Podcast: Incoming AALS executive director Kellye Testy discusses her background and approach to leadership

April 25, 2024

TALKING LEGAL ED — Kellye Testy (President and CEO of the Law School Admission Council) joins us to talk about her time as a law school dean, as well as how she helps law students succeed even before they enter law school.

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Podcast: A look at the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at law firms

April 22, 2024

LEGAL REBELS — The lack of diversity when it comes to race, gender, sexuality, disability and social class within the legal profession is nothing new. However, the last decade has marked a gradual increase in diversity across all fields.

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Podcast: Advice for studying contract law in advance of the bar exam

April 17, 2024

BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, in an episode from our “Listen and Learn” series, we’re discussing an important concept from Contract Law – consideration – which is one of the three requirements of contract formation. 

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Podcast: University of Virginia Law professors Cynthia Nicoletti and Joy Milligan discuss different approaches to researching legal history

April 15, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Two professors at the University of Virginia School of Law join the “Common Law” podcast to discuss how their differing approaches to researching the past, from the Civil War to the civil rights eras, have uncovered forgotten stories that help us understand today’s legal landscape.

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Podcast: A look at bar exam basics for law students

April 11, 2024

LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX — Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re discussing some bar exam basics to help ensure you pass on the first try.

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Podcast: Interviews with students attending University of Virginia Law’s admitted students open house

April 9, 2024

ADMISSABLE — In this special episode, Dean Natalie Blazer ’08 and her microphone venture outside the studio to give listeners a rare look inside UVA Law’s Admitted Students Open House. 

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A look at University of New Mexico Law Constitutional Literacy Project

April 4, 2024

UNM NEWSROOM — What would you say to a police officer if they asked to search you right now? On this episode of It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science, host Carly Bowling explores the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, a national project that teaches students from underserved high schools about their constitutional rights and introduces them to law careers.

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Podcast: University of Virginia Law dean Risa Goluboff hosts discussion on protecting democracy

April 3, 2024

COMMON LAW — Two former White House officials on different sides of the political aisle, Melody Barnes and John Bridgeland ’87, talk about ways to strengthen democracy and work across differences.

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Podcast: New digital SAT is shorter and more adaptive for students

April 2, 2024

WBUR — Erica Meltzer, national editor at Chalkbeat, joins us to discuss the new digital SAT. The new version of the college admissions test is shorter and adaptive, meaning students who score relatively low on the first half of the test will get easier questions in the second half.

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Podcast: A look at the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession

March 25, 2024

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re talking with Gabe Teninbaum — law professor and creator of spacedrepetition.com — about how the rapidly developing AI technology may impact the legal profession.

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