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The Garrulous Gavel

Dec 20, 2021

This time around, you’ll hear from one of the country’s top environmental law litigators, Sean Donahue, about various legal issues and challenges associated with climate change. Get the 60-minute version of the semester-long class on climate change law
and policy that he teaches at Stanford Law School! Sean also...


Dec 7, 2021

Listen in on a conversation with Jessica Tillipman, an Assistant Dean at the George Washington University Law School, where she specializes in government procurement, anti-corruption, and compliance. We explore the nature of government corruption, and why it matters. Dean Tillipman walks us through the key tools in U.S....


Oct 26, 2021

In this episode, you’ll meet Jason Rathod.  Jason is a practicing attorney, but he also likes to write lengthy law review articles.  He’s written about how the United States uses foreign aid to impose our legal system on other countries, something we call “Rule of Law” aid.  Jason argues that “Rule of Law”...


Oct 12, 2021

This time around, we meet two former New York City prosecutors, Margaret Gandy and Rena Paul.  Their many years in both the state and federal criminal justice systems led them to rethink how lawyers approach clients and witnesses who have been victimized by violent crimes or other traumatic events, and to develop what...


Sep 28, 2021

In this episode, we get garrulous with Samuel Weiss, the founder and Executive Director of Rights Behind Bars, an organization that uses strategic litigation to protect and advance prisoners’ rights. We tackle the hot-button issue of “qualified immunity”—a controversial legal doctrine that often protects prison...