The guest for this episode is Jackie Cuellar, Note and Comment Editor of the Minnesota Law Review Volume 107. Jackie joins today's podcast to discuss her Note titled "Gruel and Unusual Punishment: Prison Punishment Diets and the Eighth Amendment." Her Note applies Eighth Amendment jurisprudence to current prison punishment diets, specially the so-called "Nutraloaf diet." Jackie's background in health and nutritional studies helps inform her analysis of such diets and their negative impacts on prisoners writ large.

The full article is available on the Minnesota Law Review website: https://minnesotalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/8-Cuellar_MLR.pdf

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Experto Crede 5.3 - Gruel and Unusual Punishment: Prison Punishment Diets and the Eighth Amendment

Welcome to LawTalk, a podcast series produced by the University of Minnesota Law School featuring events, webinars, and panel discussions about diverse topics at the intersection of law, policy, and education.

This episode, Horizontal Federalism and Contemporary Constitutional Controversies 
examines the equal powers given to states through the US Constitution and what happens when a state enacts policy that has consequences beyond its borders. This entails understanding the legal boundaries of state-to-state borders and how they intersect with each other. 


Professor Allan Erbsen explores how the Supreme Court itself has struggled with establishing legal doctrine regarding how one state’s laws may put restraints on neighboring states and the roots for this instability in modern doctrine are embedded in the US Constitution’s design. 

This lecture is part of the Popham, Haik, Schnobrich/Lindquist and Vennum Professor of Law Appointment Lecture. A video replay of the entire event is available on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/HKHgLa_Kg1A)

This event was recorded on April 6th, 2023.

A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep30Transcript

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LawTalk Ep. 30 - Horizontal Federalism and Contemporary Constitutional Controversies

On this bonus episode, Minnesota Supreme Court Q&A 2023, Minnesota Law annually hosts a Minnesota Supreme Court oral argument with students in attendance. Following the hearing, Minnesota Law students posed questions to the members of the Minnesota Supreme Court, gaining insights into serving on the highest bench of the state. This LawTalk bonus episode will highlight that Q&A.

This event was recorded on April 12, 2023.

Subscribe to the Minnesota Law podcast feed on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or via your preferred podcast application by searching ‘University of Minnesota Law School’, for more LawTalk episodes, as well as other podcast content produced by Minnesota Law.

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Find the transcript of this episode at: https://z.umn.edu/MNSupremeCourt2023

LawTalk Bonus: Minnesota Supreme Court Q&A 2023

This episode, Generative AI and the Law: Ethical and other Implications examines Generative AI technologies like ChatGPT and the implications for education and the use of these technologies in the classroom and throughout the legal profession.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Oren Gross moderates the conversation between:
Professor Jon Choi 
Steven Helland; The Department Chair of Technology and Data at Fredrikson & Byron
Judge John Tunheim '80 

This event was recorded on April 12th, 2023. A video replay of the entire event is available on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/vm4EEwNveL4)

A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep31Transcript

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LawTalk Ep. 31 - Generative AI and the Law: Ethical and other Implications

This episode, Working as an In-House Corporate Counsel: Global Perspectives and Insight, we hear from a panel of Minnesota Law alumni working as in-house corporate counsel from around the globe. They share their personal experiences and challenges in this role as well as the benefits and unique skill sets essential to thrive in these positions. 

Kiri Somermeyer,  Executive Director of the Law School’s Corporate Institute moderates a conversation between panelists:

Cassie Fortin ‘08 with the Volvo Group in Gothenburg, Sweden

Dan Potts ‘02 with the SoftBank Group in Tokyo, Japan

Vicki Kim ‘16 with Lam Research in the Seou, South Korea

Echo Wang ‘03 with NYU Shanghai in China

This event was recorded on April 10th, 2023. A video replay of the entire event is available on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/QXRJPuDbeZg)

A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep32Transcript

LawTalk Ep. 32 - Working as an In-House Corporate Counsel: Global Perspectives and Insight

This episode, The UN “George Floyd” Mechanism: Local to Global Human Rights Advocacy on Racial Justice and Law Enforcement, discusses the new UN Expert Mechanism established in 2021 to advance systemic change “for racial justice and equality in the context of law enforcement globally.” The guest expert panelists will discuss the origins and mandate of this unique body and its place in the history of anti-racism struggles at the UN.

