Archive
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Episode 49: Professor Jason Reinecke, patent law, AI, and innovation
A remotely recorded podcast featuring Jason Reinecke (Law School Profile), Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin. For the 49th episode of the Wisconsin Law in Action podcast, Professor Jason…
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Episode 48: Professor Nathan Atkinson and the Hidden Complexity of Elections and Corporations
A remotely recorded podcast featuring Nathan Atkinson (Law School Profile), Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin. In this episode, Professor Nathan Atkinson explores a surprising parallel: elections and corporations…
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Episode 47: Professor Alexandra Huneeus discusses Latin America’s role in shaping international law and her newly released co-edited book
A remotely recorded podcast featuring Alexandra Huneeus (Law School Profile), Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. In this episode, Prof. Huneeus joins the pod to discuss her…
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Episode 46: Professor Mitra Sharafi discusses Fear of the False, her new book about colonial South Asia’s critical role in the development of forensic science
A remotely recorded podcast with Mitra Sharafi (Law School Profile), Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. In this episode of Wisconsin Law and Action, Professor Mitra Sharafi…
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Episode 45: Professor Anuj Desai modern First Amendment questions and challenges
A remotely recorded podcast with Anuj Desai (Law School Profile), Volkman-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. In this episode of Wisconsin Law and Action, Professor Anuj Desai…
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Episode 44: Bridget Lavender discusses how UW Law’s State Democracy Research Initiative untangles the complex web of state level constitutional and statutory research
A remotely recorded podcast with Bridget Lavender (Law School Profile), State Democracy Research Initiative (SDRI) staff attorney at the University of Wisconsin Law School. For this episode, Bridget joins the podcast to…
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Episode 43: Professor Kathryn Hendley discusses Russian Law and Democratic Decline
A remotely recorded podcast with Professor Kathryn Hendley (Law Repository), Roman Z. Livshits & Theodore W. Brazeau Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prof. Hendley…
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Episode 42: Professor Sumudu Atapattu and the Intersection of Human Rights and Environmental Law
A remotely recorded podcast with Professor Sumudu Atapattu (Law Repository), Director of the Global Legal Studies Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School. On this episode of the podcast, Sumudu Atapattu…
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Episode 41: Professors Torey Dolan and Steve Wright discuss Louisiana v. Callais and the Voting Rights Act at the US Supreme Court
A remotely recorded podcast with Professor Torey Dolan (Law Repository) and Professor Steve Wright (Law Repository) at the University of Wisconsin Law School. In a special edition of the Wisconsin Law In…
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Episode 40: Professor Amanda White Eagle and the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center
A remotely recorded podcast with Professor Amanda White Eagle (Law Repository), Director of the Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center (GLILC) at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prof. White Eagle discusses the…
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Episode 39: Professor Joshua Braver, Military Ethics, and Principled Disobedience
A remotely recorded podcast with Professor Joshua Braver (Law Repository), Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prof. Braver joins the podcast to discuss a variety of recently published…
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Episode 38: Elizabeth Manriquez and the life of Major League Baseball Commissioner (and attorney) Bowie Kent Kuhn
A remotely recorded podcast with Elizabeth Manriquez (Law Repository), Head of Reference and Scholarly Support at the University of Wisconsin Law School Library. Elizabeth joins the podcast to discuss her newest book…
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Episode 37: Dean Andrew Turner and Formalistic Legal Writing
A remotely recorded podcast with Andrew Turner (Law Repository), Assistant Dean for Academic Enhancement and Teaching Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Dean Turner discusses his newest article, Let’s Not…
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Episode #36: Steven Wright and Constitutional Litigation, Appeals, and Sentencing Project
A remotely-recorded podcast episode with Steven Wright (Law Repository), Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor Wright is the founder of the Constitutional Litigation, Appeals, and Sentencing…
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Episode 35: Ion Meyn and White-on-Black Crime
A remotely-recorded podcast episode with Ion Meyn (SSRN; Law Repository), Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor Meyn discusses his new article, “White-on-Black Crime: Revisiting the Convict…
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Episode 34: Jennifer Binkley and Wisconsin Family Law
A remotely-recorded podcast episode with Jennifer Binkley (Law Repository), Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Family Court Clinic. Professor Binkley discusses her recently-published book, “Wisconsin Family Law with Forms”. It’s an…
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Episode 33: Peter Carstensen and How to Break Up Amazon
A remotely- recorded podcast episode with Peter Carstensen (SSRN; Law Repository), Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor Carstensen is an expert in antitrust and is a Senior Fellow of…
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Episode 32: Yaron Nili and Side Letter Governance
