New Episodes Each Month
Hosted by Dean Blake Hudson, Cumberland Research Radio provides short but insightful glimpses into the exciting scholarly work of Cumberland School of Law faculty, alumni and friends.
The Cumberland School of Law community possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience and have a passion for sharing it. Did you know that a person can be legally dead in one state, transported across state lines, and legally resurrected in another state—with important implications for trusts and estates law? Did you know that Mark Twain may have run afoul of common law copyright when he wrote a short story based upon an oral slave narrative? These are just a few of the many interesting topics our faculty are exploring.
But our program expands beyond the Cumberland School of Law faculty and alumni to discuss important and interesting research topics with academic faculty and practitioners around the nation and the world.
New episodes are available on the first day of every month and can be found on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Professor Uma Outka, the William R. Scott Law Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law, speaks with Cumberland School of Law Dean Blake Hudson about the issue of energy affordability, particularly in the context of low-income households. She discusses current programs at the federal level to address energy affordability and some reasons these programs have not been enough to adequately address energy insecurity.Ìý
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Ramona Albin, associate professor at Cumberland School of Law, speaks with Dean Blake Hudson about her research on the persistence of rape mythology. She explains that while rape shield laws are supposed to protect rape victims, mythologies undermining victims’ claims continue to create injustices in the law. She compares rape shield laws in the U.S. with those in Canada and the U.K. and what we can learn from those comparisons, concluding with insights into the potential future impact of this work.
Kevin Patton, assistant clinical professor and director of the Cumberland School of Law Veterans Assistance Clinic (C-VETS) speaks with Dean Blake Hudson about one of Cumberland’s foundational clinics. Patton, a veteran himself, details the type of work C-VETS does, the assistance it provides, how C-VETS work has changed over time, and how students are impacted by their service in the clinic.
LaJuana Davis, the Judge J. Russell McElroy Professor of Law and director of the Cumberland School of Law Innocence Clinic and Leslie Coyne, clinical instructor in residence and owner of Coyne Counseling and Consulting, speak with Dean Blake Hudson about their work with Cumberland’s Innocence Clinic. We learn how the innocence clinic started, how students collaborate within the clinic, the challenges of modern technology, how wrongful conviction cases happen, and what everyday citizens can do to help the cause of the wrongfully imprisoned.
David Smolin, the Harwell G. Davis Professor of Constitutional Law at Cumberland School of Law, speaks with Dean Blake Hudson about his work on children’s rights. Professor Smolin directs the Center for Children, Law & Ethics, where he and Cumberland students have worked on parental rights, international adoption, religious freedom and children’s rights, protection of minors, surrogacy, and other important work.