Video Collection, UW Law Library

Available at the Circulation Desk for 3 day loan

The study room on the fifth floor is equipped with a TV/VCR/DVD unit for viewing

French dialogue, English subtitles.
Special features: Discussion of film shoot by Raymond Depardon; deleted scenes; audience debate at theatrical release; original French trailer.

CREDITS: Produced by Palmeraie & Desert and France 2 Cinema with the participation of Canal+; directed by Raymond Depardon.

SUMMARY: The subtle details of human behavior and the issues of guilt, innocence, law enforcement, and racial perceptions are highlighted in this unprecedented look inside the French legal system.

SUMMARY: The Bayh-Dole Act gave universities the right to patent and market inventions made by faculty using government funds. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has been in the forefront of using this set of rights to commercialize faculty inventions. Senator Bayh spoke about the history of the adoption of the act and Carl Gulbrandsen discussed the impact and implications of the act for science, industry and the university.

CONTENTS:
Personal memories of the Bayh-Dole Act and a time to speak up, by Birch Bayh -- The law in action: what the Bayh-Dole Act means to the University of Wisconsin and the State of Wisconsin, and to an effective national science policy, by Carl Gulbrandsen -- Vitamin D discoveries: prelude to Bayh-Dole Act, by Hector DeLuca -- Conformational radiotherapy, by T. Rockwell Mackie.

CREDITS: Produced and directed by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt; written by Larry Loonin and Eric Nadler; music composed by Quentin Chiappetta.

SUMMARY: After years of controversy, RU486, also known as Mifepristone, a pill that can end a pregnancy without surgery, is coming to America. This 1997 program shows the controversy surrounding RU486 and shows how a potent mix of business, politics and ethics kept this drug out of United States for nearly a decade. Dr. Etienne Emile Baulieu, its French discoverer, explains how RU486, taken in the first or second month of pregnancy, prevents the development of the fetus; another drug, taken 48 hours later, brings on a miscarriage.

SUMMARY: "About the United Nations" is a series of VHS videos providing insight into the issues facing the United Nations today. It includes videos on: Human Rights, Environment and Development, Palestine, Literacy, Africa Recovery, Peacekeeping, and Decolonization.

Set of 3 VHS videotapes of a satellite continuing legal education program presented November 15, 1988.

CREDITS: Sponsored by Practising Law Institute and Continuing Legal Education Satellite Network.

Produced by the American Law Institute.
Interviews recorded in Washington, D.C.and New York City, 1989-1990.

CAST: Interviewer: Paul A. Wolkin. Interviewees: Professor A. James Casner, Professor Homer Kripke, and Professor Herbert Wechsler.

Published: Milwaukee, Wis.: American Board of Trial Advocates, Wisconsin Chapter, 1989.

CONTENTS:
Tape 1. Motions in limine / Alan E. Gesler ; Voir dire / Paul H. Grimstad
Tape 2. Defendant's liability summary and direct examination of defendant's reconstruction expert / Daniel R. Riordan ; Cross examination of defendant's reconstruction expert / Ted M. Warshafsky
Tape 3. Plaintiff's damages summary and direct examination of plaintiff's orthopod / Kenan J. Kersten ; Cross examination of plaintiff's orthopod / Eugene O. Gehl
Tape 4. Plaintiff's closing argument / Robert L. Habush ; Defendant's closing argument / James P. O'Neill

Set of 3 VHS videotapes produced in 1984 by the ABA Consortium for Professional Education, American Bar Center
ABA VideoLaw seminars series.

SUMMARY: Part 1. The technology of cross-examination: "The what to do" -- Part 2. The art of cross-examination: "How to do it."

The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994: Important Changes and Their Practical Impact (VHS). 228 min.

"CLE TV : The Lawyers' Video Magazine."
Set of 2 videotapes produced in 1994 by the American Law Institute-American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education.

CAST: Sally Schultz Neely (moderator), George M. Treister, J. Ronald Trost, Kenneth N. Klee.

