Students as Means

About this Episode

A show about, among other things, the morality of the law journal system. We start with Joe’s ailments and our scheduling issues. (You’re welcome; we know this is why people tune in.) Then a little about online review sessions, Slack, online classes, and video conferencing (2:32). Radiohead, Trump, and Ted Cruz (9:02). Next we open the mail and Twitter bags: Carl Malamud, the re-christened Indigo Book, and the possibility of a transcript of one of our episodes, all followed by Chris Walker’s posts on Prawfsblawg about student law journal podcasts (13:19). Next, listener Justin on laptops in classrooms and unconstitutional and re-constitutional statutes (17:38), Bunny on Oral ArgCon cosplay (25:27). And then this week’s main topic: The weird world of law review publishing and the moral aspects of our participation in it (28:23), including Joe’s description of the process, Christian’s calling Expresso “Espresso” (35:03), the transition to electronic submission and the rise of “expedites” (47:00). “Just tell me what your thesis is.” “Why don’t you tell me what it is?” and morality (52:54). Joe’s world (1:08:19). Christian’s world (1:13:53).

This show’s links:

• Joseph Miller, The Immorality of Requesting Expedited Review
• Slack
• Oral Argument 94: Bonus
• Zoom
• About Burn the Witch
• Andrew Sullivan, Democracies End When They Are Too Democratic; Jedediah Purdy, What Trump’s Rise Means for Democracy
• Richard Cytowic, Why Ted Cruz’s Facial Expression Make Me Uneasy
• Carl Malamud on Twitter
• Oral Argument 91: Baby Blue (guest Chris Sprigman)
• The Indigo Book (also available as a PDF)
• Chris Walker, Complete Junior Law Prawfs FAQs Series (and, particularly, What About Podcasts? and Rethinking Law Review Podcasts)
• Nathan H. Saunders, Student-Edited Law Reviews: Reflections and Responses of an Inmate
• Mark Twain, The War Prayer; a beautiful animated version