In this podcast, Leslie Y. Garfield Tenzer, Professor of Law and host of Law to Fact, teams up with West Academic to bring you interesting conversations about contemporary legal issues. The podcast provides listeners with an overview of the kinds of stories in the news today. Listeners leave with enough insight to continue the conversation with friends and colleagues.
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In This Episode... Robyn Brilliant, Esq., principal at the Law Offices of Robyn Brilliant P.C., explains No-Fault Insurance and shares her experience as a Personal Injury Attorney who practices both Insurance defense (no-fault) and plaintiff personal injury (tort). About Our Guest... Robyn M. Brilliant, Esq. has managed her own law firm since 1993.…
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In This Episode... Professor Toni Jaeger-Fine talks about her new book Becoming a Lawyer: Discovering and Defining Your Professional Persona. A professional guide that will help you see the profession and what is required to succeed in a new light. Whether you are a new or more seasoned professional, Becoming a Lawyer will help you define and devel…
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In This Episode... Eric Goldman, the Associate Dean of Research, Professor of Law, and Co-Director of High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara Law School, discusses the House of Representatives’ recent vote to compel ByteDance, a Chinese tech company, to sell TikTok to U.S. Nationals. About Our Guest... Eric Goldman is a Professor of Law at Santa Cla…
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In This Episode... Professor Josh Galperin, Assistant Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, shares the origins of Earth Day and explains how the day has strayed from its original intent. About Our Guest... Professor Josh Galperin joined the Haub faculty in July 2021. Prior to joining the Elisabeth Haub School of L…
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In This Episode... Natalie Nanasi, Director of the Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women and Associate Professor of Law, shares her extraordinary work on preventative gun violence. She discusses United States v. Rahimi, which is before the Supreme Court this term. Rahimi considers whether the federal law that prohibi…
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In This Episode... I speak with Professor Doron Dorfman, Associate Professor of Law about his newest article, Penalizing Prevention: The Paradoxical Legal Treatment of Preventive Medicine. About Our Guest.. Professor Dorfman’s research and teaching focus on disability law, health law, employment law, torts, and family law. His work has won multiple…
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In this episode... Professor Kimberly Holst, Dean’s Fellow for Innovation and Clinical Professor of Law, at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, explains the NextGen Bar, what it is, when it is, and what states will ask future lawyers to partake. About our guest... Kimberly Holst is a Clinical Professor of Law at the …
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In This Episode... Colin Levy, Esq. shares the importance of learning legal tech in law school and embracing it in practice. We discuss his book, the Legal Tech Eco System (available on Amazon) and he shares excellent pointers for incorporating AI into your law school and legal workproduct. About Our Guest... Colin Levy is a lawyer and tech maven. …
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In This Episode... Professor Michael Vitiello and I have a lively discussion about originalism, a constitutional and statutory interpretation method increasingly used by the members of the Supreme Court. About Our Guest... Distinguished Professor of Law Michael Vitiello of the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law is a nationally-recogn…
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In This Episode... I speak with Dr. Lisa Benjamin, Associate Professor of Law at Lewis and Clark Law School, about the benefits of Electronic Vehicles. Dr. Benjamin takes an honest look at the benefits and burdens of driving an EV (BTW, the benefits far outweigh the burdens) and explores the many consequences of continuing our dependence on fossil …
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In This Episode... I speak with Professor Tracy Norton, Louisianna State University School of Law, and Dr. Susan Tanner, Brandeis Law School, about the AI literacy. This episode is particularly helpful to those engaged in legal research. About Our Guests... Tracy L. M. Norton is the Erick Vincent Anderson Professor of Professional Practice at Louis…
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In This Episode... Professor Michael Hunter Schwartz, Dean of McGeorge School of Law shares his ideas on promoting equity in the classroom. He explains initiatives that the administration and professors can take to make students feel comfortable in their learning experience—which translates into a better learning environment. Dean Schwartz offers s…
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In This Episode... Professor Stephanie McMahon explains why law schools should flip the traditional model of law school learning, suggesting that second-year students should engage in more “field work” such as externships and clinics, saving the third year for the kind of doctrinal courses that are necessary to pass the bar. It’s a compelling argum…
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In This Episode... We conclude our series on lawyers working to prevent climate change. Professor Jason Czarnezki, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law, joins us to discuss his most recent article, Disclosure, Greenwashing & The Future of ESG Litigation in which he and co-author Barbara Ballan explain the laws and regulations that cover consumer and se…
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In This Episode... I speak with Professors Michael Vanderburgh and Sarah Light about their book, Private Environmental Governance. About Our Guests... Sarah E. Light is the Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Professor and the Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at Wharton Business School. Professor Light’s research examin…