Set of 2 DVDs.
In-depth podcasts of some of the topics covered in these videos can be downloaded from www.berringlegalresearch.com.

CAST: Bob Berring holds the Walter Perry Johnson Professorship at Boalt Hall Law School, University of California, Berkeley.

CONTENTS:
Disc 1. Introduction -- Why legal research is so important -- The deep principles -- Judicial reports -- The three part court structure -- The structure of an opinion -- The format -- Finding cases : after context -- Final thoughts -- Disc 2. Thinking about research -- Statutes : the context -- Federal statutes : At Large -- Federal statutes : Code -- Federal statutes : Annotated -- Finding federal statutes -- Federal statutes : legislative history -- State statutes - a few words -- Administrative law -- Secondary sources -- Research rules.

CREDITS: Director/producer, Ari Luis Palos; producer, Eren Isabel McGinnis; editor, Jacob Bricca; composer, Gil Sánchez.

SUMMARY: Traces the painful transition made by four sons in the Ayala family who leave their close-knit family in Mexico to seek a better life in Kentucky. Struggling to fit in, they find a different version of the American dream.

SUMMARY: Shows racism in America and talks about the economic and social conditions of blacks in America.

Set of 9 videotapes: 1. Introduction to cases -- 2. Case finding -- 3. Statutes and administrative materials -- 4. Secondary sources -- 5. Shepard's & on-line research -- 6. Research strategies -- 7. International law -- 8. Income tax -- 9. Securities regulation.
Tapes 7-9 referred to as Specialized Commando Legal Research videotapes.

CREDITS: Produced and directed by Mimi Pickering; cinematography, Robert Gates, et al.; editor, Mimi Pickering.

SUMMARY: Focuses on the Pittston Coal Company, and the disaster which occurred in 1972 when a coal waste dam burst, leaving 125 dead and 4,000 homeless. Discusses the disaster through interviews with survivors, union leaders, citizens, and company officials.

The Buffalo Creek Flood: An act of Man and Buffalo Creek Revisited (DVD). 71 min.

CREDITS: Produced and directed by Mimi Pickering; cinematography, Robert Gates, et al.; editor, Mimi Pickering.

SUMMARY: Focuses on the Pittston Coal Company, and the disaster which occurred in 1972 when a coal waste dam burst, leaving 125 dead and 4,000 homeless. The first part discusses the disaster through interviews with survivors, union leaders, citizens, and company officials. The second part, filmed ten years later, explores survivors' efforts to rebuild the communities and the difficulties they faced from the government and the Company.

SUMMARY: Frontline tracks down five exonerated men to learn how they have fared following their highly publicized releases. Ofra Bikel examines the social, psychological, and economic challenges these men now face, the vast majority of them without any financial or transitional assistance from the states that imprisoned them.

SUMMARY: A filmed re-creation of the original narcotics trial which eventually became the U.S. Supreme Court's key statement on the Sixth Amendment and the admissability of a witness's prior statements as substantive evidence.

CREDITS: Norwood Wilner was the principal attorney for the plaintiff; Tom Bezanson was principal attorney for the defendant.

SUMMARY: Grady Carter sued Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company after smoking cigarettes for 43 years and losing part of his left lung during cancer surgery. The trial concerns the history of cigarette advertising and the efforts of anti-smoking groups and the industry to pinpoint responsibility for an individual's addiction to cigarettes

Abridged edition, compiled by Gerald Thain.
PUBLISHER: New York, NY : Courtroom Television Network, [1996]

CREDITS: Norwood Wilner was the principal attorney for the plaintiff; Tom Bezanson was principal attorney for the defendant.

CREDITS: WGBH Educational Foundation; written, produced and directed by Ofra Bikel.

SUMMARY: Frontline examines the cases of those whose protests of innocence could be confirmed by DNA testing, but who may remain imprisoned forever anyway.

Proceedings of a conference held on the UW-Madison campus in November, 1989.
Issued by University of Wisconsin System, Special Assistant to the President for Minority Affairs.

