Category: Podcast

https://soundcloud.com/uchilrev/111-epistemic-injustice Today, we’re discussing epistemic injustice and the law. Epistemic injustice occurs when an individual is wrongfully undermined in his or her role as a knower. One aspect of epistemic injustice involves the ways in which biased assessments of a speaker’s credibility can undermine that person’s ability to relay his or her experiences. This is… Continue reading Briefly 1.11 – Epistemic Injustice

https://soundcloud.com/uchilrev/110-creating-a-market-for-corporate-disclosures Today, we’ll discuss the corporate disclosures required by the SEC and an alternative method for handing these disclosures—the creation of a market to buy and sell corporate data. This episode features M. Todd Henderson, the Michael J. Marcus professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and Donald Langevoort, the Thomas Aquinas… Continue reading Briefly 1.10 – Creating a Market for Corporate Disclosures

https://soundcloud.com/uchilrev/19-originalism-and-the-second-amendment-in-district-of-columbia-v-heller Today, Briefly dives into the late Justice Scalia's majority opinion in District of Columbia v Heller, a case in which the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment protected the right to keep and bear firearms unrelated to military service. The case has attracted attention from scholars and lawyers for the method of originalism… Continue reading Briefly 1.9 – Originalism and the Second Amendment in District of Columbia v Heller

https://soundcloud.com/uchilrev/18-public-service-and-policy-interview-with-valerie-jarrett-obama-wh-senior-advisor For today’s episode, we interviewed Ms. Valerie Jarrett, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School. Most recently, Jarrett was a Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama. During her time at the White House, she oversaw the Offices of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs and chaired the White House Council on… Continue reading Briefly 1.8 – Public Service and Policy: Interview with Valerie Jarrett, Obama WH Senior Advisor

https://soundcloud.com/uchilrev/16-masterpiece-cakeshop-interview-with-solicitor-general-fred-yarger Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission is one of the most high-profile cases before the Supreme Court this term. We interviewed Colorado Solicitor General Fred Yarger, who represented Colorado during oral argument. The first part of the interview focuses on Masterpiece itself. In 2012, a gay couple asked a Colorado baker named Jack… Continue reading Briefly 1.7 – Masterpiece Cakeshop: Interview with Colorado Solicitor General Fred Yarger

https://soundcloud.com/uchilrev/title-ix-part-3 This is Part Three of our three-part series on Title IX sexual misconduct proceedings. There is a debate across college campuses about how universities should handle sexual misconduct cases. In Part One, we looked at the proceedings generally, and in Part Two we specifically looked at the standard of evidence: what has to be… Continue reading Briefly 1.6 – Sexual Misconduct in Higher Education: Procedural Protections (Part Three)

https://soundcloud.com/uchilrev/title-ix-part-2 This is Part Two of our three-part series discussing Title IX, and sexual misconduct proceedings on university campuses. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently attracted controversy by rescinding the Obama administration’s guidance for how universities should handle sexual misconduct cases on their campuses. We interviewed four professors separately to consider the evidence standard in… Continue reading Briefly 1.5 – Sexual Misconduct in Higher Education: What is the Proper Standard of Proof? (Part Two)