Below the Line - podcast cover

Below the Line

Northwestern University Law Reviewnorthwesternlawreview.org
Below the Line is a podcast produced by the Northwestern University Law Review. We feature interviews with legal scholars and practitioners, panels hosted on campus, and other relevant topics in legal news.
Last refreshed:
Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.
Download Metacast podcast app
Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

Fraud & the Erosion of Trust: Practitioner Roundtable

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust. Key inquiry: Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that America...

Dec 02, 20221 hr 24 min

Fraud & the Erosion of Trust: Conversation Between Judge Rakoff & Prof. Edward Balleisen

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust. Key inquiry: Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that America...

Dec 02, 202219 min

Fraud & the Erosion of Trust: Keynote Lunch with Judge Jed Rakoff (SDNY)

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust. Key inquiry: Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that America...

Dec 02, 202242 min

Fraud & the Erosion of Trust: The Evolution of Anti-Fraud Regulation

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust. Key inquiry: Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that America...

Dec 02, 20221 hr 30 min

Fraud & the Erosion of Trust: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Fraud

In 2022, the Northwestern University Law Review presents a symposium on Fraud and the Erosion of Trust, which brings together scholars of history, sociology, economics, psychology, business, and corporate and consumer fraud with a diverse array of practitioners to explore the most effective ways to redress the rise in fraud and accompanying decline in public trust. Key inquiry: Has widespread fraud so significantly undermined trust in individuals, government, and market institutions that America...

Dec 02, 20221 hr 39 min

Redeeming Justice: The Right to Redemption

In this episode, activist Kempis “Ghani” Songster and Professor Rachel Lopez discuss their article, written with co-author Terrell Carter: Redeeming Justice. You can read their article here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3728752. After Jones, mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles remain unconstitutional; if someone under 18 is sentenced to life without parole under a mandatory sentencing scheme, that person is entitled to a rehearing. Yet the majority’s opin...

Oct 07, 20211 hr 27 min

Jones v. Mississippi: Reacting to the Decision

In this episode, professor and attorney David Shapiro discusses the recent Supreme Court decision in Jones v. Mississippi. Professor Shapiro argued for the Petitioner, Brett Jones, before the Supreme Court. You can read the Court’s decision here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-1259_8njq.pdf.

Oct 06, 202133 min

Jones v. Mississippi: Anticipating the Decision

In this episode, professor and attorney David Shapiro discusses the upcoming Supreme Court decision in Jones v. Mississippi. Professor Shapiro argued for the Petitioner, Brett Jones, before the Supreme Court.

Oct 06, 202129 min

Alienating Citizens & Denaturalization with Amanda Frost

In this episode, Amanda Frost, Professor of Law at American University, discusses her Essay, Alienating Citizens, where she declares that denaturalization is back. Over the past couple of years, she explains, the Trump Administration has revived denaturalization. This episode and her Essay situate denaturalization within the Trump Administration’s broader approach to immigration. Under a policy known as “attrition through enforcement,” the Trump Administration has sought to discourage immigratio...

Feb 15, 202028 min

The Transgender Military Ban with Michele Goodwin

In this episode, Professor Michele Goodwin discusses her Essay, The Transgender Military Ban: Preservation of Discrimination Through Transformation, that she co-authored with Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law. Their Essay contends that the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender individuals serving in the military is based on prejudice and bias, lacking any legitimate justification. The Essay identifies several problems with the Trump Administration’s policy to...

Jan 17, 202026 min

Rethinking Solitary Confinement: Danny Greenfield & Maggie Filler

Danny Greenfield and Maggie Filler of the MacArthur Justice Center discuss solitary confinement. Namely, why we should end it, why we should care about it, and why listeners should come to Northwestern Law Review's 2019 Symposium: Rethinking Solitary Confinement. Rethinking Solitary Confinement will be held at Northwestern Law on November 8, 2019, and will feature activists, lawyers, survivors, and more. Details and registration here: https://northwesternlawreview.org/symposium/symposium-home/ R...

Nov 04, 201928 min

The Dangers of Counterfactual Causal Thinking with Issa Kohler-Hausmann

In this episode of Below the Line, Professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann discusses her article, Eddie Murphy and the Dangers of Counterfactual Causal Thinking About Detecting Racial Discrimination. Bonus! Watch Eddie Murphy's "White Like Me" here: https://youtu.be/l_LeJfn_qW0

Jun 22, 201939 min

Agency Fee Doctrine with Professor Courtlyn Roser-Jones

In this episode of Below the Line, Professor Courtlyn Roser-Jones joins us to discuss her article in Volume 112 Issue 4, "Reconciling Agency Fee Doctrine, the First Amendment, and the Modern Public Sector Union," and the Janus v. AFCSME oral argument.

Apr 06, 201832 min
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android