CAST: Herbert Hill, Kenneth Shaw, Donna Shalala, Nathaniel Jones, Carl Grant, Robert L. Carter, Derrick Bell, James Liebman, John Brittan, Gary Orfield, James E. Jones, Julius Chambers, David M. Trubek, Richard Delgado, Aldon Morris, Mari Matsuda, Benita Ramsey, Ronald Takaki, Stanford M. Lyman, Cora Marrett, Reynolds Farley, Kimberle Crenshaw, Patricia Williams, Linda Greene, Eddie Williams.

In Russian, with English subtitles. Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.

CREDITS: Script, Jacques Baynac; director, Alexandr Rogojkin; producers, Guy Seligmann, Oleg Konkov.

SUMMARY: In 1917, at the birth of the Russian Revolution, the Bolshevik secret police (C.H.E.K.A.), forerunners of the KGB, unleased a reign of bloody terror to wipe out any opposition to communism. This film follows the daily rituals of a Cheka officer as he and his men judge and execute their victims.

SUMMARY: A series of four documentaries that survey China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them, and where the present is taking them. Deals with the governance of China; talks about the past and future for Chinese women; looks at China's environmental challenges; explores China's conflict between personal freedom and governance.-

CONTENTS:
Power and the people -- The women -- Shifting nature -- Freedom and justice.

The sixteeneth Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture, delivered on April 23, 2004, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

SUMMARY: Michael Traynor, American Law Institute president, addresses the responsibilities that United States citizens, and particularly lawyers, have in safeguarding civil liberties.

2002 Kastenmeier Colloquium, held Sept. 30, 2002, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

SUMMARY: Lewis, a Pulizer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, addressed the threat to civil liberties in the wake of actions taken by the Bush administration after September 11.

Civil Rights Act of 1964: Hopes and Promises AND Bob Kastenmeier and 1960s Civil Rights Legislation: Leadership through Commitment and Foresight (DVD & VHS). 1 hr. 40 min.

2004 Kastenmeier lecture, held October 29, 2004, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Common Law, Common Values, Common Rights: A Conversation between British and American Lawyers and Judges about Common Law Principles in the 21st Century (VHS). 85 min.

SUMMARY: A panel discussion by British and American judges and lawyers on the future of common law.

Based upon Pennsylvania v. Lopinson, tried in the Court of Oyer and Terminer for the County of Philadelphia, July Session, 1964; judgment affirmed, 427 Pa. 284 (1967).
Evidence film series of Harvard Law School's Evidence Film Project.

SUMMARY: Richard Sprague, then Chief Prosecuting Attorney in Philadelphia, and defense attorney Charles Peruto recreate part of the trial of a hired killer. The film explores the balance between probative value and prejudicial effect.

Recorded proceedings of the Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy held March, 1996 at MIT, sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and World Wide Web Consortium.

SUMMARY: Communications Decency Act of 1996 (102 min.) -- Copyright and Freedom of Expression on the Internet (108 min.) -- Limiting Online Speech on Campus (90 min.)

Conflicts of Interest in Corporate Transactions: The Leveraged Buyout of the Harris Chemical Company (VHS). 24 min.

CAST: Charlie Isdell, Lorraine Achee, John Opladen, Marvin Halbert, Janet Perry.

CREDITS: Written by Janet Perry; directed and produced by Rhonda Fabian-Rizzuto; executive producer, Caroline M. Simon; camera and lighting, Morris L. Cooperman; concept development, Sheldon Raab and Robert Mundheim.

SUMMARY: Highlights ethical dilemnas encountered by lawyers engaged in business transactions. The case study is presented by a videotaped dramatization interspersed with leader and audience discussion of the ethical issues as they arise.

Recorded Apr. 21, 2005 at the National Archives' McGowan Theater, Washington, D.C.

CAST: Host, Tim Russert; panelists, Stephen Bryer, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia.

