University of Wisconsin–Madison

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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 chapter about Bowie Kent Kuhn, the Major League Baseball Commissioner from 1969 to 1984 and licensed attorney, published in Attorneys in the Baseball …

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 Be Creative: Rigid IRAC and the Hidden Power of Formalistic Legal Writing, published in the Journal of Legal Education in 2024. In the …

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 Project (CLASP) and is the former co-director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project. Professor Wright discusses his clinical work with CLASP. The clinical teaching …

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 Leasing Narrative”, recently published in the Wisconsin Law Review. This article examines the years between 1880-1915 and the growing amount of evidence that …

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 essential resource for Wisconsin family law practitioners- whether new or experienced. Prof. Binkley speaks about her process in creating the book, especially about …

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 the American Antitrust Institute. His recent article, “How to Break Up Amazon”, has been accepted for publication in the University of California Law Review …

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, and business. His new article “Side Letter Governance” is forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review.  The article is coauthored with Elisabeth de Fontenay at …

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 UW Law School Digital Repository. It discusses how it was developed, how it works, and featured research collections housed within it. Elizabeth (@librarianliz2) …

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 conversation with Kris about the recent (Nov. 2022) Supreme Court case Brackeen v. Haaland, which focused on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978’s …

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 and is titled “Precedent, Reliance, and Dobbs”. The article examines treatment of stare decisis in the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs majority opinion focusing on …