Episodes

Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Mihreteab Taye discusses the institutional design of Africa's court systems
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
In Episode 38 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Mihreteab Taye provides insight into the nuanced dynamics of state behavior in Africa's courts. He finds that the African human rights system does not automatically grant individuals the right to bring cases before the African courts unless states make a declaration allowing direct individual access to the court. Whereas in the East African Court of Justice, individuals have direct access to the Court. What matters in each court is the institutional design, which can either facilitate or inhibit the withdrawal of individual access to the courts by African states. For transcript, visit: Baldy Center Podcast Episode 38

Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
In Episode 37 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Greta LaFleur discusses the draft monograph, “‘How Sex Became Good: The Feminist Movements and Racial Politics that Made Modern Sexuality.” LaFleur, recipient of The Baldy Center Podcast Mid-Career Fellowship (2023-24), is associate professor of American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Yale University. For transcript, please visit: Baldy Center Podcast Episode 37

Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
In Episode 36 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Helen “Nellie” Drew, Professor of Sports Law, and her 3L students: Maddie Drechsel, Matt Pickard and Juliette Miranda discuss the importance of having pre-established action plans for professional sports injuries, as well as the need for education on how to prevent injuries in youth sports. From model laws to collaborative projects, we discuss the ins and outs of sports injury law and practice. For transcript, please visit: Baldy Center Podcast 36 University at Buffalo

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
In Episode 35 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Professor of Law Athena Mutua discusses the importance of protecting critical thinking inside, and outside of, the university setting. She describes its intersection with social justice issues surrounding race, sex, gender, class, and more. Professor Mutua talks about the Critical (Legal) Collective and how the diverse group of scholars has come together to work towards generating real social change. For transcript, please visit: Baldy Center Podcast Ep 35 University at Buffalo

Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
In Episode 34 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Samantha Barbas speaks about the entanglement of the civil rights movement and mass media law, as well as her new book which encompasses those topics in the context of New York Times v. Sullivan. For transcript, please visit: Podcast_Baldy Center_University at Buffalo

Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Jorge Farinacci-Fernós discusses Puerto Rico’s Constitutional Paradox
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
In Episode 33 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Jorge M. Farinacci-Fernós speaks about his background, as well as his 2023 book, Puerto Rico’s Constitutional Paradox: Colonial Subordination, Democratic Tension, and Promise of Progressive Transformation. For transcript, please visit: Podcast_Baldy Center_University at Buffalo

Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Shaun Anderson speaks to the current nature of Title IX
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
In Episode 32 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Shaun Anderson opines on both the public and scholarly perceptions of Title IX, in addition to how media and the court of public opinion have the power to challenge and improve the power and application of this law. For transcript, please visit: Podcast_Baldy Center_University at Buffalo

Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Claire Cameron examines the challenge of implementing Erin’s Law
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
The Baldy Center Podcast, Episode 31, presents Claire Cameron, PhD, Associate Professor of Learning and Instruction at the UB Graduate School of Education. Her research involves early childhood education and development. She observes that the challenge of implementing Erin’s Law involves the difficulty of having conversations about domestic violence and the sexual abuse of women and children. Dr. Cameron suggests that conversations about Erin's Law can become a way to heal the wounds of domestic violence. For transcript, please visit: Podcast_Baldy Center_University at Buffalo

Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Episode 30 of The Baldy Center Podcast features Judith Olin, Clinical Professor of Law in the University at Buffalo’s School of Law. Olin discusses Erin’s Law, which mandates child sexual abuse prevention curricula in schools. She discusses the weaknesses in the implementation of Erin’s Law in New York and the critical need for training school professionals in responding to children who disclose sexual abuse. For transcript please visit: Podcast - Baldy Center - University at Buffalo

Tuesday May 03, 2022
Anya Bernstein discusses judicial populism and the cultures of bureaucracy
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Episode 29 features Anya Bernstein, Professor of Law in the University at Buffalo’s School of Law. Bernstein discusses judicial populism, the bureaucratic role of law clerks, and the dangers of exclusionary worldviews in law and society.
Keywords: populism, judicial review, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, authoritarian populism, democracy