CREDITS: C-SPAN program organizers: Aspen Institute, National Archives, and National Constitution Center.

SUMMARY: Moderated by Tim Russert, justices talk about the role and operation of the Supreme Court, the state of civics knowledge and education, and the evolution of democratic institutions and principles during periods of societal change. They also discuss constitutional interpretation, judicial precedents, federalism, and various issues before the court.

SUMMARY: U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Connor fielded questions in Washington Tuesday, May 16, 2006 from 50 high school students from the Philadelphia and Los Angeles areas. The students and justices discussed the significance of the judiciary and the ways that independence is protected by the Constitution.

SUMMARY: A 10-part series featuring attorneys with the Washington, D.C. based law firm Lutzker, Lutzker and Settlemyer.

CONTENTS:
v. 1. Copyright 101, an introduction to copyright -- v. 2. Copyright works in the classroom -- v. 3. Copyright, research & publication -- v. 4. Copyright and fair use -- v. 5. Copyright and the library, media center and AV department -- v. 6. DMCA, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in detail -- v. 7. Managing education uses of copyright works -- v. 8. The DMCA and online service provider limitation on liability -- v. 9. The DMCA and digital distance education (the TEACH Act) -- v. 10. Copyright for students and parents.

The Cost of Freedom: Civil Liberties, Security & the USA PATRIOT Act (VHS). 60 min.

SUMMARY: Examines the history of civil liberties during wartime and the controversial USA PATRIOT Act which was passed in October of 2001.

Counseling and Negotiation: The Settlement of Lancer v. American Steel Co. (VHS). 21 min.

Published by Commerce Clearing House, Inc., in cooperation with the Center on Professionalism of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Names and events are fictional.

CREDITS: Presented by the Out-of-the-Box Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

SUMMARY: More than twenty speakers, including university chancellors, presidents, deans, professors, judges and practitioners gathered to discuss education decisions for the next generation of lawyers. They explored what is happening in legal education today, and what changes are, or ought to be, in store for those entering law school and the legal profession in the future.

Produced by Gonzaga University School of Law's Institute for Law School Teaching.

SUMMARY: "Under Islamic law, the bearing of a child out of wedlock is a capital offense--and the instrument of death is stoning, as done since time immemorial. Set in Nigeria, this ABC News program uses the harrowing case of Amina Lawal as a platform to discuss the concepts of justice and punishment as they relate to human rights. Akbar Ahmed, chair of Islamic studies and professor of international relations at American University, and Ayesha Imam, founding director of a human rights agency that assisted in Ms. Lawal's defense, are featured"--Case.

DVD release of a 1993 production.
Academy Award winner for Best short documentary, 1993.

CREDITS: Editing, Renner Wunderlich; on-line editing, Mike Dawson; still photography, Stan Grossfeld et al.

SUMMARY: Shows the magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country. Features the personal testimonies of four women imprisoned for killing their batterers.

SUMMARY: Videotape deposition of Bill Gates in the Microsoft offices in Redmond, Washington.

CONTENTS:
August 27, 1998 (4 tapes)
August 28, 1998 (4 tapes)
Sept. 2, 1998 (3 tapes)

Recorded May 13, 1978, in Boston at a national institute sponsored by the ABA Section of Litigation and the Young Lawyers Division.
Published by the ABA Consortium for Professional Education.

SUMMARY: A program which simulates a case involving the deposition of a witness. Attorneys taking the deposition step out of their roles to provide an explanation of their approach, which is commented upon by a panel of legal experts.

CREDITS: Presented by the American Bar Association Consortium for Professional Education.

CONTENTS:
pt. 1. Interviewing
pt. 2. Counseling
pt. 3. Negotiation
pt. 4. Investigation
pt. 5. Advocacy

CONTENTS:
Case study: Community justice mediation
Case study: Court- ordered arbitration-Minneapolis
Case study: Court-ordered arbitration-Pittsburgh
Case study: Summary jury trial

Published: Alexandria, VA: PBS Video, 1992.
Originally broadcast on PBS in its series, Frontline.

