LawTalk Episode 61 - The Gender Wealth Gap: A Conversation on "Fair Shake" Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. In this episode, The Gender Wealth Gap: A Conversation on "Fair Shake", Professor Clair Hill hosts a conversation with Professor June Carbone about her latest book, Fair Shake: Women and the Economy of Inequality. In an era of shifting corporate dynamics, this interview examines how the modern legal and economic landscape—defined by "winner-take-all" competition—continues to disadvantage women and stall progress toward true equity. The discussion will delve into the systemic barriers embedded in our markets and the legal reforms necessary to ensure a "fair shake" for everyone. This event was recorded on April 23, 2026, and was part of the 2026 Spring Alumni Week. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/pfTnQN9mNb8?si=phRhXu2ry9vEnLV9) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep61Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

LawTalk Episode 60 - From Unwritten Law to Written Constitutions: The Evolution of Fundamental Rights in the Western Legal Tradition Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, From Unwritten Law to Written Constitutions: The Evolution of Fundamental Rights in the Western Legal Tradition, explores the foundations of modern rights and constitutionalism through a dual lens of history and drafting. Professor Ryan Greenwood examines the evolution of the English constitutional tradition—symbolized by Magna Carta and other pivotal documents—that provided the DNA for the American innovation of a federal constitution. Building on this context, Professor Sam Merchant investigates the lead-up to the U.S. Constitution and the specific context of its drafting and amendments. This event was recorded on April 22, 2026, and was part of the 2026 Spring Alumni Week. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/LWxnprb16TM?si=LV8Xx-ALAgV5KV_h) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep60Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

LawTalk Episode 59 - Major Questions, Tariffs and Emergency Powers Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, Major Questions, Tariffs and Emergency Powers, features a panel discussion regarding the U.S. Supreme Court case ruling, Learning Resources v. Trump, and how the Supreme Court invalidated President Trump’s reliance on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs. This panel examines the doctrine’s development, the Court’s reasoning in Learning Resources, and the emerging fault lines that may shape future disputes over executive power and the administrative state. The featured moderator and panelists are: Moderator Devin Driscoll, the co-chair of the Law School’s Board of Advisors Academic Engagement Committee Prof. Kristin Hickman - McKnight Presidential Professor in Law, a Distinguished McKnight University Professor, and Harlan Albert Rogers Professor in Law at Minnesota Law and Prof. Nick Bednar ‘16- The McKnight Land-Grant Professor and Associate Professor of Law at Minnesota Law This event was recorded on April 21, 2026, and was part of the 2026 Spring Alumni Week. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/QYVvPTlpQLQ?si=CUHxkjlHC2-MpVc9) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep59Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

On this installment of the Minnesota Journal of International Law's Scholar Interview Series, Mackenzie Gearin, an MJIL Staffer, interviews Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin on her time visiting prison camps in Syria as part of her Special Rapporteur mandate, the intersection between counter-terrorism practices and gender, and her forthcoming book. You can watch the interview on the Minnesota Law YouTube Channel. (https://youtu.be/3_ldJUnhU8w?si=CFUiqy16NRdsuFHY) To find the MJIL Presents Podcast, subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast application by searching ‘University of Minnesota Law School’, for more podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Find the Minnesota Journal of International Law online at https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/minn-jrnl-intl-law/ Transcript for this episode: z.umn.edu/MJIL4Transcript **Please note that this interview was conducted before the killings of Renée Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. Operation Metro Surge, and the ensuing detention of thousands of residents in and around Minneapolis, only underscores the importance of practicing human rights at home and fighting against arbitrary detention in all its forms, as discussed by Professor Ni Aoláin in this interview.**