A remotely-recorded podcast episode with Yaron Nili (SSRN; Law Repository), Professor of Law and Smith-Rowe Fellow in Business Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor Nili is an expert in corporate law, governance,…
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Episode 31: Elizabeth Manriquez and the UW Law School Digital Repository
A podcast episode with Elizabeth Manriquez (Law Repository), Head of Reference & Scholarly Services at the University of Wisconsin Law Library. This podcast celebrates the fifth anniversary of the launch of the…
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Episode 30: Richard Monette and Brackeen v. Haaland
A remotely-recorded podcast episode with Richard Monette (SSRN; Law Repository), Professor of Law and Director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prof. Monette has a…
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Episode 29: Nina Varsava, Precedent, Reliance, and Dobbs
A remotely-recorded podcast interview with Assistant Professor of Law Nina Varsava (SSRN; Law Repository) to discuss her forthcoming law review article. Prof. Varsava (@NinaVarsava)’s newest article is forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review…
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Episode 28: Nyamagaga Gondwe and the Tax-Invisible Labor Problem
Assistant Professor of Tax Law Nyamagaga Gondwe discusses her forthcoming article, “The Tax-Invisible Labor Problem: Care, Work, Kinship, and Income Security Programs in the IRC.” Prof. Gondwe talks about how income security…
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Episode 27: Robert Yablon and Gerrylaundering
Robert Yablon, Associate Professor of Law and Faculty Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School, discusses his newest article, “Gerrylaundering”, which introduces the concept of…
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Episode 26: Mark Sidel and Restriction of NGOs
Mark Sidel, University of Wisconsin Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs, discusses two of his recent articles, “Overseas NGOs and Foundations and Covid in China” and “Securitizing Overseas Nonprofit Work in…
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Episode 25: Anuj Desai and Textualism
Professor Anuj Desai, University of Wisconsin Voss Bascom Professor of Law, discusses his article “Text is Not Enough,” published in the Colorado Law Review, which is about textualism and statutory interpretation as…
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Episode 24: Bill Clune and Legal Realism to Legal Action – Innovative Law Courses at UW–Madison
University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Emeritus William (Bill) Clune discusses his new book, Legal Realism to Law in Action: Innovative Law Courses at UW Madison, which compiles articles and interviews focusing…
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Episode 23: David M. Trubek and Richard Abel and the Short Happy Life of the Yale Program in Law and Modernization
David M. Trubek (the Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Dean of International Studies Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School) and Richard Abel (the Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law…
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Episode 22: S. Lisa Washington and Epistemic Justice in the Family Regulation System
S. Lisa Washington, the 2021-22 William H. Hastie Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Law School, discusses her forthcoming Columbia Law Review article, “Survived & Coerced: Epistemic Justice in the Family Regulation…
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Episode 21: Sumudu Atapattu and Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
Prof. Sumudu Atapattu, Director of Research Centers and Senior Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Law School, discusses her background in law and discovery of the topic of environmental law, leading her…
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Episode 20: Bonnie Shucha and Representing Law Faculty Scholarly Impact
Bonnie Shucha, Associate Dean for Library & Information Services and the Director of the Law Library at the University of Wisconsin Law School, discusses her background in librarianship and her journey to…
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Episode 19: Anne Smith and the Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic
Anne Smith, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School, discusses her background in law and how it led her…
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Episode 18: Steph Tai, Food Law, and Climate Change
Steph Tai, Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, is an expert in food law and talks about two recently published articles: “In Fairness to Future Generations of Eaters” and “Legalizing…
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Episode 17: Dean Daniel Tokaji and Election Law
Dean Daniel P. Tokaji, the Fred W. & Vi Miller Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, is an expert in voting law. He discusses two recent…
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Episode 16: Stewart Macaulay’s Enduring Influence on the Study of Contracts
Stewart Macaulay, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin Law School, is internationally recognized as the leader of the law-in-action approach to the study of contracts. In this interview, he discusses a…
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Episode 15: Alta Charo and COVID-19 Treatments and Vaccines
R. Alta Charo, Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin, is a leading expert in bioethics and discusses the development of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines and…
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Episode 14: Cecelia M. Klingele and Labeling Violence
Cecelia M. Klingele, University of Wisconsin Law School Associate Professor, discusses two recently-published articles: Labeling Violence and Making Sense of Risk. Both articles deal with ideas about risk assessment tools and criminal justice reform.