The expert panelists for this event are:

Salimah Hankins - The director of the UN Anti-Racism Coalition 
Judge Lajune Thomas Lange ‘78, retired from the Minnesota Fourth Judicial District Court
Elina Castillo-JImenez - Weissbrodt Fellow with the Human Rights Center
Ta’Mara Hill - The Policy Director with the Minnesota Justice Research Center
Professor Fionnuala Ni Aolain - The Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center

This event was part of the Minnesota Law Human Rights Center Day. It was recorded on April 13th, 2023. A video replay of the entire event is available on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/pMPnAD91g-E)

A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep33Transcript

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LawTalk Ep. 33 - The UN “George Floyd” Mechanism

This episode, Corporate Accountability and Human Rights: The Legacy of Professor David Weissbrodt features Professor Anita Ramasastry as she explores the history of the corporate accountability movement and the singular contributions of Minnesota Law School Professor David Weissbrodt. 

Professor Anita Ramasastry is the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law.

This event was the keynote lecture for the Minnesota Law’s Human Rights Center Day. It was recorded on April 13th, 2023. A video replay of the entire event is available on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/oQoB4XQYo14)

A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep34Transcript

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LawTalk Ep. 34 - Corporate Accountability and Human Rights: The Legacy of Professor David Weissbrodt

This episode, The U.S. Supreme Court Preview Panel for the 2023-24 Term features an expert panel of Minnesota Law faculty who offer their insights into some of the major cases on the 2023-24 docket. 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Elizabeth Bentley, moderated the discussion and introduced the featured panelists, including:  

Nadia Anguiano ’17 - Associate Clinical Professor of Law 

Sapna Kumar - Henry J. Fletcher Professor of Law

Alan Rozenshtein - Associate Professor of Law

This event was recorded on October 5, 2023.
A video replay of the entire event is available on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/OajB3tCHGX0)

A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep35Transcript

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LawTalk Ep. 35 - U.S. Supreme Court Preview Panel for the 2023-24 Term

This episode, Section 3, Insurrection, and the 2024 Election: The Argument, features an interview with Michael Paulsen, a distinguished university chair and professor at University of St. Thomas School of Law,about his article The Sweep and Force of Section Three, in which asks the question: Does the Fourteenth Amendment Bar Donald Trump from the Presidency?

Professor Alan Rozenshtein conducts the interview as well as hosts the day long event, Section 3, Insurrection, and the 2024 Election, that this interview was a part of.  

This event was recorded on October 30, 2023.
A video replay of the entire event is available on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://z.umn.edu/Section3Event)

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A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep36Transcript

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LawTalk Ep. 36 - Section 3, Insurrection, and the 2024 Election: The Argument

This episode, The Rule of Law and the Universality of Rights: International Law and the Death Penalty's Denial of Universal Human Rights, features University of Baltimore School of Law Professor John Bessler, as he premiers the release of his book, Death Penalty's Denial of Universal Human Rights: International Law, State Practice, and the Emerging Abolitionist Norm.

The Advocates for Human Rights’ Amy Bergquist and Minnesota Law Professor Ryan Greenwood join Professor Bessler to discuss the subject of his book; capital punishment and its impacts on basic human rights. 

This event was recorded on November 9, 2023.

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://z.umn.edu/Ep37Transcript

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LawTalk Ep. 37 - International Law and the Death Penalty's Denial of Universal Human Rights

This episode, State Constitutions and Racial Segregation: Minnesota in 2025 features professor and director of the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity, Myron Orfield, as he discusses how states like Minnesota can protect lost civil rights under their state constitutions and statutes. 

This event was recorded on February 27, 2025 as part of the Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Appointment Lecture. You can watch the entire event recording on the Minnesota Law YouTube channel. (https://youtu.be/T_PJjvgo8wY?si=mEMxRGEqZmTIuGxN)

A transcript of this episode is available here: z.umn.edu/Ep48Transcript

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LawTalk Ep. 48 - State Constitutions and Racial Segregation: Minnesota in 2025

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