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.
Lane Woodke, assistant professor at Cumberland School of Law and former Assistant U.S. Attorney, explores the 8th Amendment’s deliberate indifference doctrine in her research on prison conditions. Woodke argues that courts may still find constitutional violations—even when prison systems seem to respond reasonably to claims of cruel and unusual punishment.
John Tolbert, a 2002 Cumberland School of Law alumnus and vice president and deputy general counsel at Fannie Mae, discusses his path from a law student facing unique challenges to a legal career focused on facilitating multifamily housing development.
Dean Blake Hudson connects with Troy Rule, a professor at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. In this episode, Rule discusses how the recent election may and may not affect renewable energy development in the United States. He also briefly describes his current project focusing on the need for "electricity zoning" - a means of integrating risk mitigation (such as fire risk) into the cost of electricity through zoned electricity pricing.
Peter Mougey, a 1999 Cumberland School of Law alumnus, discusses his perspectives on how plaintiffs' work can assist in overseeing corporate conduct in the absence of sufficient regulatory oversight.
Cumberland School of Law assistant professor Will Dorton shares his perspectives on the need to develop common agreement on the meaning of basic corporate law terms. His research provides a conceptual framework for undertaking this task, long overdue. He also details his involvement in an equine nonprofit that provides substance abuse recovery opportunities for men.
