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In this episode...Divorce attorney and author, Ron Bavero, discusses his new book, An Elephant Doesn't Marry A Giraffe: Everything I Learned As A Divorce Attorney. Ron shares his experiences as a Divorce Attorney and highlights practical tips for students interested in the practice of family law.  Ron also highlights some of the compelling stories in his book, which dramatically illustrate, in practical terms, what divorcing spouses need to know and how to avoid the critical mistakes which undermine their divorce cases.About our guest...RONALD J. BAVERO, Esq. has been practicing matrimonial and family law for almost forty (40) years. Consistently recognized as one of the top divorce attorneys in this field, Mr. Bavero is listed in America's Most Honored Attorneys - Top 1%; Super Lawyers of New York, Top Attorneys in the New York Metro Area; Who's Who in American Law and Martindale-Hubbell's “Preeminent Ratings for Attorneys” – the highest rating an attorney can achieve for both legal ability and ethics. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, an exclusive group of divorce professionals with a national reputation and has served on the Executive Committee of the New York Bar Association Family Law Section, as well as numerous other bar associations. Apart from his traditional divorce practice, he is also an esteemed educator. For many years, Mr. Bavero taught Matrimonial Law and Practice as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Pace University School of Law. He was also a regular lecturer for the Family Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and more recently has lectured across the State of New York to other divorce attorneys, as a frequent presenter for Matlaw, a renowned Continuing Legal Education Program, as part of its popular annual updates and specialized seminars on topics including matrimonial law, evidence, trial practice, custody matters and divorce arbitration.Drawing upon his many years as a practicing divorce attorney, as well as his experience as an educator and author, Mr. Bavero has not only published his recently released book (“An Elephant Doesn't Marry A Giraffe – Everything I Learned As A Divorce Attorney”) but also maintains a website www.divorcedeverafter.com   where he continues to offer invaluable information and amazing stories about the subject of divorce and separation to people who have or are about to embark upon the journey of divorce

In this episode I am joined again by one of my favorite guests,  with Steve Schwartz, founder and CEO of LSAT Unplugged. Steve explains the new LSAT and provides advice to those taking the LSAT or even thinking about taking the test.   You will learn a bout the changes coming to the logic section and get advice on whether to wait for the new test or take the test in its current iteration. 

In this episode, Professor Josh Galperin, Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law interviews me about equitable remedies and promissory estoppel.Some key takeways...1. Promissory estoppel is an equitable remedy, awarded for fairness when a legal remedy is not available.2. Promissory estoppel is only available in the absence of a legal contract.3. Promissory estoppel is available if      (1) the promisor should reasonably expect to induce action or forbearance on the part of the promisee  (objective evaluation)      (2) the promisee did rely on the promise (subjective evaluation)      (3) injustice can only be avoided by granting a remedyAbout our guest...Professor Josh Galperin teaches contracts, administrative law and environmental law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law. Prior to joining the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, Professor Gelperin was on the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law where he was a two-time winner of the Most Valuable Professor award. Prior to Pitt, he was the Director of the Environmental Protection Clinic, Lecturer in Law, and a Research Scholar at Yale Law School.  He has published extensively on environmental law, with particular emphasis on the role of non-governmental advocates in the creation and maintenance of environmental law, takings and just compensation, invasive species policy, and private environmental governance. Professor Galperin worked for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) where he was a policy analyst and research attorney. Galperin studied law at Vermont Law School where he graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the Vermont Law Review's senior editorial board. He earned a master's degree in environmental management from the Yale School of the Environment (then the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) and a bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in wildlife conservation from the University of Delaware.

In this episode...I speak with Kevin Gregg, a partner at Kurzban, Kurzban,  Tetzeli and Pratt about his experience practicing Immigration Law.  We cover a host of issues including the origins of modern immigration law practice, key entree jobs into the practice area and some ideal first jobs, including internships and government programs.  Mr. Gregg shares information about some little known terrific job opportunities and shares some great insights into growing as a lawyer during the first years of practice.Some key takeaways...1. modern immigration law began with The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.2. The Attorney General's Honors Program is a great way to break into the area of law3. You don't have to be in the top of your class to get a federal internship, nor do you have to secure that internship right out of law school.About our guest...Kevin A. Gregg is a partner with KKTP, practicing in all areas of immigration law, including removal defense, appellate advocacy, federal court litigation, and USCIS representation. Kevin has practiced in the realm of immigration law and litigation for nearly a decade and, due to his years working “behind the bench” for judges, he is uniquely qualified to represent clients in court.  Prior to joining KKTP, he served a one-year Judicial Clerkship with the Honorable Beth F. Bloom in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  Before that, he served for two years as a Judicial Law Clerk and Attorney Advisor in the San Diego Immigration Court, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), through the Attorney General's Honors Program.  Kevin now applies the skills he developed working for judges to represent clients at all stages of immigration proceedings.Kevin is a graduate of Boston University School of Law and the University of Florida.  He is the host of the weekly immigration case law podcast: Immigration Review, available on the KKTP website and all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.   You can find a list of immigration cases he discusses here.  You can reach Mr. Gregg  kgregg@kktplaw.comFollow him on social media at Facebook: @immigrationreviewInstagram: @immigrationreviewTwitter: @immreview

In this episode: I speak with Tony Iliakostas about Entertainment and IP Law.  Tony discusses his entree into the entertainment law practice and shares fascinating details about posthumous personality rights.Some Key Takeways:1. There are ways to distinguish yourself to employers besides grades. You can start a blog, write about topics of interest, etc. 2. When trying to find a job, network, network, network3. Recognize the value that your work as a lawyer contributes to the overall business or social good to which you are contributing.About our guest:Tony Iliakostas, also known as “Prof. T” by his students, is the Manager of ABC News Rights and Clearances and an Adjunct Professor at New York Law School, teaching Entertainment Law and Intellectual Property. In his role at ABC News, Tony handles complex copyright licensing for various ABC News programs, including “Good Morning America,” “20/20,” “Nightline,” and other related ABC News branded programs.  Tony also works closely with the news division's business affairs and legal departments on various risk assessment matters when licensing photos and videos for the broadcasts as well as mitigating any legal claims in the event there is a copyright infringement claim.  Tony also has experience in personality rights licensing, having handled the licensing of various dead celebrities including Albert Einstein, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and other iconic celebrities in his role as Business Affairs Manager at Greenlight. Tony most recently started an Instagram account called @TheIPProfessor as way to encourage, educate, and entertain people about the wonderful world of intellectual property. Tony is a graduate of Fordham University, Class of 2011, and New York Law School, Class of 2014. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know!You can email leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet @lawtofact.-Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook!Review us on iTunes, your opinion matters!-Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact?Join our mailing list by visiting www.LawToFact.com. 

In this episode...Prof. Josh Galperin explains government rule-making authority and provides a broad overview of topics covered in administrative law.Some key takeaways....Administrative law is the law that governs day-to-day government operations. It explains how federal agencies like the EPA, FDA, or SEC get authority to act, restrictions on their actions, and judicial review of their work.Agencies make rules, adjudicate disputes, enforce law, and offer policy guidance.Rules are prospective and general policymaking while adjudication is case-by-case, fact-oriented dispute resolution.Guidance is the process, short of making official rules, where agencies make non-binding predictions about how they expect to exercise their power.About our guest...Professor Josh Galperin is currently a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.  In the Fall of 2021, Prof. Galperin will join the Elisabeth Haub School of Law as an Assistant Professor of Law.  Prior to his position as a Visiting Associate Professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Professor Galperin held several positions at Yale University. He served as Associate Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, as a Research Scholar, Clinical Director, and Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, and as a Lecturer and Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at the Yale School of the Environment. During his time at Yale, Professor Galperin also oversaw the Haub Law/Yale School of the Environment dual degree program and coordinated the Land Use Collaborative, a joint project of the Land Use Law Center and Haub Law and the Yale School of the Environment.

