Oral Argument

About the show

A podcast about law, law school, legal theory, and other nerdy things that interest us.

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Episodes

  • Episode 73: Looking for the Splines

    September 4th, 2015  |  1 hr 29 mins
    criminal law, death penalty, feedback, ip, law schools, politics, race, robots, voting, writing

    The Oral Argument mailbag runneth over.

  • Episode 72: The Guinea Pig Problem

    August 28th, 2015  |  1 hr 55 mins
    administrative law, ethics, internet, morality, technology

    Facebook and human experiments, with guest Michelle Meyer.

  • Episode 71: Rolex Tube Socks

    August 21st, 2015  |  1 hr 15 mins
    copyright, ip, patent, technology

    On trademark and innovation, with Mark McKenna.

  • Episode 70: No Drones in the Park

    August 7th, 2015  |  1 hr 18 mins
    privacy, property, regulation, robots, technology

    Drones, with Frank Pasquale.

  • Episode 69: Contaminated Evidence

    July 31st, 2015  |  1 hr 5 mins
    criminal law, death penalty, guilt and innocence, police

    On wrongful convictions, with Brandon Garrett.

  • Episode 68: Listen to My Full Point

    July 18th, 2015  |  1 hr 25 mins
    criminal law, law schools, prisons, religion, school, statutory interpretation

    Joe and Christian respond to feedback.

  • Episode 67: Monstrous Acts

    July 10th, 2015  |  1 hr 39 mins
    constitutional law, criminal law, death penalty, supreme court

    On the death penalty, with Josh Lee.

  • Episode 66: You’re Never Going to Get It All Done

    July 3rd, 2015  |  1 hr 29 mins
    death penalty, election law, equal protection, race, voting

    Voting and elections, with Kareem Crayton.

  • Episode 65: We Can Call It Awesome

    June 26th, 2015  |  1 hr 29 mins
    constitutional law, equal protection, gay marriage, statutory interpretation, supreme court

    Gay marriage and Obamacare II, with Steve Vladeck.

  • Episode 64: Protect and Serve

    June 19th, 2015  |  1 hr 26 mins
    constitutional law, police, race

    On policing, with Seth Stoughton.

  • Episode 63: A Struggle with Every Single One

    May 30th, 2015  |  1 hr 22 mins
    administrative law, animals, environmental law, land use, property

    On endangered species, with Jessica Owley.

  • Episode 62: Viewer Mail

    May 22nd, 2015  |  1 hr 38 mins
    gender, guilt and innocence, law schools, professionalism

    Viewer Mail! About the bar exam and meteors.

  • Episode 61: Minimum Competence

    May 15th, 2015  |  1 hr 36 mins
    law schools, legal practice, professionalism

    Talking about the bar exam, with Derek Muller.

  • Episode 60: The Wisdom of the Bartow

    May 8th, 2015  |  1 hr 20 mins
    death penalty, international law, ip

    IP in China, with Ann Bartow.

  • Episode 59: Folly Bridges

    May 2nd, 2015  |  1 hr 14 mins
    equal protection, land use, race, regulation

    On architectural exclusion, with Sarah Schindler and friends.

  • Episode 58: Obscurity Settings

    April 24th, 2015  |  1 hr 38 mins
    internet, privacy, regulation, technology

    Privacy through obscurity, with Woodrow Hartzog.