Open Minds: The Student Events Podcast
Want to get a feel for what Law School students are really interested in? Our numerous student organizations sponsor frequent lectures and panel discussions by both our own faculty and distinguished visitors. A new episode is published every other week during the academic year.
May 23, 2008
Alex Busansky is Executive Director of the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons. This talk was recorded on May 5, 2008 and was sponsored by the University of Chicago chapter of the American Constitution Society.
May 9, 2008
Judge Abner Mikva and Jason Huber of the Appellate Advocacy Clinic at the University of Chicago's Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic discuss the work and history of the Appellate Advocacy project. This talk was recorded on April 14, 2008 as part of the Goodwin and Procter Clinics in Action Lunch Series.
May 2, 2008
The Christian Legal Society presents Professor Charles Emmerich, professor of political science and chair of the political science department at Trinity Christian College. This talk was recorded April 22, 2008.
April 19, 2008
Robert Fogel is the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and Nobel laureate in economics. This talk was recorded on April 15, 2008 and sponsored by the Christian Legal Society and Text in Truth.
April 14, 2008
Paul Rosenzweig is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security and a 1986 graduate of the Law School. Sponsored by the Federalist Society. Recorded April 14, 2008.
April 2, 2008
Greenhouse gas reductions would cost some nations much more than others, and benefit some nations far less than others. Significant reductions would impose especially large costs on the United States, and recent projections suggest that the U.S. has relatively less to lose from climate change. In these circumstances, what does justice require the U.S. to do? This talk by Eric Posner and Cass Sunstein on April 1, 2008 was presented by the University of Chicago Environmental Law Society and the International Law Society.
February 27, 2008
Richard Posner is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School and ajudge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. David Lat is the author of two popular legal blogs, "Above the Law" and "Underneath Their Robes." This Federalist Society discussion was recorded February 21, 2008, and was moderated by Professor of Law and Walter Mander Teaching Scholar Lior Strahilevitz.
February 15, 2008
Kenneth Starr is Dean of Pepperdine University Law School and Former Solicitor General of the United States. This talk was recorded January 31, 2008 by the Federalist Society, and was sponsored by Goldberg Kohn.
November 16, 2007
Ted Cruz is currently the Solicitor General of Texas and recently argued Medellin for the State of Texas before the United States Supreme Court. Noel Francisco is a former Associate White House Counsel and Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, and was central in developing the Bush Administration’s strategy for dealing with the legal issues raised by Medellin. This event was recorded for the University of Chicago's chapter of the Federalist Society on October 30th, 2007.
November 1, 2007
Cindy Cohn is Legal Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This talk was recorded October 26, 2007, as the keynote address of the Chicago Legal Forum's symposium, "Law in a Networked World."