In this episode... Professor Luke Norris, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law explains the difference between Labor Law and Employment Law classes and provides an explanation for why each is worth taking in as an upper-level law school class. As an added bonus, Professor Norris explains the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which the House of Representatives passed earlier in the month. Some key takeaways are... 1. Labor law focuses on the law of collective action and groups, such as unions, in the workplace. 2. Employment law focuses more on individual rights in the workplace. 3. Many schools combine the classes. 4. Regardless of your desired area of practice, both of these classes are worth taking as an upper-level student as a way of deepening your understanding of laws that impact every working adult. About our guest....Professor Luke Norris joined the Richmond Law faculty in 2018. He teaches and writes in the fields of civil procedure, labor and employment law, and constitutional law – with a focus on how these fields intersect with economic and democratic ordering. His publications have appeared or are forthcoming in the NYU Law Review, Fordham Law Review, and U.C. Irvine Law Review. His op-eds and other writing have appeared in Slate, The Guardian, and The Huffington Post. Luke clerked for Judge Robert D. Sack and Judge Guido Calabresi, both of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and was a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. He previously served as a visiting assistant professor at Cardozo Law School and a fellow at Columbia Law School. Luke earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, his M.Sc. from Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship, and his B.A. from Gettysburg College.Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students.  As always if you  if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform.This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review.  Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up. 

In this episode...I speak with Judge, Attorney, Historian, and Prof. John Browning about righting historic wrongs.    Prof. Browning has dedicated the past few years correcting the racial wrongs of State Bars.  Last year, he secured admission for an African American man who aspired to be a lawyer in the 1880s but was denied bar admission because of his race.  He is currently petitioning the New York State Bar to admit Ely S. Parker, a Native American War hero and the First Commissioner of Native American Affairs. Some Key Takeaways... 1. State Supreme Courts have only awarded six posthumous bar admissions for those denied admission based on race.2. Of the 6 posthumous admissions to date, 3 were Asian American men, and 3 were African American.3. Asian Americans were prevented from becoming lawyers based on federal laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act, while African Americans were discriminated against based on specific laws in states like California and Maryland that barred Blacks from becoming lawyers, as well as by systemic racism.4. Due to the lack of scholarship into this area and difficulties in locating documentary evidence of such exclusions, no one knows how many aspiring attorneys of color were prevented from entering the legal profession About our guest... John Browning is a partner at the PlanoTexas office of   Spencer Fane LLP, an Adjunct Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University Dedham School of Law and a former justice on Texas’ Fifth Court of Appeals. The author of five law books and 40 academic articles, Justice Browning is a nationally-recognized thought leader at the intersection of technology and the law whose work has been cited as authority by courts in California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Tennessee, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. He is also a respected legal historian, particularly in the areas of African American and Native American legal history.If you would like to contact Prof. Browning regarding his work you may reach him at jbrowning@spencerfane.comLaw to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students.  As always if you  if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform.This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review.  Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up. 

In this episode...Professor Alexander Greenawalt discusses shares his thoughts, and predictions about California v. Texas, a case pending before the Supreme Court. Among other noteworthy issues, Professor Greenawalt discusses whether Congress has the power under the US Constitution to pass the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)? Why is the constitutionality of the ACA back for the Supreme Court this term? and How is the Supreme Court likely to resolve the dispute?About our guest...Alexander Greenawalt is a Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. He was previously a clerk for the Honorable Stephen F. Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Professor Greenawalt is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and Articles Editor of the Columbia Law Review.Professor Greenawalt’s research focuses on criminal law, international law, and the laws of war. He has taught Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, International Law, Administrative Law, International Criminal Law, United States Foreign Relations Law, and National Security Law. He is a two-time recipient of Pace's Goettel Prize for Faculty Scholarship, and a recipient of the Law School's Richard Ottinger Faculty Achievement Award Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students. As always if you if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform.This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Steve Schwartz, host of LSAT unplugged, explains the new LSAT format and how to prepare for it.Some key takeaways: 1. The LSAT will be four timed sections instead of three.2. The Fourth Section will be experimental3. The time of the LSAT is now extendedAbout our guest....For more than a decade, Steve Schwartz has helped thousands of students get into the law schools of their dreams, win large scholarships, and become successful attorneys. He is the host of LSAT unplugged YouTube channels and LSAT Unplugged podcast. In his quest to help every test-taker achieve their goal, Steve offers a Free Easy LSAT Cheat Sheet and LSAT Free Blog Stuff.Check out all his materials at:LSAT Unplugged PodcastLSAT Unplugged YouTubeLSAT Unplugged Facebook GroupLSAT Blog Free StuffLSAT Easy Cheat Sheet Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students. As always if you if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Nick Santomassimo, a 3L at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University discusses his work experiences during the summers prior to entering law school and his law school summers, and his path to securing post-law school work. Nick's particular interest lies in corporate law and he shares how his decision to spend one summer with a corporation helped him secure a position with a corporate law firm.About our guest...Nick Santomassimo graduated from Marist College in 2018 where he majored in Business Law and earned a certificate in the ABA Recognized Paralegal Certificate Progam. He is expected to graduate with a JD from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in May 2021. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Marc Misthal gives straight forward advice to current and future IP students, explaining the four areas of IP and some tips for those of you who wanted to practice in the area. Sandwiched in between is an exciting discussion about real-life issues facing any IP attorney, particularly those related to social media law.About our GuestMarc Misthal is a partner at the Intellectual Law firm, Gottlieb, Rackman and Reisman where he practices counsels a wide range of clients from around the world, including businesses in the fashion, apparel, computer technology, restaurant, entertainment, jewelry, luxury goods, furniture, cosmetics, retail and consumer goods industries.As part of his practice, Mr. Misthal has represented clients in federal courts around the country, defending and prosecuting claims of trademark, trade dress and copyright infringement, and, when necessary, obtaining injunctive relief. He has also represented clients in Opposition and Cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Mr. Misthal’s experience also includes negotiating license agreements, working with law enforcement to combat counterfeiting, filing and prosecuting trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and filing applications to register copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office.Mr. Misthal has been an adjunct professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He authored a chapter on trademarks and trade dress which appears on the Second Edition of Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives, and Attorneys, contributed to a chapter in the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition’s treatise on trademark anti-counterfeiting, and his articles have appeared in the New York Law Journal and Law360. Mr. Misthal has been quoted on intellectual property issues by The New York Times, Metropolis, Inc., CNBC and others.Mr. Misthal is a frequent speaker who has given presentations about domain name disputes, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and intellectual property issues in social media. Mr. Misthal was also invited to participate in a panel discussion about anti-counterfeiting at a conference on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the digital age held by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students. As always if you if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes.This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, I speak with Professor Maybell Romero, Associate Professor of Law at Nothern Illinois University College of Law about law school post-pandemic. Some key takeaways1. Zoom classes have given professors time and space to offer more in-class assessments, a practice that is likely to migrate into in-person classroom learning.2. Initial hiring practices via video are likely to stay, offering more access to applicants wh can't necessarily afford to travel for that first interview. 3. We do miss seeing our students in person and can't wait to get back into the classroom!About our guestMaybell Romero joined the NIU Law faculty in 2017. She has varied research interests in criminal law, criminal legal system ethics, constitutional law, and juvenile justice; a major focus of her research centers on rural criminal legal systems. At NIU College of Law she teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure: Adjudication, Constitutional Law, Children & The Law, and a seminar on Criminal Justice System Ethics. From 2015 to 2017, Professor Romero was a visiting professor at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. She has served as both a state’s attorney and defense attorney during her decade of practice in Utah, where she also handled child welfare and civil litigation matters. Professor Romero is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.You can find Professor Romero's interesting scholarship here. You can follow her on Twitter @MaybellRomeroAs always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter

