Podcast | Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review

Taking Liberties Episode 18: Hate Crime Prosecution & Anti-Asian Crimes

On this episode, the Vol. 58 podcast team spoke with Professor Jeannine Bell of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Manjusha Kulkarni of the AAPI Equity Alliance, and Jason Wu of the Legal Aid Society about hate crime prosecution and its application in anti-Asian crimes in the last two years.

Taking Liberties Episode 17: Get to Know the Vol. 58 Podcast Team

On this episode the Volume 58 podcast team introduces themselves and asks Harvard Law School students what civil rights and civil liberties they care about. Tell us your thoughts at this feedback form! Subscribe to the podcast and follow the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review on Twitter and Instagram!    

Taking Liberties Episode 16: Nina Perales on Latinx Civil Rights

On this episode, editor Laura Garcia speaks with Nina Perales, the Vice President of Litigation at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). They discuss her work as an impact litigator at MALDEF, gerrymandering and voting rights, civil rights issues facing the LatinX community more broadly, and more. Subscribe to the podcast and […]

Taking Liberties Episode 15: Prof. Spencer H. Boyer on the Founding of CR-CL

On this episode, Vol. 56 Editor-in-Chief Armani Madison speaks with Professor Spencer H. Boyer, the founder of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and a professor at Howard Law School. They talk about what motivated him to found a civil rights journal, how the journal has evolved, the most pressing civil liberties issues we […]

Taking Liberties Episode 14: Evelyn Douek on Free Speech Online

On this episode, Executive Editor Samantha Neal speaks with Evelyn Douek, a lecturer on law and SJD candidate at Harvard Law School, about digital free speech: to what extent it should be regulated online, who the “arbiters of truth” are and why it matters, the threat of disinformation, and more. Subscribe to the podcast and […]

Taking Liberties Episode 13: Maite Garcia of FIRRP

Taking Liberties Episode 12: Alexander Chen of Harvard’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic

On this episode, we speak with Professor Alexander Chen, the founding director of Harvard Law School’s newest clinic, the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic. Follow Professor Chen on Twitter @alexanderlchen, and follow the clinic on Twitter @harvardlgbtq, Instagram @harvardlgbtq, or Facebook @harvardlawlgbtq.

Taking Liberties Episode 11: Aaron Regunberg and Hannah Perls of #DropExxon

On this episode we speak with Aaron Regunberg and Hannah Perls, two students organizing with #DropExxon, a group of law students seeking to pressure Paul Weiss to drop Exxon Mobil as a client. Follow #DropExxon on Twitter at @dropexxon.

Taking Liberties Episode 10: Mark Haidar of the Equal Democracy Project

On this episode, we speak with Mark Haidar, President of The Equal Democracy Project at Harvard Law School, a new student group fighting for voting rights and electoral reform. Follow The Equal Democracy Project on Twitter @EqualDemocracy.

Taking Liberties Episode 9

On this episode, our hosts speak with James Esseks, Director of the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project, about Bostock v. Clayton County, Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. EEOC, three major cases currently before the Supreme Court addressing whether Title VII prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation […]

Taking Liberties Episode 8

In this episode, our hosts speak with two organizers from People’s Parity Project about their work fighting to end harassment and discrimination in the legal profession and advance access to justice in the courts. Follow People’s Parity Project on Twitter @PeoplesParity. We also speak with legal scholar and activist Noura Erakat, author of Justice for […]

Taking Liberties Episode 7

In this episode, our hosts Mahroh Jahangiri and Elizabeth Ross speak with our guest Angel Sanchez to discuss his recent article “In Spite of Prison” as well as developments in the prison abolition movement more broadly. This episode also features an interview with hosts Rund Khayyat and Melanie Fontes and guest Dr. Cynthia Boyer on […]

Taking Liberties Episode 6

Our guests are Rachel Sandalow-Ash and Niharika Singh who discuss their work as members of the organizing committee of the Harvard Graduate Students Union – United Auto Workers.  We discuss history of the union, the committee’s effort to secure a contract, and the #NoCarveOut campaign, which calls on Harvard administrators to provide survivors of sexual […]

Taking Liberties Episode 5

The panel discusses current issues related to immigrants’ rights including a law suit challenging the practice of using video conferences in removal proceedings, and law suits that challenge President Trump’s emergency declaration. Our guests are Professor Phil Torrey and Professor Kari Hong who discuss Matter of Soram and current litigation pertaining to the crime of […]

Taking Liberties Episode 4

The panel reviews some progressive victories coming out of ballot initiatives in the 2018 midterm elections and has a discussion on competing perspectives on victim’s rights bills.  Our guest for this episode is Robert Anderson, Director of the Native American Law Center and Professor of Law at the University of Washington, who discusses recent article published […]

Taking Liberties Episode 3

The panel discusses a RFRA claim against immigration policy, a cake-baking case from the UK Supreme Court, and the consequences of Shelby County v. Holder. Our guest is Judge Nancy Gertner who discusses her career as a civil rights attorney and how that shaped her time as a judge and what she sees as the […]

Taking Liberties Episode 2

The panel discusses voter rights issues in Georgia, North Dakota, Arizona, and Michigan. Our guest for this episode is Professor Jed Purdy of Duke Law School, who discusses how the Supreme Court’s First Amendment jurisprudence has undergone a shift from being a tool for protecting vulnerable individual rights to one advancing powerful private interests and entrenching […]

Taking Liberties Episode 1

The panel discusses the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, Florida’s Amendment 4 ballot initiative to restore the right to vote to Florida felons, and a National Fair Housing Alliance complaint that’s been filed against Facebook. Our guest is Professor Stewart Chang who talks with us about his article “Our National Psychosis: Guns, Terror, and […]