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Episode 13: Steven Wright and the Coyotes of Carthage
Steven Wright, University of Wisconsin Clinical Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, discusses his new debut novel, The Coyotes of Carthage. He talks about his background in both law…
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Episode 12: Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society Editor-in-Chief
A remotely-recorded podcast interview with Helenka Budzynska Mietka, the incoming Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender, and Society editor-in-chief. Helenka begins by discussing her academic background and interests and then moves into the…
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Episode 11: Wisconsin International Law Journal Editor-in-Chief
Emily Capodarco, the outgoing Wisconsin International Law Journal (WILJ) editor-in-chief, discusses her scholarly background and research interests and the history of WILJ (est. 1982).
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Episode 10: Wisconsin Law Review Editors-in-Chief
Featuring the outgoing and incoming editors-in-chief of the Wisconsin Law Review, Olivia Radics (outgoing) and Anya Gersoff (incoming) discuss the Law Review and its recent publications, upcoming plans, and symposia.
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Episode 9: Richard Monette and Work on Tribal Grants
Richard Monette, University of Wisconsin Law School Professor and Director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center, discusses a series of initiatives he is involved with and several working papers he is…
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Episode 8: Tonya Brito and The Child Support Debt Bubble
Tonya L. Brito, Jefferson Burrus-Bascom Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin, discusses her…
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Episode 7: Yaron Nili and Corporate Board Diversity
Yaron Nili, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, discusses his recently published article, “Board Diversity by Term Limits?”, coauthored with Darren Rosenblum.
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Episode 6: Keith Findley and the Science and Law Underlying Post-Conviction Challenges to Shaken Baby Syndrome Convictions
Keith A. Findley, Associate Professor of Law, discussed three recent scholarly works. “The Science and Law Underlying Post-Conviction Challenges to Shaken Baby Syndrome Convictions: A Response to Professor Imwinkelried” and “Reducing Error…
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Episode 5: David S. Schwartz and The Spirit of the Constitution
David S. Schwartz, Foley & Lardner Bascom Professor of Law, discusses his new book, “The Spirit of the Constitution: John Marshall and the 200-Year Odyssey of McCulloch v. Maryland”, where he chronicles 200…
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Episode 4: Meg Gaines and How HIPAA Harms Care and How to Stop It
Meg Gaines, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Patient Partnerships, discusses two articles: a forthcoming article on prior authorization reversals and “How HIPAA Harms Care, and How…
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Episode 3: Michele LaVigne and Under the Hood
Michele LaVigne, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Public Defender Project, discusses her article “Under the Hood: Brendan Dassey, Language Impairments, and Judicial Ignorance” (coauthored with Sally Miles).
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Episode 2: BJ Ard and Market Refusal in Copyright
BJ Ard, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, discusses his working paper on “Market Refusal in Copyright.” Professor Ard is inspired by how the law responds to technology-based challenges…
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Episode 1: Yaron Nili and Successor CEOs
Yaron Nili, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, discusses his recently published article, Successor CEOs. Professor Nili explains what led him to research this topic and the larger impact…














