In this episode, I speak with Professor Francine J. Lipman, the William Boyd Professor of Law at William Boyd Law School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Some key takeaways,1. Tax is a three-letter word not a four-letter word!2. Undocumented immigrants do pay taxes3. Tax cases are about the human life story4. All students should take taxAbout our guestFrancine J. Lipman is a distinguished accountant, a lawyer, a teacher, and a scholar. After working as a CPA in an international accounting firm and as the Chief Financial Officer for a chain of retail jewelry stores, Professor Lipman turned to law where she served as the Editor in Chief of the UC Davis Law Review and was recognized as an Outstanding Law Student and a member of the Order of the Coif. Following a similarly stellar record in NYU’s Graduate Tax Law Program, where she was a Tax Law Review Scholar, she practiced law with O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Irell & Manella LLP. Professor Lipman joined the faculties of Chapman University’s School of Business and Economics in 2001 and the School of Law in 2003. Professor Lipman is an elected member of the American Law Institute, the American College of Tax Counsel, and the American Bar Foundation, and an editor and former committee chair for the Tax Section of the American Bar Association. She has been a visiting professor at UC Hastings College of Law and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In 2016, Governor Brian Sandoval appointed, and in 2020 Governor Steve Sisolak reappointed, Professor Lipman to serve as Nevada Tax Commissioner. The Nevada Tax Commission consists of eight Nevadans with various professional and business backgrounds. The Commissioners supervise the overall administration and operations of the Nevada Department of Taxation. Professor Lipman has written extensively on tax and accounting issues for legal journals, including the Wisconsin Law Review, Florida Tax Review, Virginia Tax Review, SMU Law Review, Nevada Law Journal, American University Law Review, Harvard Environmental Law Review, Harvard Latino Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation, The Tax Lawyer, The Practical Tax Lawyer, Taxes and Tax Notes. Professor Lipman is a frequent speaker on tax subjects to law and business groups. You can access Professor Lipman's scholarship here. You can follow Professor Lipman on twitter @NarfnampilYou can access Prof. Bridget Crawford's Critical Tax Theory: An Introduction hereAs always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter

In this episode, I speak with Dean Horace Anderson Dean of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University on the importance of voting. About our guest:Dean Horace E. Anderson, Jr. joined the Pace Law School faculty in 2004 from the New York office of White & Case LLP. His practice there focused on intellectual property, privacy and data protection, the Internet, and media and technology law. He was appointed Interim Dean of the Law School in 2018 and was named the ninth Dean of the Law School in December 2019.In addition to his experience in law practice, Professor Anderson has advised companies in business strategy as a consultant at the New York office of Monitor Group, and he worked as a systems integration consultant in the Financial Markets Division of Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). Professor Anderson received a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1996, and a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1991.You can find all our podcasts, available for free at www.lawtofact.com

In this episode ...Professor Jen Reise discusses her program, JD Navigator, a program to help individuals decide whether law school is the right choice. About our guest...Jen Randolph Reise teaches business law as a visiting professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, the first U.S. law school to launch an ABA-approved blended learning J.D. program. She is a securities and corporate governance attorney by training and has worked both in private practice at a large Minneapolis firm and in-house at a public company. She has also founded tech-ed startup JD Navigator as a way to help people considering law school get the information they need, from anywhere.You can check out the JD Navigator course discussed in the podcast, "Should I Go to Law School?" here. Podcast listeners can use the code LAWTOFACT to get the full online course for $99.Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students. As always if you if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes.Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode....Steve Schwartz, LSAT tutor and author of the LSATblog explains the new LSAT Flex Test.About our guest…Steve Schwartz is a full-time author, teacher, and founder of the LSAT Blog and LSAT Unplugged YouTube channel and LSAT Unplugged podcast, with an audience of over 100,000 on LSAT and law school admissions. He's taught the LSAT since 2005 and scored 175 on the LSAT.Check out these links Steve is sharing with usFree LSAT Cheat Sheet: https://bit.ly/lsatcheatsheetFree LSAT Course: https://bit.ly/lsatcourseLSAT Blog Free Stuff: http://lsatblog.blogspot.com/p/lsat-prep-tips.htmlAs always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode ...Zamir Ben-Dan, Community Justice Attorney for Legal Aid Brooklyn shares his experiences as a legal aid attorney and his path to securing his dream job. Mr. Ben-Dan highlights the importance of legal research and writing classes. He also emphasizes the value of networking. The discussion highlights some of his most interesting cases and is a must-listen for law students and lawyers alike. About our guest...Zamir Ben-Dan, Esq. is an attorney at the Legal Aid Society. He did direct representation in the Bronx for four years before joining the Community Justice Unit in November 2019. He is also an adjunct professor in the Black and Latino Studies department at Baruch College.​

In this special episode of law to fact, Professor Heidi K. Brown, Director of Legal Writing and Associate Professor of Law shares very specific pointers for success during online moot court arguments. Some key takeaways are: Make sure your space looks professional. Stand, rather than sitting and dress in courtroom attireKnow that people tend to interrupt online, wait for a moment to speakAlways remember you know your material better than the judges About our guest…Professor Heidi K. Brown is the Director of Legal Writing and Associate Professor of Law.She is a prolific scholar and author on the importance of legal writing, she has published four books on predictive and persuasive legal writing and federal litigation, as well as numerous scholarly articles for law journals. In 2017, she published her fifth book, The Introverted Lawyer: A Seven-Step Journey Toward Authentically Empowered Advocacy. Inspired by her own experience conquering the fear of public speaking during her litigation career, she is passionate about helping law students and lawyers “find their authentic lawyer voices” and overcome anxiety about Socratic legal discourse. Untangling Fear in Lawyering is available at https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/358687385/ Her other books, including The Introverted Lawyer, are available at Amazon.com You can learn more about Prof. Brown at https://www.brooklaw.edu/faculty/directory/facultymember/biography?id=heidi.brown As always, if you have and suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. Tags: Academic SuccessLegal Research and WritingMoot Court1L2LLawLawyerLaw StudentLSATLaw SchoolLaw School ExamsEpisode is LivePublished: Mar. 26, 2019 @12AM EditUnpublishAmplify this EpisodeAdd Chapter MarkersTranscribe this EpisodePromote this EpisodeCreate a Video SoundbiteShare on FacebookShare on Twitter

In this episode...Bridget Crawford, Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, shares key strategies for students engaged in distance learning.Some takeaways are...1. Identify learning objectives from each class and make certain you understand them2. Treat online learning like a classroom experience, dress, sit at a desk3. While in class cameras on, mics offAbout Professsor CrawfordProfessor Bridget J. Crawford teaches Federal Income Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; and Wills, Trusts and Estates at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law. Prof. Crawford has been engaged in distance learning for the past 11 years. Her teaching has received both national and school-wide attention having received every major faculty award (including best professor 8 times!) and Michael Hunter Schwartz' included her in his book, What the Best Teachers Do. Her scholarship focuses on issues of taxation, especially wealth transfer taxation; property law, especially wills and trusts; tax policy; and women and the law. Prior to joining the Pace faculty, Professor Crawford practiced law at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York. Her practice was concerned with income, estate and gift tax planning for individuals, as well as tax and other advice to closely-held corporations and exempt organizations. Professor Crawford is a member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She is the Editor of the ACTEC Journal. Professor Crawford is the former chair of the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education and the AALS Section on Trusts & Estates. She is one of 26 law professors profiled in the book by Michael Hunter Schwartz et al., What the Best Law Teachers Do, recently published by Harvard University Press. From 2008 through 2012, Professor Crawford served as Pace Law School's inaugural Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, and she served again in that role in 2014-2015. Her book Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court (co-edited with Linda L. Berger and Kathryn M. Stanchi), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2016. Her following book, Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions (co-edited with Anthony C. Infanti), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. Professor Crawford is the co-editor of a series of Feminist Judgments books that cover a wide range of subject matters. Most recently, Professor Crawford is a co-author of the seventh edition of Federal Income Taxation: Cases and Materials (with Joel Newman and Dorothy Brown). You can follow Professor Crawford on Twitter at @ProfBCrawford

