Rule of Law Defenders
Rule of Law Defenders
Podcast Description
Rule of Law Defenders brings you real-life advocates dedicated to advancing human rights and a just rule of law worldwide. Whatever you care about most – family & friends, freedom, finances, health & well-being, politics, you name it – all are affected by whether people in power respect human rights, obey the law, and are held accountable. Join us to learn more – and to empower yourself along the way. cylindrmag.substack.com
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The podcast explores major themes related to human rights advocacy, legal accountability, and social justice. Episodes cover diverse topics such as political freedom, health rights, and financial justice with specific discussions like challenges in international law as highlighted in the premiere episode with Scott Carlson focusing on the current state of human rights efforts.
Rule of Law Defenders brings you real-life advocates dedicated to advancing democracy, human rights, and a just rule of law worldwide. Whatever you care about most – family & friends, freedom, finances, health & well-being, politics, you name it – all are affected by whether people in power respect human rights, obey the law, and are held accountable. Join us to learn more – and to empower yourself along the way.
Scott Cummings is the Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics at the UCLA School of Law and the founding faculty director of the UCLA Program on Legal Ethics and Democracy, which promotes empirical research and innovative programming on the challenges facing lawyers in the twenty-first century. He is also a long-time member of the UCLA David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy. In 2021, he was selected as the Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the European University Institute and a fellow at the Stanford Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences to study the role of lawyers in strengthening the rule of law. He was awarded a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship to study the role of lawyers in democratic backsliding.
His recent books explore how innovative legal mobilization produces transformative social change. Among the publications he has authored or co-authored are the forthcoming Lawyers and Movements: Legal Mobilization in Transformative Times; Making Public Interest Lawyers in a Time of Crisis: An Evidence-Based Approach; and the first public interest law textbook, Public Interest Lawyering: A Contemporary Perspective.
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