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, The Perennial Dialectic and a Baseline Theory of State Law, features a lecture from Professor Brian Tamanaha, the John S. Lehmann University Professor at Wash U Law. Professor Tamanaha’s lecture addresses the theoretical perspective on jurisprudence and state law through three themes: The first theme conveys an age-old dialectic between abstract, idealized accounts of law as reason, justice, and peaceful social order versus skeptical responses grounded in reality that challenge these idealizations. The second theme articulates five baseline propositions about state law derived from the dialectic that most legal theorists agree with notwithstanding many other disagreements. The third theme shows how attention to these baseline propositions and the perennial dialectic helps analyze the rule of law in America and the challenges it faces today. > This event was recorded on March 4, 2026, and was part of the 2026 John Dewey Lecture in the Philosophy of Law series. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/tdvO_VoFOoI) Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast application by searching ‘University of Minnesota Law School’, for more LawTalk episodes. Also find Minnesota Law’s newest podcast, Minnesota Law Now, by following the links in the show notes or searching Minnesota Law Now on your preferred podcast application. YouTube - youtu.be/2j9F5v7heD0?si=G2rq8EOElIRUI6pw Apple Podcasts - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minn…ow/id1880466287 Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/1TeLpTboaXw…dc95363f57074f5a A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep58Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, Reconstructing Justice: Honoring Dr. King's Vision in Our Federal Justice System, features United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves. Judge Reeves explores Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s efforts to make the federal justice system live up to the promise of the Reconstructed Constitution and discusses his personal and professional experiences within that system to suggest the consequences of — and the need to continue — Dr. King's efforts. This event was recorded on February 9, 2026, and was part of the 2026 MLK Convocation in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/WhVZ7aqvEA8?si=7iAd7ITGhIBMlVHy) Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast application by searching ‘University of Minnesota Law School’, for more LawTalk episodes. Also find Minnesota Law’s newest podcast, Minnesota Law Now, by following the links in the show notes or searching Minnesota Law Now on your preferred podcast application. YouTube - https://youtu.be/2j9F5v7heD0?si=G2rq8EOElIRUI6pw Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minnesota-law-now/id1880466287 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1TeLpTboaXww3q58TRRFkx?si=dc95363f57074f5a A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep57Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, The Right to Freedom of Assembly in the United States, features Justin Mazzola, the Deputy Director of Research for Amnesty International USA, in conversation with Amanda Lyons, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota Law School. Justin has worked for Amnesty International for 22 years, covering immigration, criminal justice, policing, and the right to protest and uses his experience to discuss the importance of the right to freedom of assembly and the ways it is under attack in the United States. This event was recorded on November 10, 2025. Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast application by searching ‘University of Minnesota Law School’, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep56Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, U.S. Supreme Court Preview Panel – 2025-26 Term features four of Minnesota Law’s distinguished faculty experts for a panel discussion previewing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term. The discussion is moderated by Kristin Hickman, the McKnight Presidential Professor in Law and has expertise in Administrative Law, Business Law, Federal Taxation, Statutory Interpretation, Tax Law, and Tax Policy. The featured panelists are: Nicholas Bednar '16 - Associate Professor of Law with expertise in Administrative Law and Immigration Law June Carbone - The Robina Chair in Law, Science, and Technology with expertise in Assisted Reproduction, Bioethics, Family Law, Medicine and Law, and Property Law Sam Merchant - Associate Professor of Law with Expertise in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Criminal Sentencing Cases discussed: Trump v. Wilcox - https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/trump-v-wilcox/ Office of Personnel Management v. American Federation of Government Employees - https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/office-of-personnel-management-v-american-federation-of-government-employees/ Little v. Hecox (24-38) - https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-38.html West Virginia v. B.P.J (24-43) - https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/west-virginia-v-b-p-j-2-2/ Rutherford v. United States (24-820) - https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-820.html Carter v. United States (24-860) - https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-860.html This event was recorded on October 6, 2025. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xiz5obLB5c) A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep55Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education. This episode, Challenges for Today’s General Counsel features James L. Chosey ‘89, the Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel for U.S. Bank. James reflects on the shifting demands and responsibilities of the General Counsel role in today's complex corporate landscape. This event was recorded on September 29, 2025, as part of the Matheson Lecture in Corporate Governance. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHj5ExgMEAc) Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast application by searching ‘University of Minnesota Law School’, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep54Transcript Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

On this installment of the Minnesota Journal of International Law's Scholar Interview Series, Candace Dasanna, MJIL Co-Lead Managing Editor, sits down with Dr. Stephen Mumme, emeritus professor at Colorado State University, to discuss the Water Treaty between the U.S. and Mexico. You can watch the interview on the Minnesota Law YouTube Channel. (https://youtu.be/AGFipuSPEC8) Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast application by searching ‘University of Minnesota Law School’, for more podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Transcript for this episode: https://z.umn.edu/MJIL3Transcript Find the Minnesota Journal of International Law online at minnjil.org Learn more about the University of Minnesota Law School by visiting law.umn.edu

In the second installment of the Minnesota Journal of International Law's Scholar Interview Series, Sofia Reed, MJIL Staffer, sits down with Professor Donald Clarke, David Weaver Research Professor Emeritus of Law at George Washington University Law School, to discuss his research regarding Chinese legal institutions, including how he developed the Anti-Anti-Orientalism approach. You can watch the interview on the Minnesota Law YouTube Channel. (https://youtu.be/dvsBHXYZf2M?si=WzRBwHkW-sopC1uT) Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, or via your preferred podcast application by searching ‘University of Minnesota Law School’, for more podcast content produced by Minnesota Law. Find the Minnesota Journal of International Law online at minnjil.org Find a transcript of this interview here: https://z.umn.edu/MJIL2Transcript