In this episode...Dean Katheleen Guzman, Interim Dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Law discusses the requirements for validating a will.Some key takeways...1. Many jurisdictions have relaxed the strict common law requirements for wills2. Holographic comes from Holo (whole) and graphic (written) so the holographic will is a will that is handwritten.3. Many states accept holographic wills as proof of the testator's intent.About our guest...Dean Katheleen Guzman joined the OU Law faculty in 1993, where she has taught numerous courses targeting the dimensions of the property and its transfer and writes in related areas.She was named the MAPCO/Williams Presidential Professor in 2000 and the Earl Sneed Centennial Professor of Law in 2015. From 2003 to 2006, she served as associate director of the Law Center and associate dean of academics, and from 2017 to 2018, she served as associate dean for research and scholarship.As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode.Bridget Crawford, Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, walks listeners through the steps necessary to create a distance learning class.Some key takeaways are...1. Take time to understand the platform you will use.2. Decide whether you want to create a synchronistic or asynchronistic class.3. For asynchronistic classes: a. Layout the agenda, prepare a lesson plan, include powerpoint presentations b. Record in bits rather than one long session c. Create post-recording assessments.4. For Synchronistic classes a. Choose your technology b. Set student expectations5. One other option is to hold the class in a conference call format. About Professsor CrawfordProfessor Bridget J. Crawford teaches Federal Income Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; and Wills, Trusts and Estates at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law. Prof. Crawford has been engaged in distance learning for the past 11 years. Her teaching has received both national and school-wide attention having received every major faculty award (including best professor 8 times!) and Michael Hunter Schwartz' included her in his book, What the Best Teachers Do. Her scholarship focuses on issues of taxation, especially wealth transfer taxation; property law, especially wills and trusts; tax policy; and women and the law. Prior to joining the Pace faculty, Professor Crawford practiced law at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP in New York. Her practice was concerned with income, estate and gift tax planning for individuals, as well as tax and other advice to closely-held corporations and exempt organizations. Professor Crawford is a member of the American Law Institute and the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. She is the Editor of the ACTEC Journal. Professor Crawford is the former chair of the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education and the AALS Section on Trusts & Estates. She is one of 26 law professors profiled in the book by Michael Hunter Schwartz et al., What the Best Law Teachers Do, recently published by Harvard University Press. From 2008 through 2012, Professor Crawford served as Pace Law School's inaugural Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, and she served again in that role in 2014-2015. Her book Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Opinions of the United States Supreme Court (co-edited with Linda L. Berger and Kathryn M. Stanchi), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2016. Her following book, Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Tax Opinions (co-edited with Anthony C. Infanti), was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017. Professor Crawford is the co-editor of a series of Feminist Judgments books that cover a wide range of subject matters. Most recently, Professor Crawford is a co-author of the seventh edition of Federal Income Taxation: Cases and Materials (with Joel Newman and Dorothy Brown). You can follow Professor Crawford on Twitter at @ProfBCrawford

In this episode... I speak with Nina Kohn, the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education at Syracuse University College of Law about developing on-line classes for legal education. Some key takeaways...1. Online classes are asynchronous or synchronous. Asynchronous classes are recorded and students can watch them on their own time. Synchronous classes are live. Students are all present at the same time and the professor is able to engage in dialog.2. Developing an online class is not as difficult as one might think (and Prof. Kohn explains how to make it happen)3. The key to creating an online class is to first identify goals and principles.4. Faculty can deliver the Socratic method through online learning.About our guest... Nina A. Kohn is the David M. Levy Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Online Education at Syracuse University College of Law, a faculty affiliate with the Syracuse University Aging Studies Institute, and a member of the American Law Institute. Professor Kohn is currently a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School for the 2020-2021 academic year. Kohn led the development and launch of Syracuse University College of Law’s online JD program (“JDinteractive” or “JDi”). The program is the nation’s first fully interactive online JD program. In addition to teaching Torts to JDi students, Kohn oversees the program’s continuing development and operations.Professor Kohn’s scholarly research focuses on elder law and the civil rights of older adults and persons with diminished cognitive capacity.

In this episode...1st Lieutenant Officer Steven Arango, USMC, and Federal Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. in the Southern District of Texas shares his wisdom about life as a law student and beyond. We cover a range of topics including JAG Corps, Study Skills, post-law school employment and the importance of mentors. 1st Lt Arango works with veterans attending college and law school to help them succeed in their academic studies. Our discussion is of great value to military personal and anyone else thinking about, enrolled in or graduated from law school.Some key takeaways...1. Build relationships with professors while in law school. They can help you years after you graduate.2. Find a mentor to help you navigate the legal world.3. Outline your classes on your own. The outlining process is where you can do your best learning.About our guest...1st Lt Steven Arango is an officer in the United States Marine Corps, a lawyer, and a dedicated public servant. Arango is always seeking opportunities to join non-profit organizations and to mentor others. Currently, he is a Federal Law Clerk for U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. in the Southern District of Texas. Arango conducts research and drafts opinions on various issues dealing with immigration, constitutional, and administrative law. He also manages and drafts all orders related to land cases, mainly dealing with Southern Border issues.Before his clerkship, Arango worked for the U.S. House of Representatives, specifically for Representative Jeff Duncan (SC), and for the Department of Defense in the Office of General Counsel, International Affairs. He has been fortunate to work in all three branches of government at an early age, and learn how the federal government operates.1st Lt Arango is a law school and undergraduate Ambassador to Service to School, a non-profit that provides free college and grad school application counseling to military veterans and servicemembersClick here to reach 1st Lieutenant Officer Arango. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode ...Professor Wayne Barnes, Professor of Law at Texas A & M School of Law and a lecturer with Kaplan Bar Prep explains consideration in contracts.Some key takeaways...1. Consideration is a bargained-for exchange2. The promisor must receive something of value in exchange for his promise3. The thing of value can be a return promise or performance. About our guest...Professor Wayne Barnes teaches and writes about contract law. His scholarly interests focus on contract law, including the implications of contract theory for ascertaining assent by consumers to standard form contracts. He has especially focused on such assent to form contracts in the online Internet context, and the implications of the online environment for the contracting process. He is a co-editor of the student edition of the venerable White & Summers treatise on the Uniform Commercial Code, the Learning Core Commercial Concepts coursebook by West Academic, and The Short & Happy Guide to Secured Transactions. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M, Professor Barnes practiced law for eight years in commercial litigation, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, first at a law firm in Amarillo, Texas, and later at a large Dallas law firm. He is also the lead national Kaplan lecturer for Contracts and the Uniform Commercial Code, and also lectures for PMBR on MBE preparation.Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students. As always if you if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Professor Karl Coplan, Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Litigation Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University discusses his new book, Live Sustainably Now: A Low Carbon Vision of the Good Life, published by Columbia University Press. Professor Coplan shares ways, both small and large, in which each of us can lower our carbon footprints, and together make a difference in the fight against climate change. Live Sustainably Now reads as much as a memoir as it does a call to arms. Coplan shares how he lives on a 4-ton annual carbon budget by kayaking across the Hudson River to work or inserting a wood stove to heat his home, through what he calls Carbon Diaries. Each Diary is a fun read and an aspirational example of helping with climate change. He presents his efforts through what he calls Carbon Diaries, each of which is fun to read through his Carbon Diaries. , which include --- carbon life, sharing his carbon diary (like how he kayaks to work or rode his bike rather than drives). But unlike so many books on climate change, this book is neither unreasonably aspirational nor preachy. Coplan recognizes that his efforts may be other herculean and offers small reasonable steps that each of us can take to effect change, and feel good doing so. (check out the chapter on Having Fun on a Climate budget!) He also clearly explains what factors work against our climate and does so -- easily and understandably. Filled with information sandwiched between personal highlights, it is an interesting read; You are likely to finish it in one sitting.Some key takeaways....1. Every flight across the country emits enough carbon monoxide to fill a house2. Of all protein production, Pork and Meat production emits the highest levels of carbon monoxide.3. Doing something as simple as switching to renewable energy will make a difference4. The easiest and best step we can each take is to check our carbon footprints.

