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  • What do we know about the first woman judge in the United States?

    October 21, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    When Tracy Thomas first joined the faculty of the University of Akron School of Law, the dean assumed she must know all about their local heroine, Judge Florence Allen. "She was literally staring at me from my classroom," says Thomas…

  • Could a shadow court restore the balance of power to American democracy?

    October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    Julie Suk is worried about American democracy.  "Over time, the control of our constitutional future has really been in the domain of the judiciary and the executive branch, with the judiciary increasingly green-lighting actions by the…

  • Where are America's hate speech laws?

    September 23, 2026 · 42 min

    "In most other countries, there are laws, criminal laws that prohibit the expression of racial hatred or incitement to racial hatred," says Samantha Barbas, author of Hate Speech: The Legal and Cultural History of an American Dilemma, in…

  • Are you getting paid what you're really worth?

    September 9, 2026 · 41 min

    Vanessa Ugatti is the True Worth Expert, a UK-based international keynote speaker, transformational trainer and coach, and author of How to Get Paid Your True Worth Ethically, Without Selling Your Soul. Through her unique True Worth™…

  • We need to rein in Silicon Valley unicorns, says law prof

    August 5, 2026 · 54 min

    In Silicon Valley, a "unicorn" is a private startup with a net worth of $1 billion. As the term suggests, these were once incredibly rare creatures. Most startups would go public within 4-7 years, long before they had a $1 billion…

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  • Summer Reading and Still Perplexed About AI?

    July 31, 2026 · 55 min

    For this year's summer reading recommendations, host Lee Rawles shares three recommended reads, three books on her to-be-read pile, and three TV shows she's enjoyed. The recommended reads are all fiction this time around, ranging from a…

  • Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the body in the well

    July 23, 2026 · 57 min

    In January 1800, Elma Sands's dead body was found in a New York City well. The case has captivated people ever since, not least because in the resulting trial, defendant Levi Weeks was represented by Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and a…

  • 'Lessons for a Warming Planet' offers hope and cautions

    June 17, 2026 · 56 min

    Environmental law in the United States can be a double-edged sword. "I think that when people think about environmental law, very frequently what they mean is environmental protection, and what that misses is the other side of the coin…

  • 'Unlikely insider' critiques how law school thinking can reinforce injustices

    May 27, 2026 · 49 min

    When Shaun Ossei-Owusu looked around at his classmates at UC Berkeley School of Law, there were many upper middle class children of lawyers who were coming straight from their undergraduate degrees. There were not many people like him, a…

  • How we deploy the military domestically, and why

    May 6, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    The Third Amendment to the Constitution forbids the quartering of troops in Americans' houses. It's a reminder of how uneasy the people of the country have been about the domestic deployment of our soldiers. There are robust rules about…

  • Sherry Thomas's sleuthing librarians and gender-bent Sherlock

    April 16, 2026 · 44 min

    Coming across the right book at the right time can make all the difference, says Sherry Thomas, author of the popular Lady Sherlock series. In her case, picking up a historical romance from the library led to her writing career.  "Two…

  • Book Club: The Brethren introduces Tricky Dick's chief justice

    April 1, 2026 · 39 min

    It's time for the first official meeting of the Modern Law Library Book Club, and Lee has invited on her friend (and go-to Nixon expert) Victor Li to talk about his experience reading the 1979 bestseller The Brethren: Inside the Supreme…

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About the show

Discover books and stories that explore the law in new and surprising ways through eye-opening conversations with their authors. Whether it’s fiction or non-fiction that you seek, Modern Law Library features today’s top legal authors and delves into legal theories, historical events, true crime, and law-inspired storytelling. Join Lee Rawles twice a month as she opens up a new legal publication on Modern Law Library, a Lisagor Award-winning podcast.