Law in Action: A UW Law School Podcast Law in Action: A UW Law School Podcast

Interview with University of Wisconsin Law School Assistant Professor of Law Ion Meyn on his recently published article, "White-on-Black Crime: Revisiting the Convict Leasing Narrative."

The article examines the years between 1880-1915 and the growing amount of evidence that suggests criminal convictions of Black men were the result of criminal conspiracies to traffic Black victims. This human trafficking inflated the historical Black crime rate but also obscured the criminal conduct of white beneficiaries.

Interview with UW Law School Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Family Court Clinic Jennifer Binkley to discuss her recently-published book, "Wisconsin Family Law with Forms." The book is an essential resource for Wisconsin family law practitioners.

Interview with UW Law School Professor Emeritus Peter Carstensen on his recent article, "How to Break Up Amazon."

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. This newest article focuses on a standard but difficult to study practice in private equity known as “side letters.” The article examines how side letters have evolved and how they are viewed in the industry now and what role they play in dealing with investors.

An interview with Head of Reference & Scholarly Services at the University of Wisconsin Law School Library Elizabeth Manriquez.

Elizabeth discusses her role and how it fits in to the UW Law School's digital repository. She gives the history of the repository, talks about the team of librarians who work on it, and describes some of the newer collections housed within it.

An interview with Professor of Law and Director of the Great Lakes Indian Law Center Richard Monette at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Prof. Monette discusses the recent (Nov. 2022) SCOTUS case Brackeen v. Haaland. This case focused on the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978's placement preferences for child placement proceedings involving an "Indian child".