Taking Liberties Podcast
Taking Liberties is a podcast from the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review that explores the most pressing civil rights and civil liberties issues of the day. The podcast features panel discussions on current events related to civil rights and civil liberties, interviews with scholars and practitioners who fight for them, and tributes to those who have contributed to the advancement of civil rights throughout history.
Taking Liberties Episode 18: Hate Crime Prosecution & Anti-Asian Crimes
On this episode, the Vol. 58 podcast team spoke with Professor Jeannine Bell of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Manjusha Kulkarni of the AAPI Equity Alliance, and Jason Wu of the Legal Aid Society about hate crime prosecution and its application in anti-Asian crimes in the last two years.
Taking Liberties Episode 17: Get to Know the Vol. 58 Podcast Team
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Taking Liberties Episode 16: Nina Perales on Latinx Civil Rights
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Taking Liberties Episode 15: Prof. Spencer H. Boyer on the Founding of CR-CL
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Taking Liberties Episode 14: Evelyn Douek on Free Speech Online
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Taking Liberties Episode 13: Maite Garcia of FIRRP
On this episode, Audio Content Editor Laura Garcia speaks with Maite Garcia, an attorney and Pro Bono Mentor with the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project (FIRRP) in Arizona, about the intersection between immigration and criminal law, and the challenges that...
Taking Liberties Episode 12: Alexander Chen of Harvard’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic
On this episode, we speak with Professor Alexander Chen, the founding director of Harvard Law School's newest clinic, the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic. Follow Professor Chen on Twitter @alexanderlchen, and follow the clinic on Twitter @harvardlgbtq, Instagram @harvardlgbtq,...
Taking Liberties Episode 11: Aaron Regunberg and Hannah Perls of #DropExxon
On this episode we speak with Aaron Regunberg and Hannah Perls, two students organizing with #DropExxon, a group of law students seeking to pressure Paul Weiss to drop Exxon Mobil as a client. Follow #DropExxon on Twitter at...
Taking Liberties Episode 10: Mark Haidar of the Equal Democracy Project
On this episode, we speak with Mark Haidar, President of The Equal Democracy Project at Harvard Law School, a new student group fighting for voting rights and electoral reform. Follow The Equal Democracy Project on Twitter...
Taking Liberties Episode 9
On this episode, our hosts speak with James Esseks, Director of the ACLU's LGBT & HIV Project, about Bostock v. Clayton County, Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. EEOC, three major cases currently before the Supreme Court...
Taking Liberties Episode 8
In this episode, our hosts speak with two organizers from People's Parity Project about their work fighting to end harassment and discrimination in the legal profession and advance access to justice in the courts. Follow People's Parity Project on Twitter...
Taking Liberties Episode 7
In this episode, our hosts Mahroh Jahangiri and Elizabeth Ross speak with our guest Angel Sanchez to discuss his recent article "In Spite of Prison" as well as developments in the prison abolition movement more broadly. This episode also features an interview with...