Suffolk University Law School Video Podcasts: Recent Episodes
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Suffolk Law faculty are analyzing the news from a legal perspective each week on New England Cable News. Through NECN’s "Sidebar" segment, the Suffolk Law professors examine significant local, national and international stories.
Doctors around the country often face medical and ethical dilemmas. Joining NECN to explore a case in Boston in which a family wanted to harvest the eggs of a brain dead woman is Professor Charles Kindregan of Suffolk University. Kindregan is an expert in family law.
Despite criticisms Elena Kagan lacks judicial experience or political service, White House officials do not believe those concerns will hurt her chances to sit on our nation's high court. Professor Landers discusses the confirmation hearings with NECN.
Suffolk University Law School Professor Robert H. Smith joins NECN to discuss President Obama’s nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court and the confirmation process ahead.
Legal experts say the $28 billion budget passed by the Massachusetts House last week is bad for the judicial system. The budget includes more than $1 billion in spending cuts, which could mean court closures and state layoffs. Joining NECN to explain how the budget could impact the state courts is Suffolk University law professor Robert Smith.
Until recently, every juvenile who appeared in court after an arrest has been brought into court in shackles -- for offenses as minor as a school food fight. But, a group of Suffolk University law students helped change that.
Suffolk University Law School Professor Erik Pitchal discusses the lawsuit filed by Children’s Rights, a national children’s advocacy group, against the state of Massachusetts. Professor Pitchal teaches Suffolk Law’s Child Advocacy Clinic and Family Law.
Suffolk Law Professor Kim McLaurin discusses anti-bullying legislation being drafted by Massachusetts lawmakers.
Judge John M. Greaney, Director of Suffolk Law’s Macaronis Institute of Trial Advocacy, discusses testing the validity of forensic evidence. To learn more about Judge Greaney visit his Suffolk Law faculty page.
Professor Renee Landers discusses the recently passed health care reform legislation. Professor Landers is the Director of Suffolk’s Health and Biomedical Law Concentration. To learn more about our program please visit http://law.suffolk.edu/academic/health/.
Professor Renee Landers, director of Suffolk Law’s Health and Biomedical Law Concentration, discusses New England states’ legalization of gay marriage. To learn more about our Health and Biomedical Law Concentration, please visit http://law.suffolk.edu/academic/health/
Professor Meredith Conway discusses IRS plans to enforce laws to tax employee personal use of company-issued cell phones. Click to learn more about Professor Conway.
Christine Butler, Practitioner in Residence with Suffolk Law’s Battered Women’s Advocacy Clinic, discusses recent murders in Massachusetts in domestic violence cases, as well the increase in domestic violence-related killings across the country.
As US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination process concluded, Suffolk Law Professor Victoria Dodd discussed Judge Sotomayor with NECN. Learn more about Professor Dodd
Professor Renee Landers, director of Suffolk Law’s Health and Biomedical Law Concentration, discusses health care reform in the wake of Senator-elect Scott Brown’s recent election victory in Massachusetts. Click to learn more about our Health and Biomedical Law Concentration
June 29, 2009 - U.S. Supreme Court Ruling that a Strip Search of a Middle School Student Was Unconstitutional – Professor Karen Blum, who teaches in the area of civil rights at Suffolk Law, discusses the Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of an Arizona school’s forced strip search of a teenaged student. Learn more about Professor Blum.
May 21, 2009 - Chrysler Bankruptcy - Professor Herbert Lemelman discusses the implications of bankruptcy protection for Chrysler. To learn more about Professor Lemelman.
Professor Michael Avery, director of Suffolk Law’s Civil Litigation Concentration, discusses the privacy implications of the use of full body scanning machines at airports. To learn more about our Civil Litigation Concentration, please visit http://law.suffolk.edu/academic/civlit/
Alasdair Roberts, the Jerome L. Rappaport Professor of Law and Public Policy at Suffolk University Law School, discusses his forthcoming book, "The Logic of Discipline: Global Capitalism and the Architecture of Government," to be published by Oxford University Press in March 2010.
For more information, visit http://www.aroberts.us/New_book__Logic_of_discipline.html