On the Witness Stand

Dalindyebo Shabalala, an associate professor at the University of Dayton School of Law, is an expert on the intersection between intellectual property law and indigenous knowledge and climate change. Raised in South Africa, he received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota School of Law and his Ph.D. from Maastricht University. In this podcast, Professor Shabalala and host, Dayton Law Dean Andrew Strauss, discuss intellectual property law and the rights of native peoples, focusing on the appropriation of the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” COVID vaccine distribution, and the Glasgow Climate Change Conference.

Carlos Bernal, a professor at the University of Dayton School of Law, is one of the world's most cited constitutional theorists. He was previously a justice on the Colombian Constitutional Court, and he was recently elected to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In this podcast, Professor Bernal and host, Dean Andrew Strauss, compare potentially fatal challenges to constitutional democracy in Colombia and the United States.

Erica Goldberg is a professor at the University of Dayton School of Law. She graduated from Stanford Law School, was a Climenko Fellow at Harvard Law School, and a Visiting Scholar at the Georgetown Law Center. Erica is a specialist on the First Amendment. Join us for this podcast as Erica and Dean Strauss discuss challenges to the First Amendment.