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23. Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
23:42||Season 1, Ep. 23In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, whose term as dean was recently extended by UC Berkeley leadership until June 30, 2029. With the rule of law under assault and legal education facing big questions, Chemerinsky decided to stay beyond June 2027, when he had initially planned to step down. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.Production by Yellow Armadillo Studios
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22. The Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic
35:20||Season 1, Ep. 22In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Chancellor’s Clinical Professor Laurel E. Fletcher, the founding director of the Global Rights Innovation Lab Clinic (GRIL), and Valentina Rozo Angel, the clinic’s Data and Technology Clinical Supervisor.GRIL, which enrolled its first cohort of students last year, operates at the crossroads of human rights and digital technology, developing and using data-driven tools to bolster local advocacy, policy, and social change — at home and abroad — in support of human rights defenders and victims. The clinic grew out of Fletcher’s work over more than two decades of leadership at Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Clinic. GRIL”s model allows students to build legal cases using data science analyses on large datasets and create digital storytelling tools to support policy advocacy. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.
21. Khiara M. Bridges on ‘Expecting Inequity’
47:23||Season 1, Ep. 21In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Berkeley Law Earl Warren Professor of Public Law Khiara M. Bridges, whose new book, Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans, has just been published by the MIT Press.For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.
20. Savala Nolan on 'Good Woman: A Reckoning'
50:24||Season 1, Ep. 20In this special episode, host Gwyneth Shaw hands the mic to the Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at Berkeley Law, Professor Khiara M. Bridges. She interviews Savala Nolan ’11 — a law school alum, executive director of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, and the author of Good Woman: A Reckoning. It was published March 3 and is drawing rave reviews. Note: This episode contains adult language and covers mature topics. Listener discretion is advised. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.
19. Professor Brian Galle on ‘How to Tax the Ultrarich’
40:59||Season 1, Ep. 19In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Professor Brian Galle, who’s just released a new book, How to Tax the Ultrarich, outlining a plan for fairer taxation at the federal level.For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.
18. California Constitution Center Executive Director David A. Carrillo
29:02||Season 1, Ep. 18In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with David A. Carrillo, a Berkeley Law Lecturer in Residence and the executive director of the California Constitution Center, a nonpartisan academic research center devoted to studying the state’s constitution and Supreme Court. For the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.
17. Catherine E. Lhamon on Protecting Democracy
28:13||Season 1, Ep. 17In this episode, host Gwyneth Shaw talks with Catherine E. Lhamon, the inaugural executive director of UC Berkeley Law’s Edley Center on Law & DemocracyFor the full transcript, show notes, and links, please visit this episode page on the UC Berkeley Law Podcast Hub.