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Governmental Power and Constitutional Liberty

Prof. Jeffrey Rosen

Professor, GW Law; CEO Emeritus, National Constitution Center

At a dinner party in 1791, Thomas Jefferson pointed to the portraits on his wall, Locke, Bacon, and Newton, and called them the greatest men in history. Alexander Hamilton replied that the greatest man who ever lived was Julius Caesar. From that exchange, Jeffrey Rosen argues, came America's two political parties and the argument that has defined every constitutional crisis…

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Guns & the Law

Garland v. Cargill (on Bump Stocks) Explained

Key Takeaways In Garland v. Cargill, the Supreme Court held 6-3 that a semiautomatic rifle with a bump stock is not a “machinegun” under federal…

ACLU

Defending Words

Prof. Nadine StrossenFormer President, ACLU; Professor Emerita, NY Law School

The First Amendment does not promise an unlimited right to say anything at any time—but its robust protections have long stood as a hallmark of…

Guns & the Law

NYSRPA v. Bruen

Key Takeaways Bruen (2022) held that the Second Amendment protects a right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense and struck down New York's…

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Governmental Power and Constitutional Liberty

Prof. Jeffrey RosenProfessor, GW Law; CEO Emeritus, National Constitution Center
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How Diversity Fails, Even Without Villains

David B. Wilkins on the rational drivers of bias in the legal profession

David B. WilkinsProfessor, Harvard Law School
1:11:06

Negotiation Strategy and Gender

Terri AdlerManaging Partner, Adler & Stachenfeld
1:06:00

Inside Counsel at Scale

C.J. MahoneyChief Legal Officer, Meta
57:00

The Mismatch Critique of Affirmative Action

Prof. Richard SanderProfessor, UCLA School of Law
1:04:34

AI from the Inside

Michael A. GerstenzangFormer Managing Partner, Cleary Gottlieb
1:08:18

Rise of the Legal Technologist

Jason BoehmigFounder, Ironclad
1:25:13

Law as Code: The AI Power Shift

Prof. Scott J. ShapiroProfessor, Yale Law School
58:36

Profit, Technology, and Shifting Law Firm Leverage

Gretta RusanowManaging Director, Citi Law Firm Group
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Building a World Litigation Empire

John B. QuinnFounder and Chairman, Quinn Emanuel
69 min

Law According to Karp

Brad KarpFormer Chairman, Paul, Weiss
1:02:31

Targeting a Foreign President

Scott R. AndersonFellow, Brookings Institution
1:16:58

Bending the Knee

Jeffrey ToobinCNN Legal Analyst
1:11:44

A Healthier Legal Future

Dean David JaffeAssociate Dean, AU Washington College of Law
1:12:10

The AI Threat to Privacy

Daniel SoloveProfessor, GW Law
1:34:07

Defending Words

Prof. Nadine StrossenFormer President, ACLU; Professor Emerita, NY Law School
1:17:19

Trump Orders: Law Firms on the Line

Prof. John MorleyProfessor, Yale Law School
1:30:42

Scroll Control

Profs. Naomi Cahn and Leah PlunkettProfessor, UVA Law | Professor, Harvard Law
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Confronting the Disinformation Engine

Barbara McQuadeProfessor, Michigan Law; Former U.S. Attorney
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Overachieving, Anxiety, & Addiction

Lisa SmithAuthor, Girl Walks Out of a Bar
We have organized our lives so much in legal commitments that we’ve made to one another.… When a crisis like the pandemic comes along, all of a sudden, that system is thrown up in the air, and we’re all trying to reconfigure where we stand.

Columbia Law School Faculty

Law in the Time of COVID-19

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Free Speech Rights

What counts as “incitement” under the First Amendment?

Key TakeawaysSpeech can be punished as incitement only when it is intended to produce imminent lawless action and is likely to do so.The test protects…

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Supreme Court

Sensitive Places under the Second Amendment

Key Takeaways Sensitive places are locations where the government may ban guns without violating the Second Amendment, such as schools, government buildings, legislative assemblies, polling…

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Business and Finance

What is CFIUS?

Key Takeaways CFIUS is a Treasury-chaired interagency committee that reviews foreign investments in U.S. businesses and certain real estate for national security risks. CFIUS usually…

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