Miami Law Explainer
የቻናል ዝርዝሮች
Miami Law Explainer
Podcast by University of Miami School of Law
የቅርብ ጊዜ ክፍሎች
191 ክፍሎች
S15 E7 Presidential authority and independent agencies
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the president to fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission using the emergency docket, part of a trend t...
S15 E6 Haiti's perpetual crisis
In a capital nearly entirely controlled by gangs, hundreds of Haitians are now trying to return to neighborhoods that have become ghost towns, forced...
S15 E5 Title IX, reinterpreted
Landmark civil rights laws like Title IX were created decades ago to protect marginalized groups from discrimination in schools. But today, the Trump...
S15 E4 The future of our planet: Legal perspectives on climate change
Today on our show, we wade into the groundbreaking advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate change and its potential to res...
S15 E3 The brain of a Nickel Boy
Earlier this summer, a 54-year-old death row inmate in Florida’s prison system was executed for committing several murders. as a teenager, Michael Bel...
S15 E2 The argument for a common currency
The French economist Thomas Piketty recently argued the merits of a common currency in an op-ed in Le Monde. Tax expert Frances Hill examines the impa...
S15 E1 Hallucinations causing legal upheaval
As artificial intelligence-generated writing becomes widespread in modern life, hallucinations are showing up with alarming frequency in legal writing...
S14 E9 The Battle for Open AI
Director of the transaction skills program Marcia Narine Weldon looks at the issues driving Elon Musk and Sam Altman's fight for control of OpenAI. Re...
S14 E10 Spirit Air Soars out of Bankruptcy
Vice dean and bankruptcy expert Drew Dawson explains the dips and dives that brought Spirit Airlines bankruptcy in four short months. Recorded March 2...
14 E8 SCOTUS Orders New Trial for Death Row Inmate
The United States Supreme Court recently ordered a new trial for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has been scheduled for death nine time...
S14 E6 The Affordable Care Act Turns 15
Former White House staff economist Gabe Scheffler parses the ACA. Recorded on March 11, 2025.
S14 E7 AI: The New Frontier in Legal Education
Law and technology scholar Or Cohen-Sasson dives into the good and bad of tech. Recorded on February 27, 2025.
S14 E5 Why We Need Consumer Protections
Financial law and fintech scholar Nikita Aggarwal discusses the independent agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Recorded February 28, 20...
S14 E4 The Fourth Amendment and the Speed of Technology
Criminal law expert Scott Sundby looks at the 4th Amendment's inability to keep up with tech.
Recorded February 21, 2025.
S14 E3 Will Swifties Topple Ticketmaster?
Antitrust expert John Newman digs into the ticketing giant's trouble. Recorded on February 13, 2025.
S14 E2 Rewriting Title IX, again
Professor Tamara Lave unpacks changes to the civil rights law. Recorded February 6, 2025.
S14 E1 Junk Science in the Courtroom
Forensic science expert Chris Fabricant joins Miami Law Innocence Clinic director Craig Trocino discussing an unjust legal system. Recorded January 8,...
S13 E12 Buy Now, Pain Later
Consumer finance expert Nikita Aggarwal explores the popular industry. Recorded October 31, 2024.
S13 E11 Choice Goes to the Polls
Floridians are challenging the state's six-week access to abortion law in the upcoming election. Constitutional scholar Caroline Mala Corbin looks at...
S13 E10 Executing the Innocent
Criminal law expert Scott Sundby digs into questionable executions.
Recorded October 17, 2024.
S13 E9 The Indigenous Conflict over Coca
Trademark and cultural heritage expert Jan Osei-Tutu tackles corporate bullying. Recorded on October 2, 2024.
S13 E8 Texas's Ongoing War on LGBTQ+
Associate director of Miami Law's Children and Youth Law Clinic Robert Latham explains new foster care rules. Recorded October 3, 2024.
S13 E7 The End of Chevron
Constitutional scholar Charlton Copeland laments the end of another settled law. Recorded on September 25, 2024.
S13 E6 Mo' Money, Mo' Problems
Criminal law expert Tamara Lave susses out the case against Sean Combs. Recorded on September 19, 2024.
S13 E5 The Fight to Break Noncompetes
Compliance expert Marcia Narine Weldon chimes in on employee contract rules and moves by the Federal Trade Commission. Recorded on September 12, 2024.
S13 E4 A New Assault on the Homeless
The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allows cities to clear homeless encampments while a new Florida law bans camping in public places. Homeless law e...
S13 E3 A President as Prosecutor
If Kamala Harris ascends to the country's highest office, she will hit a lot of firsts: first woman president, first of Indian heritage, first former...
S13 E2 Google Staggers
In a stunning turn, a federal judge recently ruled that the tech giant violated antitrust laws. Professor John Newman, former attorney with the Federa...
S13 E1 The Breakneck Speed of Election Law
It's been a once-in-a-lifetime summer in politics with suits and challenges to election law that threaten to continue up to election day and beyond. E...
S12 E12 Death Row Representation on the Cheap
Innocence clinic director Craig Trocino looks at flat fees for capital crime representation. Recorded April 11, 2024.
S12 E11 The Armorer and the Actor
Criminal law expert Tamara Lave opines of the killing on the movie set. Recorded March 27, 2024.
S12 E10 Criminalizing Homelessness
Homeless law expert Stephen Schnably drills into a case going to the Supreme Court. Recorded March 27, 2024.
S12 E9 Tumult in Haiti
As the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere prepares for a transitional government, violence is spreading to wealthier enclaves, where bodies rid...
S12 E8 The Inadequacies of Self Defense Laws
U.S. laws criminalize survivors of gender-based violence. Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, who led the Obama and Biden administrations efforts to address, di...
S12 E7 SCOTUS Takes on Trump
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the former president's claim of immunity from charges that he sought to overturn the 2020 election results, throwing...
S12 E6 Russia's Deportation of Ukraine's Children
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia since the invasion in February 2022. Bernard Perlmutter, founder of Miami Law's C...
S12 E5 Words Matter
Several Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases have hinged over the use of words and punctuation. Jill Barton, director of Miami Law's Legal Communi...
S12 E4 Let's Play Antimonopoly
As today's guest, antitrust expert John Newman recently wrote, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice "have been on a tear. Record...
S12 E3 Charging Parents for the Crimes of the Child
Michigan parents Jennifer and Jason Crumbly are being tried for a school shooting committed by their son. Criminal law expert Scott Sundby looks at th...
S12 E2 Progressive Prosecutors Fight Back
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended two popular and elected progressive state attorneys, who promptly filed suit. Innocence Clinic Director Craig...