Legalease Podcast, in partnership with Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Academy for Justice, interviewed Councilman Carlos Garcia, Assemblyman Pat Nolan, Public Defender Joel Feinman, Khalil Rushdan of the ACLU, and Attorney Kurt Altman for our upcoming episode on COVID-19 & our criminal justice system.  We’re joined by organizers and public officials, all concerned about our unprecedented crisis: a spreading virus and how it affects our courts, our jails, and our prisons. If we’re going to talk about flattening the curve, then prisons, jails, and detention centers have to be part ..read more

Amena Kamel interviewed Stephanie on Entertainment Law and starting a practice in the field. Stephanie Boxerbaum is the managing partner and founder of Box Counsel. With over fifteen years of entertainment law experience, Stephanie was previously Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and Business Development for izo (formerly DanceOn, the dominant global programming brand for dance entertainment and the largest digital community of influential dancers and choreographers. She was responsible for overseeing all legal transactions of the company and managing the top tier talent partnership ..read more

Our January episode is on America's criminal justice system. We partnered with the Academy for Justice at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law for this episode, with guest co-host ASU Law Professor Erik Luna and Executive Director at the Academy for Justice, Dawn Walton. Through the Academy for Justice, our guests for this episode are Sixth Circuit Judge John Nalbandian and LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center Professor John Baker. Please take some time to read up on the work being done by Erik Luna and the Academy for Justice: https://www.charleskochfoundation.org/story/erik-luna-arizona-state-uni ..read more

Catch part two of the American Judicial System with co-hosts Amena, a recent law graduate, and Charles, a law professor at ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Judge Janet Barton, who is the presiding judge for the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County, and retired Justice Ruth McGregor of the Arizona Supreme Court return as guests. This episode offers you a candid conversation between two judges who explore different topics such as the jury, how judges communicate with one another, trends in American courts, technology, self-represented litigants, and paralegals. Enjoy ..read more

In this episode we discuss the significance of the Music Modernization Act, a ground breaking bill for the music industry that made its way to the White House just this past week. The MMA has been described by many as the first piece of legislation in decades to offer fair play to musicians. Not only has the MMA found common ground between opposing interests in the music industry, but it has also earned the support of both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. A lot of work has been put into this bill, with an extensive history leading up to it. We are joined by Steven Marks, chief of digital ..read more

The topic decision for episode 2 was an easy one, since we took a panel on eSports at Phoenix Comic Fest this year, the timing worked in our favor to do an episode navigating the eSports arena. Questions explored in this episode seek to guide investors and gamers (pro and amateur) and work in conjunction with our hour long eSports panel (both recorded within an hour of each other and meant to be listened to one after the other.) Because we recorded this episode 45 minutes before our panel at PCF, this was an impromptu recording, recorded outside our studio and required phoning in one of our in ..read more

Our official intro music to the podcast. The goal was to go for a newsy and multi-informational vibe. The five clock bells at the end signify our 5pm episode release time ..read more

There has been a significant reckoning in the US on the issue of police use of force and police reform in the last few years. Some support solutions which would aim to reduce police use of force overall while others believe we must begin by holding those officers who use force improperly accountable for their actions. In today’s episode of Measured Justice, we speak with Jessica Katzenstein - Postdoctoral Fellow for Inequality in America Initiative at Harvard University and Postdoctoral Affiliate for Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management as well as Visiting Research Scholar for the ..read more

In this episode of Measured Justice, we’re talking about the Academy for Justice’s newest initiative, Rethinking Crime and Violence. This initiative serves to comprehensively explore and reconcile violent crime and its role in the criminal justice system. The Academy for Justice has formed a Blue-Ribbon Committee made up of leading scholars, drawn from numerous disciplines, who will share and integrate their academic expertise, and criminal justice professionals and policy makers who will contribute their practical expertise. A4J hosted the first hybrid brainstorming session with the Blue-Ribb ..read more

This episode of Measured Justice is a bit different from the others. On Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, The Academy for Justice, in partnership with the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and the Tempe Police Department, hosted an event for local high school students titled, The TALK! “Your Voices, Your Choices”: Candid conversations between youth and law enforcement. The goal of the event was to bring together local youth, local law enforcement and youth specialists who provide social and emotional support to students, to have candid conversations around some difficult ..read more