In this episode...Three writing expert writing professors share their advice and key strategies to assure success on the appellate brief. Christine Coughlin, Professor of Legal Writing at Wake Forest School of Law, Jean Goetz Mangan, Legal Writing Instructor at the University of Georgia School of Law and Ruth Anne Robbins, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School highlight the importance of pre-writing, narrative and even font choice when drafting the brief. And we all share the fear we first felt, and fun we finally had, when arguing the brief.Some key takeaways...1. Chart the arguments both pro and con before you begin writing your argument.2. Document design can improve the quality of your brief. 3. Headings are the prime real estate of your appellate brief.4. There is a huge value to pre-writing.Our experts share some key reference books for you to check out!Ruth Ann Robbins, Ken Chestek and Steve Johansen, Your Client’s Story: Persuasive Legal Writing (2d ed. 2019)Christine Coughlin, Jean Malmud Rocklin et. al, A Lawyer WritesRuth Anne Robbins, Painting with Print: Incorporating Concepts of Typographic and Layout Design into the Text of Legal Writing DocumentsLaura P. Graham and Miriam E. Felsenburg, The Pre-Writing Handbook for Law Students: A Step by Step GuideAs always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes.Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. Feed Spot's Top 50 Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020 . FM Player's Best Law Shool Podcasts (2020).This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode...I speak with Sarah Morath, Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Lawyering Skills and strategies at The University of Houston Law Center, about drafting a scholarly article. Most law schools have an upper-level writing requirement. Expert Sarah Morath provides valuable insights to help you get the job done right!!Some key takeaways...1. Scholarly articles must have a legal "so what." Be careful not to write an undergraduate thesis.2. Footnotes for law review articles are different from those in a memorandum of law or appellate brief. Use the main part of the Bluebook for reference.3. Pick a topic that interests you, you will be with the topic for a long time. Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students. As always if you if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Professor Amy Gajda, the Class of 1937 Professor of Law at Tulane Law School explains the four privacy torts and shares discusses the likely impact of recent cases including Bollea v. Gawker (The Hulk Hogan Case)Some key takeaways are... The Privacy Rights are(1) Misappropriation - use of another's name or identity without permission.(2) Intrusion into seclusion - peering in on someone who is in seclusion.(3) Publication of private facts (the gossip tort) publishing of private information about another person that is highly offensive and not newsworthy.(4) False Light - which is similar to the tort of defamation and not accepted in all jurisdictions.About our guest...Amy Gajda is recognized internationally for her expertise in privacy, media law, torts, and the law of higher education; her scholarship explores the tensions between social regulation and First Amendment values. Gajda’s first book, The Trials of Academe (Harvard 2009), examines public oversight of colleges and universities and its impact on academic freedom. Her later work draws on insights from her many years as an award-winning journalist and focuses on the shifting boundaries of press freedoms, particularly in light of the digital disruption of traditional media and rising public anxieties about the erosion of privacy. Her second book, The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press (Harvard 2015), explores these boundaries in the context of judicial oversight of journalistic news judgment. Gajda is presently at work on a third book, The Secret History of the Right to Privacy, under contract with Viking and slated to be published in 2021. Her upcoming book, tentatively titled The Secret History of the Right To Privacy will be published by Viking Press. In Fall 2019, the American Law Institute appointed her to serve as an Adviser for its new Restatement on Defamation and Privacy, a multi-year project that begins in 2020. You can hear Professor Gajda's take on the Hulk Hogan case and its fallout, by visiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnaCDyP_k7s&t=109sThis episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode...Professor Victor Flatt, The Dwight Olds Chair in Law at The University of Houston Law Center and the 2019 Haub School of Law at Pace University Visiting Scholar, explains the requirements of Model Rule of Professional Responsibility 1.6(b), which permits attorneys to disclose information to prevent death or serious bodily harm and how bar associations can use the rule to prevent further climate change. He presents his theory in his most recent article, Disclosing the Danger: State Attorney Ethics Rules MEet Climate Change, to be published in the Utah Law Review.About our guest...Professor Victor B. Flatt returned to the University of Houston in 2017 as the Dwight Olds Chair in Law and the Faculty Director of the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources (EENR) Center. He also holds an appointment as a Distinguished Scholar of Carbon Markets at the University of Houston’s Global Energy Management Institute. He was previously the inaugural O’Quinn Chair in Environmental Law at UHLC from 2002-2009.Professor Flatt’s teaching career began at the University of Washington’s Evins School of Public Affairs, and he has previously taught at Georgia State University College of Law, and most recently at the University of North Carolina School of Law, where he was the inaugural Taft Distinguished Professor in Environmental Law and the Co-Director of the Center for Climate, Energy, Environment, and Economics (CE3).Professor Flatt is a recognized expert on environmental law, climate law, and energy law. His research focuses on environmental legislation and enforcement, with particular expertise in the Clean Air Act and NEPA. He is co-author of a popular environmental law casebook, and has authored more than 40 law review articles, which have appeared in journals such as the Notre Dame Law Review, Ecology Law Quarterly, Washington Law Review, Houston Law Review and the Carolina Law Review. Six of his articles have been recognized as finalists or winner of the best environmental law review article of the year, and one was recognized by Vanderbilt University Law School and the Environmental Law Institute as one of the three best environmental articles of 2010, leading to a seminar and panel on the article in a Congressional staff briefing.Professor Flatt has served on the AALS sub-committees on Natural Resources and Environmental Law and was chair of the AALS Teaching Methods Section. He has served on many other boards and committees in his career including the national board of Lambda Legal, and the Law School Admission Council’s Gay and Lesbian Interests section. He is currently on the Advisory Board of CE3, a member of the ABA’s Section on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Law Congressional Liaison Committee, and a member scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform.Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students. As always if you if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on t

In this episode...Judge Lisa Margaret Smith, Magistrate Judge, Southern District of New York and Professor Michael Mushlin, Elisabeth Haub School of Law share their experience jointly teaching their 1L Civil Procedure class with a courtroom component. The program gives the students a flavor of the practical aspects of civil procedure and a context within which to grasp doctrinal concepts. Their approach supplements the traditional casebook materials and typical Socratic teaching method used in first-year law courses by challenging students to draft court documents, allowing them to visit a federal court and meet regularly with the judge. Their approach recognizes the disconnect between 1L doctrinal classroom teaching and the practice of law. This class provides students with context, which translates to a greater interest in and understanding of Civil Procedure Substantive law. The experience has been a huge hit among those who have had the good fortune of taking the class. You can read more about the class, including an analysis of the benefits and costs of the program in Judge Smith and Professor Mushlin's article, The Professor and the Judge: Introducing First-Year Law Students to the Law in Context, 63 J. Legal. Educ. 460 (2014). This episode is of value to law students, who will learn the importance of courtroom experience. Judge Smith also explains how law students can gain access to a courtroom even if students do not have the benefit of a formal program. The episode is equally important to law professors. Professor Mushlin's first-hand experience is enough to convince any law professor to incorporate some experiential work into every doctrinal class.Some key takeaways are...1. Students learn better when they understand the context of the material2. Many schools overlook the fact that students do not have context as they have never been in a courtroom before, and, if they are first-generation law students, they do not have exposure to the legal profession.3. Skills assignments and courtroom exposure during the 1L year increase student investment in the subject matter. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com.

