserving of your accomplishments, and that somehow you managed to convince others you were more capable than you really are? In this episode...
10.05.2023
Recent Updates to the Law School Application
In episode 4 of the DEI Podcast, Max sits down with Marisa Simon, Director of Admissions at Notre Dame Law School, to discuss updates to the Law School’s admissions application in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision...
09.29.2023
Perspectives of Black Men in Law School: Part 2
This episode of the DEI Podcast is part-two of our discussion on perspectives of Black men in the legal profession with Notre Dame Law School 3Ls Joshua Mannery, Jakim Aaron, and Jamal Wilson. Topics covered with timestamps: 2:43 – Culture...
09.15.2023
Perspectives of Black Men in Law School: Part 1
Black men make up less than 5% of lawyers in the United States. Though drastically underrepresented in the legal profession, Black men are overrepresented in the number of incarcerated people in the US, where one out of every three Black...
09.05.2023
Breaking the Unconscious Bias Habit
According to research, bias is a habit that begins to take shape at an early age. As we form our own social identities surrounding things like ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, and gender, we start to identify as members of...
05.26.2023
Justice in Housing
Imagine being at risk of losing your home. For many low-income families, record unemployment caused by Covid-19 and Covid related deaths of income-earning family members have made the threat of foreclosure a real concern. Annika Neilson-Kim, an attorney at Legal...
04.14.2023
The Mental Health Crisis in Prisons
What happens to a person's mind when you lock them in a cage no bigger than a parking space? When they’re constantly exposed to dehumanizing, unsanitary, loud, and violent conditions? When red-flags continuously signal their mental decline, but no one...
01.20.2023
Advocating for the Innocent: Exoneration Justice
“Innocent people should not be in prison.” (Anna McGinn, Notre Dame Law School ‘22). Exoneration justice is the tireless effort to free innocent people imprisoned after being wrongfully convicted of crimes, and to provide them with rehabilitative services. Jessa...
11.21.2022
Understanding Imposter Feelings
Have you ever felt like an imposter? Unqualified for the job, less intelligent than your classmates, or undeserving of your accomplishments, and that somehow you managed to convince others you were more capable than you really are? In this episode...
10.21.2022
Staying in the Game
What do DEI efforts look like in the sports and entertainment industry? How do mandates like the NFL's Rooney rule impact diversity and inclusion at the highest levels of leadership? And what priorities should minorities looking to break into sports...
09.20.2022
The Importance of Inclusion at ND Law
What does it mean to be part of an inclusive law school community? On this inaugural episode of the DEI Podcast, Marisa Simon, Director of Admissions at Notre Dame Law School, describes the inclusive environment at Notre Dame Law School,...

What's The DEI Podcast with Max Gaston about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The DEI Podcast with Max Gaston episodes:

Breaking the Unconscious Bias Habit

Understanding Imposter Feelings

Stereotypes, Representation, and Real Talk: Black Law Students Speak Out

JUST ACTION: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law

Stop Making the Business Case for Diversity

Protecting Law Clerks from Harassment

The Danger of Racial Color Blindess

Advocating for the Innocent: Exoneration Justice

Understanding Imposter Feelings

Recent Updates to the Law School Application

Perspectives of Black Men in Law School: Part 2

Perspectives of Black Men in Law School: Part 1

Breaking the Unconscious Bias Habit

Justice in Housing

The Mental Health Crisis in Prisons

Advocating for the Innocent: Exoneration Justice

Understanding Imposter Feelings

Staying in the Game

The Importance of Inclusion at ND Law