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This episode of Dialectic highlights the work of the CRT Forward initiative and its goals, in conversation between CRT Forward Director, and CRS Alum Taifha Alexander, and Critical Race Studies student Nicole Powell.

Dialectic UCLA Law Review · Season 6, Episode 4: Exploring Critical Race IP with Dean Deidre Keller and Kimberly Tignor We explore the intersections of race and intellectual property with Dean Deidre Keller and Kimberly Tignor, uncovering how such a lens can empower creators of color and reorganize distributions of wealth.

Dialectic UCLA Law Review · Season 6, Episode 3: Exposing Deputy Gangs with Cerise Castle We spoke with journalist Cerise Castle about telling stories that law enforcement doesn't want to be told.

Dialectic UCLA Law Review · Season 6, Episode 2: Crimmigration and Banishment with Professor Jennifer Chacón On this episode, Professor Jennifer Chacón joins us to discuss social movements as they intersect with her work in the realm of criminal law and immigration (crimmigration).

Dialectic UCLA Law Review · Season 6, Episode 1: Undocuqueerness with Julio Salgado and Atziri Peña In this episode, we talk with Julio Salgado and Atziri Peña about being undocuqueer and the intersections with social advocacy, immigrant narratives and the law.

Dialectic UCLA Law Review · Season 6: Introduction Welcome to Dialectic Season 6, Law, Media, and Social Advocacy.

March 10, 2020 In this episode, we sit down with Professor Rebecca Wexler to discuss the intersection of privacy laws and the criminal justice system. States around the country are adopting new, stricter privacy laws, in response to a growing awareness of just how much personal and important data companies are keeping about consumers, and how vulnerable that data is. But those privacy laws have...

February 28, 2020 In this episode, we interview Anne Busacca-Ryan. Anne is a former teacher and a UCLA Law alumna who is currently a staff attorney with Public Counsel who works on issues surrounding children’s rights and education. In her interview, Anne gives us the legal context and background to understand the wave of teacher strikes around the country in the last year. Anne was also a...

This episode is the second of a two part series examining the complexity of addressing homelessness. In this episode, we speak to Shayla Myers of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles to discuss her work litigating on behalf of the unhoused, as well as the legal and policy issues at play.

This episode is the first of a two part series examining the complexity of addressing homelessness. In Los Angeles in particular, as the voters were passing measures for significantly increasing the amount of money available to address homelessness and help people find housing, the city continued to enforce ordinances that violated the civil rights of people who did not have a home. In this...

In this episode, we explore California's entrée as a global leader on climate change with UCLA Law Professor Cara Horowitz, especially following the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit, an international climate conference spearheaded by former California Governor Jerry Brown. We also discuss some of the critiques of the Summit and of Governor Brown's environmental policies, particularly from...

In this episode, we talk with Professor Claudia Polsky from UC Berkeley Law School about her recently published article, Open Records, Shuttered Labs: Ending Political Harassment of Public University Researchers.