Summary: In this episode of [F]law School, hosts Jessenia Class and Reya Singh speak with Harvard Law student Pantho Sayed about his article, titled “Not Just a Game,” on the challenges within the video game industry. Sayed focuses on the intense pressure developers face due to the corporatization of game production. An avid gamer and writer, Sayed explains how “crunch,” or extended periods of overwork, has become a systemic issue, as large publishers prioritize profits and deadlines ove...
Sep 29
28 min
Summary: In this episode of [F]law School, hosts Troy Brown and Thy Luong speak with Harvard Law student Brandon Martinez about his article, titled “Representation = Taxation,” on U.S. tax policy. In their conversation, Martinez explains how, since the post-World War II era, conservative movements have worked to dismantle progressive tax structures, benefiting the wealthy and making tax avoidance common among the ultra-wealthy. He also highlights how racism has shaped tax policy an...
Sep 15
45 min
Summary: As campus protests swept the nation last spring, invasive surveillance technology put protestors and student organizers in precarious positions. Through targeted fear-mongering, tech surveillance companies changed cities’ and university’s perceptions of activism. From racially-biased facial recognition to predatory cell towers, corporations stripped protestors of constitutionally protected speech and manifestations of democracy for profit. In this episode, Jessenia Class joins S...
Sep 1
29 min
Welcome to [F]law School, a podcast created by high school, college, and law school students, as well as young lawyers interested in exploring the flaws in the law. The podcast will focus especially on how many of our most urgent social problems are the product of those flaws and how those flaws are the product of corporate power and influence over of the legal system — including legal education, the legal profession, and the judiciary. Each episode features interviews with authors from...
Jul 25
3 min