Law And The Pandemic Podcast
1) A California Bar Exam Like None Before It
Today we speak with class of 2020 alums Cindy Muro and Shandyn Pierce about their experiences transitioning to online learning and sheltering in place during their last semester of law school, and the...Show More
2) How the Center for WorkLife Law Stands with and for Working Mothers
Today, we welcome back Professor Joan Williams, founder of the Center for WorkLife Law, to discuss the impacts of the pandemic on working mothers and caregivers and what has happened since our origina...Show More
3) How COVID-19 in California Prisons Still Affects You
Today, we speak with Professor Hadar Aviram to learn the latest developments in the fight to stem the outbreak of COVID-19 in California prisons, which have become hotspots for community transmission....Show More
4) Rebuilding Trust in the FDA and the CDC
Today, we speak with Professor Dorit Reiss about waning public confidence in the FDA and the CDC—agencies crucial to managing the pandemic. Increasingly, Professor Reiss focuses her research on legal...Show More
5) Overview of the Perkins Coie Estate Planning for Front-Line Health Care Workers Clinic
In this episode, we speak with Perkins Coie attorneys Paula Goodwin and Jody Bryson about their pro bono project to provide estate planning to the health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-1...Show More
6) How the Pandemic and Racism Collide
Today we speak with Professor Sarah Hooper about why communities of color are hospitalized and dying at disproportionately higher rates and what we can do to mitigate this serious issue. Professor Ho...Show More
7) Who’s the liability? A look at COVID-19 Waivers
Today, we speak with Professor Shanin Specter about liability waivers and whether they are a viable legal strategy or simply a deterrence tactic. Professor Specter has been teaching at UC Hastings Law...Show More
8) Pandemic or Pretext? Changes to the US Asylum System
Today, we speak with Professor Karen Musalo about changes to the U.S. asylum system since the pandemic hit. Professor Musalo is the founding director of the UC Hastings Center for Gender & Refugee Stu...Show More
9) An Overview of the UC Hastings Transition to Online Education and the What’s to Come
Today, we speak with Professor Abe Cable about how UC Hastings Law had to suddenly adapt to the pandemic and the implications for Fall 2020 and beyond. Professor Cable is the Faculty Director of Onlin...Show More
An Overview of the UC Hastings Transition to Online Education and the What’s to Come
18:14 | Jun 23rd, 2020
10) Bank Accounts for All – The Federal Reserve Could Get It Done
Today, we speak with Professor John Crawford about the role of the Federal Reserve in managing the financial fallout from the pandemic and his proposal that the Fed should provide a bank account to ev...Show More