In this episode… Ryan Williams, of Mitchell Hamline School of Law and a member of the Kaplan Bar Prep faculty, explains subject matter jurisdiction. About our guest…Professor Williams is a Yale University and Georgetown Law graduate, specializing in Civil Procedure, Torts and Bar preparation. He currently teaches at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and as a bar exam expert lecturer for Kaplan. He has also published numerous articles on national security, and in 2014 was named one of the top law Professors of color in America by Lawyers of Color Magazine. Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students. As always if you if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode… Today’s episode is a viewer request. I was asked to create a podcast on summary judgment and went right to the expert, Ryan Williams, of Mitchell Hamline School of Law and a member of the Kaplan Bar Prep faculty. In this episode, he clearly explains summary judgment in a way that will be sure to help you excel on exams.Some key takeaways are: 1. Summary judgment is a tool for courts to dispose of a case without holding a trial.2. A party is granted summary judgment if in light of the facts presented, a reasonable juror could only find for the moving party. 3. Either party can ask for summary judgmentAbout our guest…Professor Williams is a Yale University and Georgetown Law graduate, specializing in Civil Procedure, Torts and Bar preparation. He currently teaches at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and as a bar exam expert lecturer for Kaplan. He has also published numerous articles on national security, and in 2014 was named one of the top law Professors of color in America by Lawyers of Color Magazine. Law to Fact is a podcast about law school for law school students. As always if you if you have any suggestions for an episode topic concerning any matter related to law school, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, I speak with law school observer and law student Kayla Molina, a 2L at the University of Oklahoma School of Law. Kayla tweets under the handle @canpanicnow. Her tweets are clever, very clever but are also encouraging to law students. As a 1L Kayla tweeted about issues that concerned her. creating a community beyond that of her law school. As a first-generation law student, she took to Twitter to expand her community. And it has truly expanded, with lawyers, professors, and upper-level students all responding to questions like what are the best bluebook tips to exactly what courtroom attire means to just how to stay positive in after finals. In this episode, we discuss how twitter informed her law school experience. Her takeaway from all of this is, roll with the punches, you are only in law school once and enjoy it. Focus on the big picture. You can follow Kayla @canpanicnow on Twitter.Law to Fact is the only podcast where law professors help law students excel in Law School. We are happy to address any law school issues you may have. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes.Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, I speak with Los Angelos based attorney Gordon Firemark, about the practice of Entertainment Law.Some key takeaways are...1. Network with entertainment lawyers to make key connections2. Build your brand by posting about interesting entertainment law topics3. Take tax law!4. Mr. Firemark offers a great internship opportunity to work with him on his podcast. Listen for details at the end of the show. About our guest...Gordon Firemark helps artists, writers, producers, and directors achieve their dreams in the fields of theater, film, television and new media. Since his admission to practice in 1992, he has focused his attention on providing sound practical, legal and strategic advice to his clients so they can make smart deals, grow their businesses, and do great things.Gordon is the producer and host of Entertainment Law Update., a podcast for artists and professionals in the entertainment industries. His practice also covers intellectual property, cyberspace, new media and business/corporate matters for clients in the entertainment industry. He is the author of The Podcast, Blog and New Media Producer's Legal Survival Guide.Mr. Firemark served two terms as President of the Board of Directors of The Academy for New Musical Theatre (now renamed New Musicals, Inc.). In the past he has served on the Boards of Governors of The Los Angeles Stage Alliance , (the organization responsible for the annual Ovation Awards for excellence in Theater) and the Beverly Hills Bar Association, where he served as liason to the Association's Entertainment Law Section (of which he is a former chairman).As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. If you're currently in law school, interested in attending law school, or simply want to learn more about law school or the legal field, subscribe to Law to Fact. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode…Professor Allen Rostron, the Associate Dean of Students, William R. Jacques Constitutional Law Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law, explains the First Amendment as it relates to freedom of speech and provides an outstanding analytical framework for those challenged with answering a free speech question on an exam or the bar.Some key takeaways are... 1. Speech is both verbal and non-verbal communication and includes images, instrumental musical communication or even tattoos. 2. The Government can regulate speech in certain instances.3. The government may always regulate obscenity. 4. In order to understand whether the government can regulate non-verbal speech one must look at intent and understanding5. The government can regulate Commercial speech, student speech and spending limits in limited instances. About our guest… Professor Allen Rostron teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, tort law, products liability, and conflict of laws.Before becoming a teacher, Rostron worked in Washington, D.C. as a Senior Staff Attorney at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, where he was part of a nationwide litigation effort that included lawsuits brought against gun manufacturers by several dozen major cities and counties. Rostron began his career working as a law clerk for Judge Thomas S. Ellis III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and then as a litigation associate at the Cravath Swaine & Moore law firm in New York City.Professor Rostron’s research and writing has had a significant impact on several areas of law. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin relied on one of his articles in a decision in which it became the first court in the nation to impose proportional or “market share” liability on manufacturers of lead paint. In another article, Professor Rostron suggested a new approach to regulation of high-powered sniper rifles, and that approach was subsequently enacted into law in the District of Columbia and incorporated into proposed federal legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. If you're currently in law school, interested in attending law school, or simply want to learn more about law school or the legal field, subscribe to Law to Fact. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Prof. Michael Morley, Associate Professor of Law at Florida State University College of Law, explains the essentials of election law. This episode is a must listen to for any student of election law and incredibly informative for those who just want to learn a little bit more about our electoral process, our electoral history and the meaning of Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission.Some key takeways are...1. The right to vote is not absolute2. If the burden on the right to vote is too onerous, the right is violated3. Congress can legislate state and local elections under the enforcement clause. About our guest...Professor Morley joined FSU Law in 2018, and teaches and writes in the areas of election law, constitutional law, remedies and the federal courts. Before joining FSU Law, Professor Morley was an associate professor at Barry University School of Law. Prior to his experience in academia, he held numerous positions in both private practice and government, including as special assistant at the Office of the General Counsel, Department of the Army, at the Pentagon, clerk for Judge Gerald B. Tjoflat, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and as an associate at Winston & Strawn, LLP, in Washington, D.C. Professor Morley earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2003, where he was a senior editor on the Yale Law Journal, served on the moot court board and received the Thurman Arnold Prize for Best Oralist in the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals.As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. If you're currently in law school, interested in attending law school, or simply want to learn more about law school or the legal field, subscribe to Law to Fact. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Professor Ann Lipton, the Michael M. Fleishman Associate Professor of Business Law and Entrepreneurship at Tulane Law School explains how to evaluate whether a financial product is a security and therefore subject to securities law regulations. Some key takeaways are...1. Stocks and Bonds are securities.2. Securities are subject to disclosure regulations unless they fall into legislated exceptions.3. To avoid securities regulation requirements companies and individuals try to disguise products as something other than securities.4. Courts have developed several tests to evaluate whether a product is a security; the most prominent of which is the Howey test.About our guest...Ann M. Lipton is an experienced securities and corporate litigator who has handled class actions involving some of the world’s largest companies. She joined the Tulane Law faculty in 2015 after two years as a visiting assistant professor at Duke University School of Law. In 2016, she was named as Tulane's first Michael M. Fleishman Associate Professor in Business Law and Entrepreneurship. Professor Lipton clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter and 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edward Becker before handling securities and corporate litigation at the trial and appellate levels at law firms in New York City. She also worked briefly for the Securities and Exchange Commission.As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode... I speak with Pamela Davidson, Esq., Director of Legal Recruitment with Special Counsel, about her book, 100 Days to Your Next Job for Law Students and New JDs Some key takeaways are...1. Shop for your dream job on Indeed.com or other recruitment sites.2. "Law is a career of service and lawyers love to give back." Take advantage and Network.3. Ask for Help. Check out the Ted Talk on How to Ask For Help and Get a Yes.About our guest...Pamela Davidson, Esq. is a Director of Legal Recruiting with Legal Counsel, a legal recruiting firm focusing on placements with law firms and corporate legal departments. Prior to joining Special Counsel, Pamela was the Senior Assistant Dean of the Career Resources Department at Western State College of Law, an ABA-approved law school. in that position, Pamela worked with hundreds of law students, recent graduates, and alumni, providing support as they achieved their career goals. Pamela organized workshops, programs and events on topics ranging from resume creation and interview skills to alternative (JD preferred) career paths. She also provided extensive individualized coaching on salary negotiation, business etiquette, networking, professional development, and other essential job-related skills. Prior to joining Western State, Pamela was a legal recruiter in Orange County, placing candidates with law firms and corporate legal departments.Pamela Holds her B.A. from UCLA, her J.D. and Certificate of Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law, and an M.A. in Speech Communication from California State University, Fullerton. She has taught upper and lower division communication courses at CSUF and previously taught the Interviewing & Counseling course at Western State College of Law.100 Days to Your Next Job for Law Students and New JDs is intended as a comprehensive job search guide for recent graduates heading into the legal market. 100 Days is available through West Academic and also on Amazon.Pamela can be reached at 100DaysBook@gmail.com.As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. If you're currently in law school, interested in attending law school, or simply want to learn more about law school or the legal field, subscribe to Law to Fact. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode...Professor Marjorie Kornhauser, the John E. Koerner Professor of Law Emerita at Tulane Law School, gives her top reasons why every student should take a tax class while in law school.Some key takeaways are...1. You don't need to know math to excel in a tax class.2. There are tax implications in almost every area of law practice.3. Without tax our government can't provide any services to its citizens.About our guest...Professor Marjorie Kornhauser is a renowned tax scholar who has published extensively and is a sought-after speaker on tax topics throughout the U.S. and abroad. She began her teaching career in 1984 at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and joined the Tulane Law School faculty in 1992, remaining until 2006, when she began teaching at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. She rejoined the faculty from 2013-until 2016. She also has taught as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School and Boston College Law School.Her research focuses on the intersection of federal income taxation and society.Kornhauser created and currently runs TaxJazz: The Tax Literacy Project. TaxJazz provides ordinary individuals, teachers and communities easily accessible, non-partisan, information about tax and tax policy so they may participate in an informed way in a rational debate about the future of American tax policy. Among its activities is a one-week curriculum which Tulane Law students—under her supervision—teach in New Orleans high schools.You can reach Professor Kornhauser at taxjassproject@gmail.com or at marjorie.kornhauser@tulane.eduIf you're currently in law school, interested in attending law school, or simply want to learn more about law school or the legal field, subscribe to Law to Fact.

