Taboo Trades

LAW7197
Section 1, Fall 23

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 11/12
Credits: 2
Days Time Room Start Date End Date

Thu

 		1540-1740 WB116

Course Description

This class will explore the topic of traditionally taboo trades (e.g. prostitution, marijuana, organ sales, and paying college athletes) through the production of a podcast with a guest scholar, lawyer, or regulator. Students will read relevant background work and develop questions and content for the podcast. Students will work in teams to “guest produce" each episode and will take the lead in selecting questions and materials, and help conduct the on-air interviews. (If any student doesn’t want to be on air then they can produce the episode behind the scenes instead, though most enjoy podcasting once they’ve tried it.) After each podcast, students will break down the episode – which answers were satisfying, which weren’t, which questions are still open?

Course Requirements

Exam Information

Final Type (if any): None

Description: None

Written Work Product

Students will be responsible for submitting a final paper reflecting on and evaluating the guests and topics covered during the semester. The final paper will be due via EXPO by noon on December 20th (the day before the last day of the finals period). You do not have to address every topic and speaker covered in the course, but papers should seek to draw out common themes across the various topics covered, rather than address a single topic or speaker. Length: 2500 words maximum. That's about five single-spaced or ten double-spaced pages. You do not need to do any outside research. I'm looking for your thoughts and reactions on the topics/papers/speakers we discussed. In that sense, think of it more like a take home exam or long reaction paper, rather than a "research paper."

Other Work

Students will be responsible for producing a podcast episode and weekly development of guest questions based on readings.

Other Course Details

Prerequisites: None Concurrencies: None

Exclusive With: None

Laptops Allowed: Yes

First Day Attendance Required: No

Course Resources: Readings provided via Canvas

Course Notes: Students who are interested in what the final product sounds like can listen to prior years’ episodes here: https://tabootrades.buzzsprout.com. Episodes are also available on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taboo-trades/id1529173759) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/7uJML7uLTCZPOQr5tP44q1).

Graduation Requirements

Satisfies Understanding Bias/Racism/Cross-Cultural Competency requirement: Yes

Satisfies Writing Requirement: No

Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No

Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

Additional Course Information

Schedule No.: 123819928

Modified Type: ABA Seminar

Cross Listed: No

Concentrations: Law and Technology

Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Opens: Friday, November 24, 12:01 AM

Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Friday, December 08, 11:59 PM

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