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In This Episode... Darryl Carbanaro, General Counsel at Generate Capital, PBC explains, ESG, which stands for Environmental, Social and Business Growth. ESG aspects of a company’s activities are the three main evaluation standards utilized to measure a company’s societal and sustainability policies and practices. ESG criteria are applied most frequ…
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In This Episode... Professor Camila Bustos of Pace Law School discusses the important work Law Students for Climate Accountability. When we think about law students and climate change, we think about student advocacy work. The organization, Law Students for Climate Change, is a bit different. LS4CA harnesses the power of law students in their decis…
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It is the season of giving, and what better topic to discuss than Nonprofit Law. Professor Jon Brown of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law is here to explain nonprofit law. We discuss all things nonprofit including the murky line between for-profit and charitable companies. There is a great discussion of ChatGPT in here too! About Our Guest: Professo…
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In this episode, Harold Kaplan, M.H.A., J.D., presents a primer on alternative dispute resolution and in particular a quick overview of how arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution process. About Our Guest: Harold Kaplan is a graduate of Pace University School of Law (J.D. 1983), and also Pace’s Lubin School of Business (B.B.A. 1972, with t…
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In this episode, Professor Joan McLeod Heminway, University of Tenessee School of Law, analyzes the popular television show, Succession, through a business organization professor's lens. Professor Heminway is using the show as a vehicle to teach corporate governance next semester. We promise there are no spoilers! About Our Guest: Professor Heminwa…
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Professor Paul Rink | Discussion of the Constitutional Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment
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In this episode, Professor Paul Rink discusses Held v. Montana, the case brought by Our Children's Trust on behalf of sixteen Montana youths. The plaintiffs successfully pleaded their case that the Montana State Constitution guarantees them a right to a clean and healthy environment. Professor Rink worked for Our Children's Trust and shares his fir…
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In this episode, Professor Randolph McLaughlin of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, discusses the upcoming documentary How to Sue the Klan . How to Sue the Klan is the story of how Five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case, fighting to hold them accountable fo…
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In this episode, Professor Renee Knake Jefferson, Doherty Chair in Legal Ethics at the University of Houston Law Center, sheds insight into why the Supreme Court is unlikely to adopt its own code of Ethics. Our discussion looks back at why the Supreme Court is the only judicial body exempt from an ethics code and considers proposals that may become…
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In this episode, Professor Tiffany Li shares insights on the privacy implications of artificial intelligence (AI). She shares findings from her article, Algorithm Destruction, which argues that contemporary privacy law does not go far enough to protect our privacy interests, particularly where artificial intelligence and machine learning are concer…
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In this episode, I speak with Aliza Shatzman, President and Founder of the Legal Accountability Project. Aliza shares her experiences, her work with the Legal Accountability Project and insights about ensuring a positive clerkship experience. About Our Guest: Aliza Shatzman, the President and Founder of the Legal Accountability Project is an attorn…
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In this episode: Professor and legal historian Elizabeth Katz shares the history of women in the legal profession dating back to the first women lawyer in 1869. She highlights the gains women have made in the profession including the fact that women now make up over 50% of all students entering law school. About Our Guest: Professor Elizabeth D. Ka…
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In this episode, I speak with Professor Etienne Toussaint about his article, The Abolition of Food Suppression. The 13th Amendment is best known for abolishing slavery and indentured servitude. However, it also gives Congress the authority to pass laws that further systems connected to slavery. On this episode, Professor Ettiene Toussaint discusses…
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In this episode, Professor Mike Vitiello, Distinguished Professor of Law at McGeorge School of Law, discusses his new book, The Victims' Rights Movement: What It Gets Right and What It Gets Wrong. In our fascinating discussion, Professor Vitiello explores some of the consequences of the victim's rights movement, including excessive punishment, exac…
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In this episode, I speak with Andrew Ziaja, assistant professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law and former lawyer for the NLRB about the SAG-AFTRA and Writer’s Guild Strikes. Professor Ziaja explains the power of collective bargaining, how the gig economy relates to unionization, and AI’s role in driving the strikes. About Our Guest: A…
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In this episode, I speak with Dean Emily Waldman about recent Supreme Court decisions. Last June, the Supreme Court issued several somewhat controversial rulings on issues ranging from free speech to affirmative action to voting rights. Dean Waldman who unpacks the decisions in three cases in particular, Moore v. Harper, which concerned whether the…
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In this episode ... I speak with Professor Dan Croxall of McGeorge Law School about the law of Craft Beer. This enlightening and fun conversation explores the law related to representing craft beer specialists and demystifies many misconceptions about the beer many of us love to purchase and enjoy. About our guest.... Professor Dan Croxall created …