In this episode....Steve Schwartz, LSAT tutor and author of the LSATblog shares the 5 Myths about studying for the LSAT and explains the proper approach to assure LSAT success.Some key takeaways are: 1. Five to six months is the ideal amount of study time to ace the LSAT.2. Take the LASER approach to studying for the LSAT: Learning, Accuracy, Sections, Exam and Review.3. Practice with real official LSAT questions.About our guest…Steve Schwartz is a full-time author, teacher, and founder of the LSAT Blog and LSAT Unplugged YouTube channel and LSAT Unplugged podcast, with an audience of over 100,000 on LSAT and law school admissions. He's taught the LSAT since 2005 and scored 175 on the LSAT. Check out these links Steve is sharing with usFree LSAT Cheat Sheet: https://bit.ly/lsatcheatsheetFree LSAT Course: https://bit.ly/lsatcourseLSAT Blog Free Stuff: http://lsatblog.blogspot.com/p/lsat-prep-tips.htmlAs always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode…Professor Lawrence Levine, Director of the Summer Program in Salzburg and Professor of Law at McGeorge School of Law explains the Tort concept of Res Ipsa Loquitur. Some key takeaways are…1. Res ipsa loquitur is a type of circumstantial evidence for proving negligence.2. To prove res ipsa loquitur one must show a. The harm would not have happened but for a negligent act b. The defendant most likely had control over the instrumentality that caused the harm 3. Do not get intimidated by latin phrases. About our guest… Professor Lawrence Levine is the Director of the Summer Program in Salzburg and Professor of Law at McGeorge School of Law where he teaches Torts, Sexual Orientation and the Law and Legal Profession. After graduating from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law with honors, Professor Levine clerked for Judge Eugene F. Lynch (U.S. District Court, Northern District of California). He then was an associate with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco for two years. Professor Levine was also an adjunct faculty member of UC Hastings College of Law before coming to McGeorge in 1985. Professor Levine has authored several books and articles on the subject of torts. He is the co-author of A Torts Anthology and is a co-author of the torts treatise, Understanding Torts, and a torts casebook, Tort Law and Practice. Professor Levine lectures on Criminal Law for Kaplan Bar Review. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes.Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Professor Christine Coughlin, Professor of Legal Writing, Wake Forest Law School, shares tips for success on the open memorandum of law.Some key takeways are...1. Clear thinking will lead to clear writing.2. Research is a recursive process3. Set a personal due date a few days before the final due date4. Your grade on the closed memorandum does not necessarily predict your grade on the open memorandum or on your examsAbout our guest...Professor Coughlin is a multiple-award winning teacher, recognized for both her teaching and scholarship. She is the recipient of the the 2017 Mary S. Lawrence Award from the Legal Writing Institute, the Wake Forest University Teaching and Learning Center's Teaching Innovation Award, the Joseph Branch Award for Excellence in Teaching and a multi-year recipient of the Graham Award for Excellence in Teaching Legal Research and Writing. Professor Coughlin also has appointments in the Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Wake Forest School of Medicine's Translational Science Institute. She is a core faculty member in the Wake Forest University Center for Bioethics, Health & Science.

In this episode...Professor John Humbach, Professor of Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law discusses the notion that crime is caused by culpable mental states (such as intentions) and describes how criminal justice could be different if we stopped focusing so much on assigning "blame" and paid more attention to how we can best prevent crimes from happening in the first place. Some key Takeways...1. 25% of American adults have criminal records.2. 30% are of young people are arrested by the time they are 23.3. Our criminal justice system focuses is flawed because it continues to punish based on traditional notions of blameworthiness.4. Punishment would be much more effective if it took into account more modern findings of neuroscience.About our guest… Professor John Humbach is a professor of law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law where he teaches, among other subjects, Criminal Law, Property and Professional Responsibility. He is the author of Whose Monet? An Introduction to the American Legal System; a seminal book for law school orientation. Professor Humbach practiced corporate/securities law for five years on Wall Street before entering law teaching in 1971. Most of his teaching experience before coming to Pace in 1977 was at Fordham Law School, but he also taught at Brooklyn Law School and as a visiting professor at the University of Illinois and the University of Hawaii. He has authored a number of articles in the areas of property law and professional responsibility, as well as computer-assisted instruction programs for first-year property students. He serves as chairman of his community Architectural Review Board, and was active in the preservation of the 22,000 acre Sterling Forest, at the edge of the NYC metropolitan area. Professor Humbach served as James D. Hopkins Chair in Law during the 1993–1995 academic years.As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, I explain the four levels of MPC Intent: Purposeful, Knowingly, Recklessly and Negligently and provide context for understanding their differences. Some Key Takeaways are...1. One is purposeful when it is their goal to accomplish the harm2. One acts knowingly when it is not their goal but they are pretty darn certain their conduct will cause the harm.3. One acts recklessly when they are personally aware of a risk that their conduct will cause the harm.4. One acts negligently when they may not be aware their conduct will cause the harm but a reasonable person would be aware of such an occurance.