CREDITS: Producers, Kathleen Hughes and Tom Casciato; executive producer, David Fanning.

SUMMARY: At the height of the Rust Belt primaries, Frontline goes to Milwaukee where presidential candidates tap the deep-seated anxiety and insecurity that fuels tensions between American businesses and their employees. This program looks behind the heated political rhetoric to see how companies, workers, and civic leaders are wrestling with global competition and the end of an era of industrial affluence. In a volatile economic climate, what do corporations owe their employees and their communities?

CREDITS: Produced by Law School Admission Council/Law School Admission Services.

Published: Chicago: American Bar Association, 1990.
Sponsored by American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law and the ABA Division for Professional Education.

CAST: Moderator: Ron Kramer; Panelists: Peggy Hora, Bruce Winick, David B. Wexler, William Schma.

SUMMARY: Based upon a case tried in New York City wherein a real estate broker sues for his commission based upon a fabricated oral agreement with the buyer, the film depicts the defense attorney's successful attempt to introduce as evidence the plaintiff's identical claims in previous suits.

Based on the book "The smartest guys in the room" by Peter Elkind and Bethany McLean.
Originally released in 2005.
Special features: Feature commentary with writer/director Alex Gibney; deleted scenes; the making of 'Enron: the smartest guys in the room'; conversations with Bethany McLean and Peter Elking ; Firesign Theatre present: "The fall of Enron"; addition Enron skits (selections from discovered scripts); "Higher definition": the Enron show; where are they now?; a gallery of Enron cartoons; the original Fortune magazine articles; an index of websites with the latest information.

CREDITS: Director of photography, Maryse Alberti; narrator, Peter Coyote; editor, Alison Ellwood; original music, Matthew Hauser.

SUMMARY: The inside story of one of history's greatest business scandals, in which top executives of America's seventh largest company walked away with over one billion dollars, while investors and employees lost everything.

CREDITS: Chairperson for the symposium: Andrew Strauss; speakers: Daniele Archibugi, Richard Falk, Greg Fox, Thomas Franck, Zaid Ibrahim, Robert Johansen, David Kennedy, Heraldo Munoz, Kinhide Mushakoji, Chandra Muzaffar, Liliana Obregon, Heikki Patomaki, Leila Sadat, and Kimon Valaskakis.

SUMMARY: The great architects of democracy from Pericles to James Madison assumed that democracy applied only within countries. Now in the globalizing world of the 21st century, are we ready for democracy to be applied internationally? In April 2006, Widener University School of Law sponsored a symposium dedicated to this question. This video documentary is the story of that symposium.

SUMMARY: Dramatizations of important decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court occurring while John Marshall served as Chief Justice (1801-1835).

CONTENTS:
1. Marbury v. Madison
2. McCulloch v. Maryland
3. Gibbons v. Ogden
4-6. The trial of Aaron Burr.

CONTENTS:
Tape 1. Racial justice / Derrick A. Bell
Tape 2. Health care delivery / Daniel Callahan
Tape 3. Gender-based discrimination and harassment / Karen Lebacqz

Published: Chicago, Ill.: American Judicature Society and State Justice Institute, 1996.

PUBLISHER: Mercer Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism.
Includes a study guide located in a pamphlet box at the end of the Instructional Video Collection.

SUMMARY: The purpose of these materials, and the vignettes that accompany them, is to educate lawyers, law students, and judges about the many issues of ethics and professionalism that arise in connection with the use of expert witnesses in civil cases."

Published: Washington, D.C.: Washington Educational Television Association, 1986.

Vols. 1-3 have subtitle: America's civil rights years, 1954 to 1965.
Vols. 4-7 have subtitle: America at the racial crossroads, 1965 to 1985.
DVD release of television programs originally produced 1986 (v. 1-3) and 1990 (v. 4-7).
A special presentation of American Experience.

