Evidence Through a Critical Lens
The Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal's symposium on January 26, 2024, explored how the law of evidence intersects with systems of inequality based on gender, racial, and other marginalized group-based status. It included sessions aimed at problem-solving, both through reform efforts and transformation in pedagogy. The discussion highlighted the possibilities and solutions brought by a critical approach to law, using evidence law as the focus of study. A live recording of the Excited Utterance podcast hosted by Professor Ed Cheng, Hess Chair in Law at Vanderbilt Law School, was included in the program.
Panel 1: Theoretical Frameworks
This panel discusses the power of evidence rules and how they may reinforce existing knowledge hierarchies or alternatively serve to expand existing perspectives.
Moderator:
- Professor Kiel Brennan-Marquez
Panelists:
- Professor Erin Collins
- Professor Bennett Capers
- Professor Jocelyn Simonson
- Professor Julia Simon-Kerr
Panel 2: Reform Efforts and Implementation
This panel identifies areas where reform is being attempted or has been accomplished.
Moderator:
- Professor Julia Simon-Kerr
Panelists:
- Professor Andrea Dennis
- Professor Anna Roberts
- Professor Jasmine Gonzales Rose
- Professor Maneka Sinha
Excited Utterance Live Recording
Excited Utterance is a podcast focusing on scholarship on evidence law and proof, consisting of interviews of various evidence scholars on their recent or forthcoming scholarship.
- Professor Ed Cheng, host of Excited Utterance and Hess Chair in Law at Vanderbilt Law School
- Professor Erin Collins, Professor at Richmond Law School.
The recorded podcast episode can also be listened to here or on Spotify.
Panel 3: Critical Approaches to Pedagogy and Practice
This panel focuses on ways to teach and practice evidence from a critical perspective.
Moderator:
Panelists:
- Professor Lauryn Gouldin
- Professor Jasmine Harris
- Professor Montre Carodine
- Professor Nina Chernoff
- Professor Christine Goodman
Many thanks to Symposium Editors Taylorann Vibert and Alyssa Wessner who organized and executed this first-of-its-kind event, with the help of many CPILJ members, including Editor-in-Chief, Caroline McCormack.