In this episode, Professor Andrea Armstrong, Law Visiting Committee Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law explains how to evaluate the constitutionality of a stop and a frisk. Professor Armstrong centers her discussion on Terry v. Ohio and provides an essential understanding of both the law and its background.Some key takeaways are...1. Police may not detain persons absent reasonable suspicion.2. Courts define reasonable suspicion as specific and articulable facts from which suspicion can be made - something between a gut hunch and probable cause3. Police may frisk someone if they have reasonable suspicion that the person is armed or dangerous.About our guest...Professor Armstrong is a Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law. She is a leading national expert on prison and jail conditions and is certified by the U.S. Department of Justice as a Prison Rape Elimination Act auditor. Her research focuses on the constitutional dimensions of prisons and jails, specifically prison labor practices, the intersection of race and conditions of incarceration, and public oversight of detention facilities. She teaches in the related fields of constitutional law, criminal law, race and the law, and constitutional criminal procedure. Andrea Armstrong is co-chair of the Community Advisory Group for the New Orleans MacArthur Safety and Justice Challenge and a founding board member of the Promise of Justice Initiative, a non-profit organization focused on death penalty abolition and prison conditions. Professor Armstrong is a graduate of Yale Law School, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, where she completed her M.P.A. in International Relations, and New York University.As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Chris Fromm, Executive Director of Institutional and Supplemental Programs at Kaplan Bar Review and Kaplan Bar Review and adjunct Professor at Hastings Law School explains Hearsay law. He has passed the bar exam in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon and Hawaii. Professor Fromm heads all educational aspects of Kaplan’s Institutional Programs, from hiring and training new lecturers to developing curriculum for more than a dozen schools and over 1000 students.Some key takeaways are..About our guest...Professor Chris Fromm lectures nationally on hearsay and other issue related to the multistate bar exam. He has passed the bar exam in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon and Hawaii. Professor Fromm heads all educational aspects of Kaplan’s Institutional Programs, from hiring and training new lecturers to developing curriculum for more than a dozen schools and over 1000 students. He began his career at a prosecutor at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. In addition to his work with Kaplan, Professor Fromm is an adjunct professor at UC Hastings Law Scholo, University of San Fransisco Law School and Santa Clara School of Law. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Mike Cohn, Founder, and President of Berkley Development shares his own journey out of the law. He begins with a fateful phone call that took him out of the litigation practice he spent three years preparing for and into real estate, a practice area he knew nothing about, but ended up being ideal. Mike has the benefit of perspective and shares with us his first-hand understanding that one’s first job out of law school is likely to look nothing like the jobs you hold down the road. Some key takeaways are...1. The law that interests you when you enter law school is not necessarily the law that interests you when you leave.2. After your first job, your work product becomes your resume.3. Acquire mentors. Different mentors are helpful for different reasons.4. Envision your life in 5-7 years and then work backward. What steps must you take to reach that 5-7 year goal? About our guest...After running numerous large retail platforms over the course of his 30 years in commercial real estate, in 2016 Mike Cohn founded Berkley Development, an Atlanta based real estate investment firm. Berkley Development specializes in the capitalization and development/redevelopment of commercial and mixed-use development projects throughout the Sun Belt. Prior to founding Berkley, Mike was the co-founder of Lennar Commercial, a Miami FL based subsidiary of Lennar Corporation, Previously, Mike was Executive Vice President at Cousins Properties in Atlanta overseeing Cousins nationwide retail platform, and Senior Managing Director at Faison & Associates responsible for Faison's development and operating platform in the Southeastern US. Mike began his career as a commercial real estate attorney at Troutman Sanders, an Atlanta based international law firm.Mike received a BBA with high distinction in Accounting and Finance from Emory University and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of Florida College of Law. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, Ellie Margolis, Professor of Law at the Beasley Law School at Temple University discusses some common pitfalls students face in their legal writing and analysis classes. We share a deep respect for legal writing and agree that legal writing courses are among the most important and most relevant classes you will take while in law school. Some key takeaways are: 1. Don’t wait until the last minute to write your paper. A good memorandum requires revisions.2. Don’t be adversarial, be honest.3. Write to your intended audience.4. Follow samples of good writing.5. And my favorite: Don’t write a book report. DO NOT describe cases, use cases to make your argument. About our guest…Professor Margolis is a published expert on appellate brief writing and advocacy. Her scholarship often labeled “ground-breaking,” is widely cited in legal writing textbooks, law review articles, and appellate briefs. Before joining the Temple faculty in 1996, Professor Margolis taught at Vermont Law School, where she was Assistant Director of the Legal Writing Program. She also had a prestigious Skadden Fellowship to practice public interest law at Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services, where she represented clients on matters involving receipt of public benefits and unemployment.You can follow Professor Margolis on twitter @elliemargolis As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode...Professor Michael Mushlin, Professor of Law, at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University responds to one of the most perplexing issues for law students: How do the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure fit within the Civil Procedure class framework. This episode is essential for any student studying Civil Procedure. Some key takeaways are: 1. The Rules Cover the Waterfront (that they apply to everything) 2. The Rules are Indecipherable (that you can't read them even if you try) 3. The Rules are Divinely Inspired (courts are not permitted to interpret them) 4. The Rules Don't Always Apply as Written. About our guest… Professor Michael B. Mushlin teaches Civil Procedure, Evidence, and Prisoners' Rights. He is the author of book chapters, and articles on a variety of subjects involving evidence, federal jurisdiction, civil procedure, children's rights, and prisoners' rights that have appeared in journals such as the Yale Law and Policy Review, UCLA Law Review, Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review, The Journal of Legal Education, Brooklyn Law Review, and the Fordham Urban Law Journal. He also is the author of RIGHTS OF PRISONERS (4th ed West) a four-volume comprehensive treatise on the law regarding prisoners' rights and NEW YORK EVIDENCE WITH OBJECTIONS (4th ed National Institute of Trial Advocacy 2013) (with Jo Ann Harris).Professor Mushlin was appointed Charles A. Frueauff Research Professor of Law during the 1991-1992 academic year, and James D. Hopkins Chair in Law during the 2005-2007 academic years at Pace Law School. He received his J.D. cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law. Professor Mushlin practiced as a public interest and civil rights lawyer for 15 years as staff attorney with Harlem Assertion of Rights, Inc., as staff attorney and Project Director of the Prisoners' Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society, and as Associate Director of the Children's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on FaceBook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com. This episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.

In this episode, I speak with legal writing authority, and professional treasure Bryan Garner about his most recent book, Garner's Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Contracts, published by West Academic. Some key takeaways are:1. Unlike most legal writing, contract writing is about the future; it guides parties about what will happen next in their relationship with each other.2. Precision matters in contract writing. Precise writing will create unmistakably and help to avoid conflict in the future.3. Every lawyer, regardless of the area of law in which they practice, needs a merger clause.About our guest:Bryan Garner is the authority on legal writing. He is the editor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary and the author of many leading works on legal style, including A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, The Elements of Legal Writing Style, Garner's The Redbook: A Manual of Legal Style, The Winning Brief, and The Winning Oral Argument. He has co-written two books with Justice Antonin Scalia; Reading the Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts and Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges. His magnum opus is the 897-page Garner's Modern Usage Style, published by Oxford University Press. It is widely considered the preeminent authority on questions of English usage.Prof. Garner received an Honorary LL.D. from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2000; a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984, where he was an Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review; and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980, with Special Honors in Plan II. He is President of LawProse, Inc., the foremost provider of CLE training in legal writing, editing, and drafting. His many professional activities include service on the Board of Directors of the Texas Law Review Association and on the Editorial Advisory Boards of The Copy Editor and The Green Bag, and as a consultant to the Oxford Dictionary Department in Oxford, England. Prof. Garner has received the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award in Plain Legal Language, the 2000 Scribes Book Award for Research and Writing (for Black's Law Dictionary, 7th ed.), and the 1998 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, as well as many other honors and awards.As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at lawtofact@gmail.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on Facebook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes. Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com.