Professor Stephen Carter discusses the delight he still finds in teaching after 40 years. A prolific writer, Carter also shares his approach to writing fiction and nonfiction and reflects on lessons learned while clerking for Supreme Court Just

Season Two, Episode Eight: Muneer Ahmad

Apr 30th, 2024 49m 22s

Clinical Professor Muneer Ahmad explains why students are indispensable to the work of the Law School’s clinics. He discusses the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic, including the extraordinary 24-hour period in which the clinic won a

Season Two, Episode Seven: Harold Hongju Koh

Mar 26th, 2024 41m 29s

Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh’s family history is deeply intertwined with Yale Law School. For our bicentennial in 2024, Koh shares his family’s story and reflects on his tenure as Dean from 2004 to 2009, including h

Season Two, Episode Six: Robert Post

Feb 20th, 2024 37m 44s

For Yale Law School’s bicentennial in 2024, Sterling Professor of Law Robert Post ’77 reflects on his tenure as Dean from 2009 to 2017. He also discusses his 35-year quest to write the definitive history of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice

Season Two, Episode Five: Guido Calabresi

Jan 16th, 2024 32m 38s

For Yale Law School’s bicentennial in 2024, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law Guido Calabresi ’58 reflects on his tenure as Dean from 1985 to 1994. He discusses his work to restore the law school building to its former glory and start the law

Season Two, Episode Four: Amy Kapczynski

Dec 19th, 2023 33m 48s

Professor Amy Kapczynski discusses her work on global health and justice issues and explains how intellectual property law can improve access to lifesaving AIDS drugs. She also shares lessons learned from the COVID pandemic and her love of teac

Season Two, Episode Three: James Forman Jr.

Nov 21st, 2023 44m 16s

Professor James Forman Jr. discusses his criminal justice work and his Pulitzer-Prize winning book Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. He also describes the Law School Access Program, an innovative pipeline program for pe

Season Two, Episode Two: Monica Bell

Oct 24th, 2023 38m 1s

Professor Monica Bell discusses her research at the intersection of law and sociology including her work on legal estrangement, which seeks to understand why people and groups feel excluded in relationships to governmental institutions, includi

Season Two, Episode One: Mike Wishnie

Sep 19th, 2023 49m 26s

Professor Mike Wishnie discusses the Veterans Legal Services Clinic’s litigation challenging long-standing racial disparities in the VA’s administration of veterans’ benefits. He also describes the clinic’s suit seeking disclosure of records do

Season One, Episode Nine: Oona Hathaway

May 30th, 2023 42m 6s

Professor Oona Hathaway discusses her work on Ukraine, what’s at stake in efforts to make international law more transparent, and the joy of co-authoring articles with students.

Season One, Episode Eight: Doug NeJaime

Apr 18th, 2023 42m 23s

Professor Doug NeJaime discusses the landscape of parentage laws across the country, his work with YLS students to pass the Connecticut Parentage Act, and what it takes to pass laws that better reflect what makes a family.

Season One, Episode Seven: John Fabian Witt

Feb 21st, 2023 26m 24s

Professor John Witt on reanimating the modern Torts curriculum, collaborating with students, and writing legal history from the baseball field.

Season One, Episode Six: Justin Driver

Jan 17th, 2023 32m 27s

Professor Justin Driver on his path to education law, how teaching influences his scholarship, and what’s at stake in studying constitutional law across different domains.

Season One, Episode Five: Anne Alstott

Dec 6th, 2022 37m 9s

Professor Anne Alstott discusses her groundbreaking interdisciplinary work with the Yale School of Medicine and Yale Child Study Center and makes the case for why anyone who cares about fighting inequality should care about tax law.

Season One, Episode Four: Daniel Markovits

Oct 18th, 2022 33m 52s

Professor Daniel Markovits reflects on his work on meritocracy in higher education and previews his next book project.

Season One, Episode Three: Miriam Gohara

Sep 6th, 2022 40m 51s

Clinical Professor of Law Miriam Gohara discusses the Challenging Mass Incarceration Clinic’s innovative approach to sentencing advocacy, and how one clinic can change a whole system.

Season One, Episode Two: Bill Eskridge

Sep 6th, 2022 34m 8s

Professor Bill Eskridge on his role in the fight for marriage equality and how that battle shaped the country, the field of statutory interpretation, and his own life.

Season One, Episode One: Tracey Meares

Sep 6th, 2022 30m 26s

Professor Tracey Meares on police reform, why she chose law, and what it looks like to put theory into practice through Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory, President Obama’s Policing Taskforce, and more.