Podcast
Just Law
Hosted by Boston College Law School · EN
Just Law, conceived and executed by Boston College Law School students, approaches the law through a student-focused lens. With interviews, student spotlights, insights into the law school experience, humor, and conversation, Just Law looks beyond the facts, rules, and issues, and considers the human side of the law. By focusing on people, Just Law asks the right questions, strives for answers, and searches for the opportunities to impact the community and the world while illuminating the work that is already being done. At Just Law, the law is both personal journey and megaphone, and ultimately a tool for change.
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Protecting Democracy with Genevieve Nadeau
Oct 31, 202400:30:51Tap to summarizeThe Just Law Podcast returns -- and just in time! Join new hosts Colin Black and Jackson Canady as they welcome Genevieve Nadeau, Counsel & Head of Defending Against Authoritarian Threats Team at Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan, anti-authoritarianism, nonprofit group dedicated to building more resilient democratic institutions and protecting our freedom and liberal democracy. Genevieve breaks down the current state of democracy in the US as we approach the 2024 presidential election, offering clear warnings -- and also some hope for the future.
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The View from Big Law
Nov 27, 202300:23:04Tap to summarizeCo-hosts Tom Blakely and Jim Fiore conduct a wide-ranging interview with alumnus Max Meglio, associate in the M&A and Private Equity group in the Sidley Austin's Boston office, to get his view on landing a job working in private practice. Prior to joining Sidley, Max was a law clerk for the Honorable Justice John Englander of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. He was a Staff Writer and Senior Editor on the BC Law Review at Boston College Law School.
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The Boston Marathon Bombing
Sep 8, 202300:34:45Tap to summarizeJust Law co-host Tom Blakely interviews Boston College Police Chief and Executive Director of Public Safety William B. Evans. Evans previously served for decades on the Boston Police Department, working his way all the way up to Commissioner. He reflects on his personal and professional life, what it was like to manage the Boston Marathon bombing response, and his current position at Boston College.
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Let's Go to the Movies
Aug 24, 202300:29:23Tap to summarizeJust Law co-host Tom Blakely listens to some of the most interesting legal movie and TV show clips with Professor Michael Cassidy, a criminal law, evidence and ethics expert, to critique what they got right--and what they didn't.
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The Twitter Files
Jul 6, 202300:30:33Tap to summarizeTom Blakely and Jim Fiore talk to Professors Daniel Lyons and Kevin Powers about Elon Musk's "data dump" of documents related to Twitter's content moderation and alleged censoring of conservative opinions, along with the legal implications for the courts.
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Arguing Before SCOTUS
Jul 3, 202300:35:30Tap to summarizeJust Law co-host Tom Blakely interviews Lisa Gochman, who argued the landmark criminal sentencing case Apprendi v. New Jersey before the United States Supreme Court in March 2000. Her recently published memoir, At the Altar of the Appellate Gods (Indiana University Press, October 2022), "captures the terror, wonder, and joy of standing before the nine justices of the Rehnquist Court to defend the constitutionality of New Jersey’s Hate Crime Statute."
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Banning TikTok
Jun 9, 202300:21:33Tap to summarizeJust Law co-hosts Tom Blakely and Jim Fiore talk to Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Daniel Lyons about the growing push to ban the social media platform Tiktok, and implications for free speech and business.
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SVB and the Banking Crisis
May 12, 202300:36:26Tap to summarizeJust Law co-hosts Tom Blakely and Jim Fiore interview BC Law Liberty Mutual Professor Pat McCoy, who helped found the Federal Consumer Protection Bureau before coming to BC Law, about the collapse of SVB and the growing pressure on other banks.
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The Moot Court Experience
Apr 19, 202300:17:04Tap to summarizeHost Tom Blakely interviews Jamie Ehrlich and Bobby Ferullo, winners of last year's Grimes Moot Court Competition, about their experience.
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Legalizing Sports Betting
Apr 5, 202300:36:16Tap to summarizeSports betting is now legal in Massachusetts. Host Tom Blakely talks to Sean Hickey '14, Director of the Legal Department at DraftKings Inc., about the behind the scenes leading up to the decision and the launch, and what it's like to work at one of the biggest names in the business.
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