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.
Mike Papantonio, partner at Levin Papantonio and a 1981 graduate of Cumberland School of Law, talks with Dean Blake Hudson about the path to making an impact as a trial lawyer and the need for lawyers to use their license to practice law in a way that has meaning and impact.
Kerry McInerney, director of Graduate and International Programs at Cumberland School of Law, talks with Dean Blake Hudson about Cumberland’s online Master of Laws (LLM) and Master of Studies in Law (MSL) graduate programs and degrees. He discusses the focus on regulatory compliance, the future of our program, and how our students are having a real world impact in their professions through their pursuit of these degrees.
Maryam Stevenson, assistant professor of Law at Cumberland School of Law, talks with Dean Blake Hudson about her research on immigration law, and in particular high-skilled workers. She discusses the changes to the H1-B visa program and details concerns over a shortage of high skilled laborers in, for example, the medical field (doctors and nurses) in the coming decades.
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.
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.
