Student Events Podcast

Gary Becker and Michael Boykins, "From the Economics of Discrimination to the Economics of Diversity"

Gary Becker is University Professor, Departments of Economics and Sociology at the University of Chicago and winner of the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and the National Medal of Science in 2000. Michael Boykins is an attorney and Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee at McDermott, Will, and Emery. This talk was recorded February 26, 2009 and was sponsored by BLSA.


66:50 minutes (61.19 MB)
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2009

A Professional Panel on Careers in Entertainment Law

This panel, featuring Bob Labate (Holland & Knight), Jennifer Bjornberg (Holland & Knight), Marci Rolnik(Lawyers for the Creative Arts), and Daliah Saper  (Saper Law) was recorded January 14, 2009 and sponsored by The Entertainment and Sports Law Society at the University of Chicago Law School.


49:20 minutes (45.18 MB)
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2009

Posner Answers the Feminists: A Debate on Sex Discrimination

This debate between Richard Posner (Senior Lecturer in Law and Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) and Martha Nussbaum (Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics) and Mary Anne Case (Arnold I. Shure Professor of Law) was moderated by Geoffrey Stone (Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor).


88:37 minutes (81.14 MB)
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Paul Smith, "Litigating Same Sex Marriage"

Paul Smith is a partner at Jenner & Block and former chair of the board of the American Constitution Society. This talk was recorded January 12, 2009 and was sponsored by ACS and Outlaw.


50:53 minutes (46.58 MB)

Ted Frank, "Grand Theft Auto: Problems in Class Action Settlements"

Ted Frank is Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a 1994 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded October 16, 2008 and was sponsored by The Federalist Society with help from the John Templeton Foundation.


49:48 minutes (45.59 MB)
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2008

Panel: "Advocating for Animals"

This panel, featuring Pamela Alexander (Director, Animal Law Program, Animal Legal Defense Fund),  Jordan Matyas (State Director, Illinois, Humane Society of the United States), and Delci Winders (Associate at Meyer, Glitzenstein & Crystal) was recorded November 5, 2008, as part of Animal Law Week.


69:09 minutes (63.31 MB)
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Martha Nussbaum, "From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law"

Martha Nussbaum is Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago Law School. This talk was recorded October 30, 2008 as part of the Law School's Diversity Week, and sponsored by Outlaw.


55:03 minutes (50.41 MB)
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Faculty Panel on the Bailout, featuring Douglas G. Baird, Anupam Chander, Rosalind Dixon, and M. Todd Henderson

This faculty panel was recorded on October 9, 2008 and was sponsored by the Federalist Society.


66:12 minutes (60.61 MB)
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“Bailouts 1.0: The New Law and the Future,” a faculty panel featuring R. Picker, D. Baird, M. Todd Henderson, and John Cochrane

This panel was recorded on October 15, 2008, and sponsored by the Law School Democrats and the Law School Republicans.


52:24 minutes (47.98 MB)
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Ilya Shapiro: "How I Spent My Summer Vacation: The Rule of Law in Iraq"

Ilya Shapiro is a 2003 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Before joining Cato, he was Special Assistant/Advisor to the Multi-National Force-Iraq on rule of law issues. Professor Tom Ginsburg provided commentary.


58:37 minutes (53.67 MB)
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