Journal of Law Reform (JLR)

Interview with Co-Authors Tessa Bialek & Matt Akiyama

Join us as we chat with co-authors Tessa Bialek and Matt Akiyama about their piece, "Policies for Expanding Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment in United States Prisons and Jails." More information about this piece and the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse’s policy white paper series, Learning from Civil Rights Lawsuits, is available at: clearinghouse.net/policy/1/22.

Interview With Longtime Public Defender Ann Roan

https://www.breadandroseslaw.org Dedicated public defender, former head of Colorado Public Defender's Training Office, and dedicated attorney Ann Roan join's JLR to discuss issues including and around becoming a public defender.

Episode 10 - Interview with ACLU of Idaho Legal Director Aadika Singh

We're very excited to present this week's guest who kicks off our Job Hunt series. Over the next few episodes, we hope to bring on guests who can highlight what work in a particular public interest field looks like. This interview is fascinating for everyone, but is hopefully helpful to people interested in impact litigation. Aadika's Bio: https://www.acluidaho.org/en/biographies/aadika-singh

Episode 9 - Amy Fettig on Prisoner Rights Litigation and Reforming Solitary Confinement

Director of the Sentencing Project and prison litigation expert Amy Fettig joins us to explain to talk the current state of prison litigation, methods of reform, and a path to ending solitary confinement in prisons. Sentencing Project website: https://www.sentencingproject.org/ Fettig's Twitter: https://twitter.com/abfettigJLR Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichiganLaw_JLR Website: https://mjlr.org/

Episode 8 - Professor Roseanna Sommers on Consent, Psychology, and the Law

Experimental psychologist and legal scholar Professor Roseanna Sommers joins us to discuss her proposed reforms to the law of consent, particularly with regards to increasing calls for the written formalization of consent. Join Sommers' Law and Psychology Mailing List: rosesomm@umich.edu Sommers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosesomm Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichiganLaw_JLR Website: mjlr.org