SUMMARY: Vols. 1-3 tell the story of America's civil rights years from 1954 to 1965. Vols. 4-7 examine the new America from 1966 to 1985, from community power to the human alienation of urban poverty.

CONTENTS:
v.1. Awakenings, 1954-1956 ; Fighting back, 1957-1962 -- v.2. Ain't scared of your jails, 1960-1961 ; No easy walk, 1961-1963 -- v.3. Mississippi : Is this America?, 1962-1964 ; Bridge to freedom, 1965 -- v.4. The time has come, 1964-1966 ; Two societies, 1965-1968 -- v.5. Power! 1966-1968 ; The promised land, 1967-1968 -- v.6. Ain't gonna shuffle no more, 1964-1972 ; A nation of law? 1968-1971 -- v.7. The keys to the kingdom, 1974-1980 ; Back to the movement, 1979-1985.

SUMMARY: Evan Zimmerman was accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend, and a jury found him guilty. But Zimmerman made it back to court after he was able to show that his initial lawyer was so ineffective he deserved a new trial. "Facing Life" captures the harrowing experience as the new trial unfolds. From the defense team's strategizing to the 11th-hour moves and the shattering conclusion, see how the tortuous process affected Zimmerman, who was nearly driven insane by the thought of going to prison again for a crime he said he did not commit. Zimmerman's attorneys were Keith Belzer of La Crosse and Keith Findley, a UW-Madison law professor. Zimmerman spent three years in prison before he was released on bond. Zimmerman is the fourth inmate freed through the efforts- of Findley's group, the Wisconsin Innocence Project, which operates out of the UW-Madison Law School.

SUMMARY: At the dawn of the 20th century, the mighty British empire spanned the globe. Yet, before the century's end the once-invincible world power had become little more than a memory. Through rare and vintage Movietone News film footage, relive the historic course of events that shook the United Kingdom apart and discover how the sun finally set on the Union Jack.

Published by the National Film Board of Canada; distributed in the U.S. by California Newsreel of San Francisco, 1985.

CREDITS: Director, Sturla Gunnarsson; producers, Sturla Gunnarsson, Robert Collison; writer, Robert Collison; photography, Leonard Gilday; music, Jack Lenz; narration, Henry Ramer.

SUMMARY: Tapes made just before and during the 1984 strike against General Motors by the United Auto Workers, Canadian Section, show union leader Bob White as he fights with both the company and the United States union leadership to retain traditional wage increases in the Canadian contract.

SUMMARY: Consumer information on Medicare, long-term care insurance, Medicaid, and estate planning and estate building.

CAST: Includes commentary by Arthur Miller, Burt Neuborne, Starlet Jones, Victoria Toensing, and Cynthia McFadden, Court TV's anchor.

CONTENTS:
tape 1. Jury selection; Williams rule; Opening statement of Prosecutor Moira Lasch; Opening statement of Defense Attorney Roy Black; Direct examination of Anne Mercer by Moira Lasch; Cross examination of Anne Mercer by Roy Black; Direct examination of alleged victim Patricia Bowman by Moira Lasch.
tape 2. Cross examination of Patricia Bowman by Roy Black; Direct examination of Senator Edward Kennedy by Moira Lasch; Cross examination of Senator Kennedy by Roy Black; Direct examination of defendant William Kennedy Smith by Roy Black; Cross examination of William Kennedy Smith by Moira Lasch; Closing argument of Moira Lasch; Verdict.

2003 Annual Kastenmeier Colloquium, held Oct. 24, 2003, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

SUMMARY: Lawrence Lessig, professor of law at Stanford Law School, is one of the country's leading commentators on legal aspects of new communications technologies and cyberspace. He spoke on the need for balance in copyright law.

Based on the book "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation," by Joseph J. Ellis.

CAST: Host, Roger Mudd; narrator, Edward Herrmann; featuring the voices of Peter Coyote, James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Michael York, Rob Lowe, Hal Holbrook.

