Barry Friedman, Sherrilyn Ifill and John Malcolm | April 2, 2019 | Policing
In Part One of this two-part episode of Reasonably Speaking, Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Barry Friedman, New York University Law professor and director of NYU’s Policing Project, and John Malcolm of the Heritage Foundation...
Erin E. Murphy and Kenneth W. Simons | March 26, 2019 | Intentional Torts to Persons, Sexual Assault
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, NYU Law’s Erin Murphy and UC Irvine Law’s Ken Simons explore the difference between criminal law and tort law in the United States and then focus on how “consent” is, and should be, defined in sexual assault allegations.From...
Matthew L.M. Fletcher and Wenona T. Singel | March 19, 2019 | American Indian Law
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, renowned experts on American Indian law and policy, Matthew Fletcher and Wenona Singel, discuss the nuanced and highly complex field of American Indian Law. Matthew and Wenona begin by exploring the history of tribal...
Elizabeth S. Scott and Marsha Levick | March 13, 2019 | Children and the Law
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, Juvenile Law Center’s Co-Founder Marsha Levick and Columbia Law Professor Elizabeth Scott discuss the vulnerability of children when they enter the justice system.Marsha and Elizabeth agree that much has improved since “adult...
Roberta Cooper Ramo, Christine Durham and Brandon Garrett | February 11, 2019 | Sentencing
The death penalty in the United States, both new convictions and executions, has declined through recent decades. In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, we explore the history of the death penalty and the various factors that are contributing to this decline. Death...