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In this episode... Professor Jon Choi shares his thoughts on using artificial intelligence to enhance the study and practice of law. Professor Choi shares insights on the future of the profession and law school learning in light of AI advancements and explains the benefits and burdens of using AI to assist in creating legal works. In this discussio…
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In this episode... Pace Law School graduating senior, Kaitlin Campinini reflects on her experience as a law student and provides sage advice for current law students and those about to enter law school. About our guest... Kaitlin Campinini Haub '23, is the Editor in Chief of the Pace Law Review and Valedictorian of her graduating class. In the fall…
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In this episode... Darren Rosenblum, Professor of Law and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at McGill Law School explains the importance of Corporate Governance and why a failure of corporate governance contributed to the fall of FTX, the Cryptocurrency exchange and the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk About our guest... Professor Darren Rosenblum sch…
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Exonerated Prisoner Jeffrey Deskovic Explains How Attorneys Can Help Overturn Wrongful Convictions
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In this episode, Jeffrey Deskovic, Esq., founder of the Descovic Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to exonerating the wrongfully convicted, shares his experience fighting for justice and explains how anyone with a law degree can work toward exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals. About our guest, In 1990, at seventeen, a new yor…
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Professor Leslie Jacobs shares her experience as a federal clerk at in both the D.C. District Court and SCOTUS
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In this episode... Professor Leslie Gielow Jacobs describes the responsibilities and rewards of clerking at the federal level. Professor Gielow served as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. This episode is a must-listen for all law students, because, as we observe, a clerkship is one of the most ideal post-law sc…
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Revisiting the Start of the Civil Rights Movement | Guest: Civil Rights Attorney and Professor Brian Landsberg
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In this episode... I speak with McGeorge Law School Professor Emeritus Brian Landsberg. Professor Landsberg shares his experiences as an attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, beginning in the tumultuous 1960s. Our discussion offers an essential and enlightening history lesson for anyone interested in expl…
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A Discussion with Lisa Gochman, author of "At the Alter of the Appellate Gods: Arguing Before the US Supreme Court"
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In this episode... I speak with author Lisa Gochman, Esq. about her new book, At the Alter of the Appellate Gods: Arguing before the US Supreme Court, which recounts her experience as a young attorney arguing before the Supreme Court of the United States. This article is particularly interesting to all graduating students as Ms. Gochman's experienc…
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In this episode, I speak with Professor Noa Ben Asher about their article, Transforming Legal Sex, forthcoming in the North Carolina Law Review. We explore their groundbreaking thesis on the transformation of legal definitions of sex is U.S. Law. Professor Noa Ben-Asher is currently a member of the faculty at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pac…
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In this episode, Professor Mike Vitiello Distinguished Professor of Law at McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, discusses his course on Marijuana Law. You will learn about the areas of focus for practicing in the Marijuana space and hear about the legality of representing companies that sell a product that is legal in many state…
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Professor Marc Steinberg Episode: Tesla Shareholders Sue Elon Musk for His Tweet In this episode, I speak with Professor Marc Steinberg, Professor of Law and former enforcement attorney for the Securities and Exchange committee about In re Tesla, Inc. Securities Litigation, a case concerning Elon Musk’s alleged stock manipulation through tweets con…
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In this episode: On January 3, 2023, five Memphis police officers stopped Tyre Nichols for a traffic stop. The officers beat Mr. Nichols, who died three days later. Video cameras caught the incident. Civil Rights Attorney and Professor of Law Randolph McLaughlin of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, joins me to discuss the inciden…
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Professor Emily Gold Waldman Episode: The Future of Affirmative Action In this episode, I speak with Professor Emily Gold Waldman about the Affirmative Action cases before the Supreme Court this term. Students for Fair Action, an anti-affirmative action group, sued Harvard and the University of North Carolina arguing that the Universities discrimin…
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Professor Eric Goldman Episode: The Future of Liability for Social Media Platforms In this episode, Professor Eric Goldman discusses the likely significant changes that two upcoming Supreme Court cases will create for internet service providers. Eric Goldman is a Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law in the Silicon Valley. He als…
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Generational Comparisons: Civil Rights Movement and Current-Day Climate Movement | Guest: Professor Robin Boyle Laisure
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Professor Robin Boyle Laisure Episode: Generational Comparisons: Civil Rights Movement and Current-Day Climate Movement In this episode I speak with Robin Boyle Laisure, Professor of Legal Writing at St. John's University School of Law, about lessons Imparted from the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the Current-Day Climate Movement, will be publish…
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