Podcast appearances and mentions of oliver goodenough

The second episode of the DJ on the J.D., the Daily Journal’s legal education podcast, focuses on hybrid law degrees. Some law schools in California are planning to launch these programs featuring significant online learning components in the near future. Jackie Gardina, dean of the Santa Barbara & Ventura Colleges of Law, and Vermont Law School professor Oliver Goodenough join host Lyle Moran to discuss hybrid degrees. Podcast edited by Nick Perez

Morning Prayers service with speaker Oliver Goodenough, Professor of Law at Vermont Law School, on Saturday, February 1, 2014.

Nobel Laureate and Economist Elinor Ostrom passed away last month at the age of 78. Best recognized for her research into the management of common pool resources, Ostrom broke new ground with her findings that Commons were not inherently tragic, as previous generations of economists believed. In fact, Ostrom found examples of communities that could effectively manage limited resources, like agricultural land or open space, to prevent resource depletion. Her work paved the way for researchers studying internet communities to explore how norms are established and cooperation is achieved. On today’s show Berkman researchers and affiliates Benjamin Mako Hill, Judith Donath, Mayo Fuster Morell, and Oliver Goodenough discuss how Ostrom’s work impacted their lives.

In the early days of the LLC launching a business might have been a simple task. After all, chances are your partners were close by and you probably worked within the laws of your state. It was mostly a local task. Setting your shingle out in the 21st Century might be a bit more arduous. You’ve got partners in different time zones, and where once you might have met face to face, now you’re making decisions over conference call, IM, maybe even Twitter and Facebook. And all of the paperwork and record keeping involved with staying legal seems somehow past its expiration date. Today’s guest says the LLC was probably one of the greatest inventions of all time, on par with the steam engine and electricity. This legal infrastructure for operating a business helped promote innovation by pinning the cost of risk to a collective entity rather than to the individual. But the humble LLC has a lot of growing to do if it wants to keep up with the digital revolution. Oliver Goodenough — of the Law Lab at the Berkman Center — talks with guest interviewer Zeba Khan about the evolution of business law, and a new initiative he’s been working on with the State of Vermont to let new businesses function online. CC/Public Domain Music from: Learning Music Monthly Morgantj – Café Connection