10 Things Every Juvenile Prison Should Do Listen

Will Harrell, J.D., LL.M. is the Founder and Director of the Justice Collaborative, a consulting firm on criminal and juvenile justice reform initiatives.  He has been a reformer of criminal and juvenile justice systems in 6 states and 5 countries, and currently monitors conditions of confinement...

What the Law Looks Like: A Reprise Listen

Since our launch in fall 2012, Life of the Law has invited readers and listeners to submit photos of what the law looks like. We present here a compilation of those submissions from students, contributors, and our producers. Special thanks to Kim Richman’s class at the University...

An Easy Mistake Listen

Practicing Law in My Dreams Listen

Irving Morris litigated civil rights cases for fifty years before retiring in 2001. His career included over four decades participating in the desegregation of Delaware’s public schools, and his 2011 book The Rape Case chronicles a seven-year fight to set aside the flawed conviction of three men...

Wait, What? No Duty to Rescue Listen

In Wait, What?, our law student contributors share unexpected lessons from law school. Here, Gilad Edelman writes on the duty to rescue (spoiler alert: there is no such thing).  A pillar of every first-year law curriculum is the subject of torts, the area of law covering...