Episode Headline

Episode 0: Meet the Hosts

“Common Law” kicks off with its very first guests: the hosts themselves. Risa Goluboff and Leslie Kendrick, dean and vice dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, interview one another and forecast what to anticipate during Season 1: The Future of Law.

The episode explores the hosts’ backgrounds as well as what they do — and don’t — have in common. For example, Goluboff’s scholarship reflects her focus on equality, while Kendrick, who is interested in the First Amendment, is focused on liberty. The two legal scholars take on whether the equality and liberty principles can be reconciled, share more on their personal backgrounds and talk about moments that shaped the trajectories of their professional careers.

Read more about the works they reference.

Risa Goluboff

• “Vagrant Nation: Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s”
• “The Lost Promise of Civil Rights”
• “Civil Rights Stories”
• SSRN (Scholarly Articles)

Leslie Kendrick

• SSRN (Scholarly Articles)

Listening to the Show

• John Milton's “Areopagitica”
• John Milton's divorce tracts
• Ethel Rosenberg
• Bernhard Goetz
• Crown Heights Riots
• Howard Beach Hate Crime
• Tawana Brawley
• Days of Rage