PODCAST: A Discussion with Daniel Kiel on “The Transition: Interpreting Justice from Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas.”

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Professor Kennedy conducted an insightful interview with Professor Daniel Kiel, a distinguished law professor at the University of Memphis and author of the book “The Transition: Interpreting Justice from Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas.” This literary work seamlessly blends historical narratives, legal analysis, and literary elements, comprehensively exploring the Supreme Court justices’ perspectives on educational inequalities and racial disparities—issues Professor Kiel has dedicated his career to addressing. Notably, Professor Kiel directed the acclaimed documentary “The Memphis 13,” shedding light on students’ groundbreaking efforts during the segregation era in Memphis. For further exploration, you can access the book and the documentary through the links below.


The Transition: Interpreting Justice from Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas: https://eastapt.wixsite.com/daniel-kiel

The Memphis 13: http://www.thememphis13.com/

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PODCAST: David Lat and Zachary Shemtob on Judicial Ethics in a Populist Age.

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In 2023, Supreme Court justices made news not only for the cases decided but also for their personal conduct.  As David Lat and Zach Shemtob noted in an article for The Atlantic, the news stories often involved “financial entanglements between justices and wealthy benefactors.”  As Lat and Shemtob discuss with Associate Dean Rodger Citron, the intensity of the public response to the justices’ behavior is more noteworthy than the underlying conduct. They attribute the strong reaction to our current political era, which is not only hyper-partisan but anti-elitist as well.  Lat and Shemtob discuss their article, the Supreme Court’s adoption of an ethics code in late 2023, and how concerns over the justices’ ethics relate to the current Supreme Court term in this Touro Law Review podcast. 

Their article, “Judicial Ethics in a Populist Age,” is available here: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/supreme-court-ethics-oversight-criticism/675460/?gift=8dwuRlq-u4MN-Q9V3JPTqNxbhGZl2d9ZPLKd_9XQKHo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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PODCAST: David Guterson Discusses His Novel, The Final Case.

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This podcast features a discussion of law and literature with author David Guterson, author of The Final Case and the PEN/Faulkner Award-winning novel Snow Falling on Cedars.  Guterson discusses with Associate Dean Rodger Citron the inspirations for The Final Case – including the death of an adopted girl in a rural county in Washington State and the life of his father, an accomplished criminal defense attorney – and what he learned while immersing himself in criminal law and procedure to write the novel.  

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PODCAST: Ray Brescia on Lawyer Nation, The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal System.

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Please join us for this week’s episode featuring Lawyer and author Ray Brescia where he discusses his book “Lawyer Nation”. Professor Zablotsky hosts and the two discuss institutions, methodologies, history, and an analysis of dynamics in the legal system. In his book, Brescia identifies six forces that represent the most significant challenges facing the legal profession today. Lawyer Nation provides a significant analysis and critique of the legal system but offers concrete ideas on how to fix it.

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TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT: Samatha Davis published in The Suffolk Lawyer

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February 10, 2024

Congratulations to our colleague Samatha Davis on being published in The Suffolk Lawyer!

Samantha Davis is a third-year law student at Touro Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and a proud member of the Touro Law Review, which she serves as an issue editor on its Editorial Board. Throughout her time in law school, Samantha has shown interest in practicing law in the rigorous area of trust and estates. She has recently been published on page 19 of the Suffolk Lawyers Vol. 40 No.1 February 2024, a publication discussing a hot-button issue of the effects of ladybird deeds on Medicaid eligibility. Please click the link below to read more about it!

https://old.scba.org/flip/mobile/index.html

PODCAST: NextGen Bar: A Shift for the Good?

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Please join us for a in depth conversation hosted Associate Dean Michelle Zakarin with Assistant Dean Regina Burch regarding the switch from the Universal Bar Examination (UBE) to the NextGen bar examination (NextGen), rolling out in phases starting July 2026. Dean Burch discussed what is now tested, the new format, and gave tips on how students and schools can smoothly adjust to NextGen.

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PODCAST: The Hon. Gary Stein on Justice for Sale, his Biography of Martin T. Manton

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Few lawyers know who Martin Manton was.  Even fewer, if any, law students learn about Manton while in school.  That may change with the Hon. Gary Stein’s recent biography of Manton, Justice for Sale: Graft, Greed, and a Crooked Federal Judge in 1930s Gotham.  (See Justice for Sale: Graft, Greed, and a Crooked Federal Judge in 1930s Gotham: Stein, Gary: 9781493072569: Amazon.com: Books)

Judge Stein tells the history of Judge Manton’s rapid rise – President Woodrow Wilson appointed Manton, then 36-years old, to the federal district court in 1916, then elevated him to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit two years later.  As a judge, Manton continued to be involved in a number of businesses, including real estate ventures on which he had given mortgages.  During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Manton desperately needed money and turned to selling his office, repeatedly soliciting payments from lawyers and litigants arguing cases before him.  Judge Stein calculates that Manton received improper payments of about $823,000 – about $17 million today.  Ultimately, in 1939, Manton was publicly exposed.  This led to his resignation, prosecution, conviction, and imprisonment.        
As Judge Stein discusses with Associate Dean Rodger Citron, the story of Manton’s corrupt conduct on the bench is an extraordinary tale.  Manton was friends with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, served on the Second Circuit with, among others, the Hon. Learned Hand, and nearly was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in the 1920s.  This may seem like ancient history, but Judge Stein’s book reminds us that judges – even federal judges – are human, subject to the same flaws and foibles as the rest of us.  That is a timely lesson that is still instructive today.

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Our guest today is Magistrate Judge Gary Stein.

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