CREDITS: Executive producers, Jim Milio, Melissa Jo Peltier, Mark Hufnail; producer, Kelly McPherson; directors, Jim Milio, Mark Hufnail.

SUMMARY: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2 explores the ideological conflict that existed between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton and highlights Washington's farewell address. Volume 3 portrays the bitterly contested presidential election of 1796 and the difficult administration of John Adams. Volume 4 concludes with the poignant tale of the reconciliation between Adams and Jefferson, and the story of the famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.

CAST: Hosted by Roger Mudd ; featuring the voices of James Woods (John Adams), Brian Dennehy (George Washington), Hal Holbrook (Benjamin Franklin), Burt Reynolds (Patrick Henry), Randy Travis (James Madison), Beau Bridges (Samuel Adams), Michael York (Thomas Paine & Alexander Hamilton), and Peter Coyote (Thomas Jefferson).

CREDITS: Narrated by Edward Herrmann; produced by MPH Entertainment Inc. for The History Channel.

SUMMARY: They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our founding fathers were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar bills and pocket change.

CONTENTS:
Disc. 1. Rebels with a cause; Taking liberties -- Disc. 2. You say you want a revolution?, A healthy constitution.

CAST: Interview subjects include Bill Cosby, Walter Cronkite, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, and George Wallace.

CREDITS: Director, producer, Spike Lee ; producer, Sam Pollard; director of photography, Ellen Kuras; editor, Sam Pollard; music, Terence Blanchard.

SUMMARY: When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls: Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation's outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America's concern.

From the Bill of Rights to the Internet: Protecting Privacy Rights and Interests in the New Millennium (VHS). ca. 143 min.

2000 annual Kastenmeier Colloquium, held April 14, 2000 at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

CONTENTS:
What is privacy, by Robert Gellman
Privacy, information flows, and balance during a period of rapid transition, by Martin Abrams
Privacy in the digital age, by Deirdre Mulligan
Beyond code for Internet privacy: the first amendment, privacy-as-property, and speech filters, by Paul M. Schwartz

CREDITS: Director, Anne Aghion; producers, Philip Brooks, Laurent Bocahut, Anne Aghion; editor, Nadia Ben Rachid; photography, Mathieu Hagnery, James Kakwerere.

SUMMARY: In 1994, decades of politically motivated ethnic scapegoating culminated in a wholesale slaughter of the Rwanda's Tutsi minority, along with many Hutu moderates. Today, Rwanda is rebuilding, but its most difficult task is addressing the emotional trauma and fostering reconciliation between the Hutu and Tutsi. This film follows the first steps in one of the world's boldest experiments in reconciliation: the Gacaca Tribunals. These are a form of citizen-based justice based on ancient traditions of judgement, aimed at unifying this scarred nation.

CREDITS: Produced by Charles Konowal and directed by Joe McDonald and Charles Konowal.

SUMMARY: This program, based on a well-publicized Minnesota case, examines one family's efforts to bring closure to the brutal murder of a loved one. The family insists on confronting the killers to ask them disturbing questions that have plagued the family over a three-year period. In doing so, they hope to bring the monstrous act and its perpetrators into human focus as a major step toward healing ... This is an intimate and riviting glimpse into a bold new approach to criminal justice designed to heal both the offenders and their victims.

CREDITS: Producers and directors, B.G. Abrams and David Brag; writers, B.G. Abrams and Don Itkin; editor, David Braga.

SUMMARY: Part one presents a general overview of courtroom practices during a civil court case. It tells what a courtroom looks like, who will be there, what will go on during the trial, and outlines the stages of a trial. Part two discusses proper conduct in and out of the courtroom, the importance of personal appearance, and what to do when testifying on the witness stand in order to make a favorable impression on the jury.

CONTENTS:
pt. 1. What to expect (19 min.)
pt. 2. What's expected of you (18 min.)

Grand Jury Testimony of William Jefferson Clinton, August 17, 1998 (VHS). About 4 hrs.

