#13: Poetry, Art, and the Law - Kristen Adams, Jase Madsen, & Taylor Simonds
Release Date: 04/24/2023
#20: Social Justice Advocacy
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
In this episode, Professors Judith Scully and Kristen Adams join us to discuss Stetson Law’s Social Justice Advocacy concentration. They discuss how law students can build their portfolios, how students can learn to advocate for themselves, and how lawyers around the country work for what they believe in without sacrificing their own well-being.
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#19: LGBTQIA+ Law Students and the Lambda Legal Society at Stetson
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
In this episode, we’re joined by Professor Joseph Morrissey and Stetson alum Nathan Bruemmer to discuss the role of advocacy and organizing in law school and beyond, the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s Lavender Law Career Fair, and what schools like Stetson are doing to make queer students and their allies feel welcome in the legal profession.
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#18: Studying Away from Home: Out-of-State Students at Stetson
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
In this episode, we’re joined by Lamine Gueye and Sara Fultz, two rising 3L students at Stetson who originally hail from New York and Virginia. They share their thoughts about the Tampa Bay area, what drew them to Stetson, and what it’s like going to law school after spending some years working after college.
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#17: Disability, Law, and Legal Education at Stetson
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
Over one out of four adults in the U.S. has some type of disability. In this episode we’re joined by Kathryn Pelham, Stetson Law’s Associate Director of Accessibility Resources & ADA Coordinator, to discuss how Stetson and other law schools are accommodating a growing number of students with conditions that impact their access to education. She discusses her philosophy behind equitable accommodations in law school curricula, the challenges of reaching for universal accessibility, and the importance of advocating for yourself.
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#16: Affirmative Action - Peter Lake
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
The Supreme Court’s new ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard reverses an over 40-year-old precedent for how university admissions committees can cultivate racial diversity in their incoming classes. In this episode we’re joined by Professor Peter Lake, an internationally recognized expert on higher education law and policy. He discusses the history of race-conscious college admissions, the consequences of judicial mistrust for higher ed administration, and why he thinks the court’s latest ruling is “litigation bait” for many more lawsuits to come.
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#15: Life After Law School - Louis Virelli III
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
In this episode, Stetson Law Professor Louis Virelli III, a leading expert on the constitutional questions underlying Supreme Court recusal, discusses the importance of legal career development — as a student and after. After making a hard pivot from engineering to the law, Virelli knew he wanted to teach and followed a career path to take him there.
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#14: Pursuing Your Passions Through Independent Study - Christine Cerniglia & Denia Angelino
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
In this episode, Stetson Law Professor Christine Cerniglia and recent grad Denia Angelino discuss judicial externships, the legal profession’s standards for ethical behavior outside the courtroom, and how the passions Denia pursued in her independent study led her to her current career working in employment discrimination law.
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#13: Poetry, Art, and the Law - Kristen Adams, Jase Madsen, & Taylor Simonds
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
In this episode, Stetson Law Professor Kristen Adams and her students Jase Maden and Taylor Simonds discuss the intersections between literature, performance, and legal scholarship they explored in Adams’ course, “The Law as Reflected through Poetry.”
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#12: The Good, The Weird, and the Precedent-Setting: Popular 1L Cases - Catherine Cameron & Ashley Krenelka Chase
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
In this episode, Stetson professors Catherine Cameron and Ashley Krenelka Chase discuss cases every 1L student should know, what to do when your clients over-share, and how to separate the essential facts from the merely weird ones when the law and the real world collide.
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#11: Mental Health and the Student Wellness Society - Kayla Albritton, Christopher Manon, & Katie Johnson
Real Cases: A Legal Podcast
In this episode, Stetson Student Wellness Society members Katie Johnson, Kayla Albritton, and Christopher Manon talk about finding the right work/life balance, how to avoid burnout, and the crucial difference between being “The Best” and being the best version of yourself.
info_outlineIn this episode, Stetson Law Professor Kristen Adams and her students Jase Maden and Taylor Simonds discuss the intersections between literature, performance, and legal scholarship they explored in Adams’ course, “The Law as Reflected through Poetry.”