In a recent interview with legal writing expert Bryan Garner, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said that law schools need to “think in a deep way” about how to help law students become better writers, even as she acknowledged that “writing is one of the hardest things to…
A Most Unusual Episode of Lawyer2Lawyer (Hint: It Involves Beer)
It is not every day that I get to record a podcast episode in a brewery. For that matter, I don’t usually drink beer while conducting an interview. But for our interview with the hosts of the FOSS+Beer podcast, we set up our mikes in Beryl’s Beer Co. in Denver, Colo.…
Lawyer2Lawyer: The Alabama Showdown Over Same-Sex Marriage
In the latest episode of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we look at the legal showdown over same-sex marriage in Alabama. In January, a federal judge struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. Then, last week, the Alabama Supreme Court snubbed its nose at the federal court and ordered the…
Podcast: The Sandy Hook Lawsuit against Bushmaster Firearms
On Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Last month, two years after those horrific shootings, the families of the victims filed a lawsuit against Bushmaster Firearms International, the manufacturer of the AR-15 rifle used by Lanza.
What is…
Podcast: Ebola, Quarantines and the Law
With Ebola quarantines making headlines, what is the law? What powers do local, state and federal governments have to quarantine people who have or are suspected of having the disease? And what are the rights and protections of the quarantined individuals?
We examine these questions and more on this week’s Lawyer2Lawyer legal-affairs podcast.…
Special Edition of Lawyer2Lawyer Kicks Off Our 10th Year of Podcasting
We recently hit our ninth anniversary of producing our legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, and we’re celebrating this week with a special edition of the show. Our guest this week was also our very first guest on our very first show. In August 2005,…
On Lawyer2Lawyer: Top Tort Lawyers Discuss their Careers and Cases
Two events coincided to produce this week’s episode of Lawyer2Lawyer. First, the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame — an institution devoted to honoring the nation’s most exceptional trial lawyers — marked the grand opening last month of its permanent home at Temple Law School in Philadelphia. Around the same…
Our ‘Lawyer2Lawyer’ Podcast Begins its 10th Year
This week marks the beginning of the 10th year of Lawyer2Lawyer, the legal-affairs podcast cohosted by J. Craig Williams and me and produced by the Legal Talk Network. We are the longest-running legal podcast and one of the longest-running podcasts of any kind. By my rough…
Podcast: The Legal Status of Unaccompanied Minor Immigrants
The influx of unaccompanied minors across the Mexico/U.S. border is fast becoming a humanitarian crisis. On this week’s legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, we look at what is driving these minors to make the dangerous journey north and discuss their legal status and rights.
To help…
Two New Podcasts: Facial Recognition and Equal Education
I’m a bit behind in plugging my own podcast here. Here are the two most-recent episodes of Lawyer2Lawyer.
Facial Recognition Technology: Security vs. Privacy Concerns.
My cohost J. Craig Williams looks at how facial-recognition technology threatens security and privacy. His guests are Jennifer Lynch, senior staff attorney…
On Lawyer2Lawyer: SCOTUS and Prayer in Public Assemblies
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court decided Greece v. Galloway, a landmark case about prayer in government assemblies. Both sides invoked the First Amendment to make their case, but who is right and why?
On our latest episode of Lawyer2Lawyer, we discuss the case with opposing counsels Douglas Laycock, for…
Bryan Garner Discusses the Latest Edition of Black’s Law Dictionary
Here is an interesting factoid for you: David Lat, editor of the blog Above the Law, is credited with coining three of the 7,500 new terms in the latest edition of Black’s Law Dictionary.
Due out Friday in its 10th edition from Thomson Reuters,…