Season 3 of The Advocate's Society kicks off with a discussion on Critical Race Theory with Dane County Circuit Court Judge Everett Mitchell. Along with serving on the bench, Judge Mitchell serves as Pastor of Solid Rock Baptist Church in Madison, WI, and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School. We discuss the current discourse of this topic in education and topic about the roots of this crucial legal theory. Furthermore, we discuss ways of applying CRT to our historica...
Oct 24, 2021•51 min•Season 3Ep. 1
On this episode, we speak with Professor Erin Barbato of the University of Wisconsin Law School's Immigrant Justice Clinic. We last spoke to Professor Barbato on our first episode of the show, Tales From Dilley, and she's back to give us an update on how the immigration landscape has changed since we last spoke, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on US immigration, and how the Biden Administration plans on changing the course of immigration away from former President Trump's restrictive polici...
Feb 11, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode, we talk with Professor Anuj Desai, Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, who specializes in First Amendment and defamation issues. He places the current events in the broader historical context of free speech in the United States, and specifies the scope of the First Amendment. Does former President Trump have a constitutional right to tweet? Listen in and find out!
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The Advocate's Society welcomes the Dean of our law school, Dan Tokaji, onto The Advocate's Society. Stick around for the second half of the episode, where we debrief our conversation in a round-table with fellow law student and Wisconsin Law Review Symposium Abby Chase. Abby gives info on the Wisconsin Law Review's 2020 Symposium, titled "Wisconsin's Intellectual History and Traditions." Dean Dan Tokaji is the keynote speaker for the symposium. You can attend the virtual event by registering he...
Oct 15, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Is American a Christian nation? Where did the evangelicals come from? Why are they so related to conservative values? How can we engage with them? These are the questions we answer on this week’s podcast with guest Dr. Dan van Voorhis from 1517. You can find Dan's work on his website , his daily podcast " The Christian History Almanac ," and, of course, on Twitter . He is the author of Monsters: Addiction, Hope, Ex-Girlfriends, and Other Dangerous Things , and of Johann Arndt: The Prophet of Lut...
Sep 17, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode, we speak with Professor Ion Meyn from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Professor Meyn is currently researching how police departments around the country determine the reasonableness of their use of force. In this conversation, we talk through the reasons why it’s so hard to get justice when a police officer goes too far, what the possible solutions are, and at the very end, Professor Meyn offers us all a glimpse of hope and a path out of the mess we’re in. Check out our f...
Sep 03, 2020•43 min•Season 2Ep. 2
We talk about how law interacts with current social movements and navigates the world of COVID-19, as well as what incoming law students can do to change the culture. Chris Arguedas can be found here, and Cierra Russell can be found here. Do you want to support The Advocate's Society and help us talk with more people, in more positions, and with better equipment? You can support us here! You can also head to our Anchor page to leave us a message that we'll respond to in the next episode! Be sure...
Aug 20, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 1
The Advocate's Society discuss COVID-19 and evaluate the world's and United States' response to this global pandemic through the lens of the law and our personal experience.
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 4
The Advocate's Society welcomes Nadine Strossen, who discusses the ideas behind her book, "Hate: Why We Should Resists it with Free Speech, not Censorship."
Feb 17, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In Wisconsin, the public elect their state's Supreme Court justices. In this episode, we speak to Judge Jill Karofsky, who's running for a position on the court.
Nov 25, 2019•56 min•Season 1Ep. 2
An inside look into an immigrant detention center near the U.S./Mexico border, with Immigration Law Professor Erin Barbato, and UW Law Students Juan José Fonseca Angel and Nancy Cruz, who visited the detention center on a pro-bono trip earlier this year.
Nov 11, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 1
