SideBar: Optimism In Action - Conversations with Lawyers & Leaders Inspiring Positive Change

Seasons one and two of SideBar featured discussions with authors, lawyers, and academics discussing challenges to our individual constitutional and civil rights. Each episode ended with featured guests providing recommendations on how each of us can contribute to solutions for the common good. Season three of SideBar is flipping the narrative. Law Deans and Co-Hosts Jackie Gardina and Mitch Winick are featuring lawyers, nonprofit leaders, activists, and community members who are already accomplishing extraordinary work that is improving the humanitarian, public policy, and charitable needs of our local, national, and global communities. We hope that you will join us for this season of SideBar as we meet individuals and organizations who prove through their actions that opportunities to influence positive change exist for each of us. We are calling this season of SideBar— "Optimism in Action.”

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Episodes

Lady Justice with Dahlia Lithwick (part 2)

Dahlia Lithwick and the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court: In Part II of our wide-ranging conversation with Dahlia Lithwick, we move from discussing the lawyers in her book, Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America, to the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and the critical role lawyers play in our society.

Jan 07, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Lady Justice with Dahlia Lithwick (part 1)

Dahlia Lithwick, award-winning lawyer, author, commentator, and podcaster reminds us that we all have a role to play in protecting our rights. Her book, "Lady Justice", celebrates the important role that women lawyers have played in pursuing justice and equality. She reminds us that we each need to step up, educate ourselves on the issues, and do the hard work necessary to achieve change. In Lithwick's career, she went from a position of great power and authority reporting on the Supreme Court f...

Jan 07, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 6

"Vigilante Federalism' with David Noll (part 2)

In Part II, we continue our discussion with David Noll, co-author of "Vigilante Federalism", who warns how the spread of private subordination laws thwarts our democratic system and undermines longstanding constitutional rights.

Dec 17, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 5

'Vigilante Federalism' with David Noll (part 1)

David Noll, co-author of "Vigilante Federalism", is a lawyer, columnist, and Rutgers law professor who warns how the spread of private subordination laws thwarts our democratic system and erases longstanding constitutional rights.

Dec 03, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Reclaiming Democracy, with David Pepper (part 2)

In Episode 2, Reclaiming Democracy, David Pepper, the author of Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines, provides a stark wake-up call for the steps he believes are necessary to move from a competitive autocracy back to a democracy. Pepper insists that reclaiming our democracy requires a sustained and persistent effort at the local, state, and federal levels. With a view to the future, he highlights the steps he believes are necessary to defend democracy.

Nov 16, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3

It’s the Statehouses Stupid! with David Pepper (part 1)

It’s the Statehouses. Stupid. So says David Pepper, the author of Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines. State legislatures, often ignored, play a significant role in deciding our rights, including the right to vote. Join SideBar co-hosts law school deans Jackie Gardina and Mitch Winick as they discuss current challenges to the American political system and Constitutional rights with author, lawyer, and politician David Pepper as the podcast’s inaugural guest. {Part 1 o...

Nov 05, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 2

New Show Launches! with Gardina and Winick

Is our democracy at risk? How do we balance competing constitutional rights? How do we battle disinformation and still maintain free speech? If these are questions you grapple with, this is the show for you! Hosts (and law school deans) Jackie Gardina and Mitch Winick proudly present ‘SideBar’, a podcast dedicated to discussing rights, self-governance, and the fabric of our society... the law. Tune in twice a month as Jackie and Mitch speak plainly about these complicated topics with amazing gue...

Oct 27, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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