SUMMARY: On August 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton gave videotaped testimony before a grand jury in the Ken Starr investigation. The testimony is presented without narration and without opinion.

CREDITS: Produced by the National Geographic Society; directed and photographed by William Livingston; written by Jeanne Livingston; edited by Loye Miller; music by Frank Ferrucci.

SUMMARY: Documentary on the history of railroads in India, including where the trains run, how they are used by the people in the country, and the complexities of running the trains on board.

CAST: Frances Davis, Maria Heil, Fox Butterfield, Robert J. Spitzer; narrator Tracy Thorne.

CREDITS: Director Thom Powers; producers Thom Powers, Meema Spadola, and John Walter; executive producers Fred Green and Patty Payne Green; editor John Walter; composer Rick Baitz, writers Thom Powers and John Walter.

SUMMARY: An incisive exploration into the women's movements on both sides of the emotionally charged gun control debate. The Million Moms and the Second Amendment Sisters are diametrically opposed on the issue of gun control, but they agree on one point: mothers will and should have a voice in determining gun control policy in America. The program explores the grassroots of both movements by focusing on two different women, living in two different Americas.

SUMMARY: Shot on location in Los Angeles and San Francisco over a period of two years, producer Goro Toshima documents the successes and failures of three prison parolees.

CREDITS: Produced and directed by Joshua M. Greene and Shiva Kumar; music, Steve Gorn; advisers, Gerhart Friedlander, Diemut Majer, and William Meinecke.

SUMMARY: When those charged with defending the rule of law betray that trust, the victory of tyrants is assured. Hitler's Courts featured archival footage from the Nazi era, rarely seen photographs, and interviews with leading voices in international law. Experts examine the perversion of the courts under Nazi rule and discuss how distinguished lawmakers capable of complicity in the largest mass murder of men, women and children in history.

SUMMARY: Criminal defense lawyers and others discuss the role of the criminal defender.

Published: New York : Public Affairs Television, 1987; distributed by PBS Video in 1989.

CREDITS: Senior executive producer, Joan Konner; executive producer, Richard Petrow; director, Vern Diamond; executive editor, Bill Moyers.

SUMMARY: In this eleven-part series, Bill Moyers discusses the history of the Constitution, how it has been interpreted, and how it affects nearly every aspect of our lives. Includes conversations with Supreme Court Justices Blackmun, Brennan, O'Connor and Powell, and scholars Ronald Dworkin, Mortimer Adler, and Martin Marty.

CONTENTS:
[1] In the beginning
[2] Mr. Justice Blackmun
[3] Mortimer Adler, teaching the Constitution
[4] Mr. Justice Brennan
[5] Ronald Dworkin, the changing story
[6] God and the Constitution
[7] Strictly speaking
[8] Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
[9] For the people
[10] 1987 v. the Constitution
[11] Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.

CAST: Joyce Malcolm, Glenn Reynolds, Eugene Volokh, Randy Barnett, Daniel Polsby, Nelson Lund, Nicholas Johnson, Brannon Denning, Akhil Amar, Robert Cottrol, Sanford Levinson, Gary Kleck, Sandy Froman, Carol Bambery, Steven Halbrook, David Kopel, Don Kates, Roy Innis, Clayton Cramer.

CREDITS: Produced and directed by David T. Hardy; audio postproduction by Jason Miller.

SUMMARY: In search of the Second Amendment tells the story through interviews with professors of constitutional law, historians, and legal experts, together with original historical documents, many never before filmed.

SUMMARY: On August 26, 1998, Stéphane and Fabrice surrender to the police, confessing to the murder of Mustapha K. committed three days earlier in the village of Vendargues, France. After 48 hours in custody they are brought up in front of the magistrate (prosecutor), Dominique Voglimacci. He is in charge of interrogating the suspects and witnesses, to bring the truth to light or, at least, to get as close to it as possible.

SUMMARY: Revisit the defendants in the third episode of the Little Rascals Day Care sexual abuse case-- in which more than 30 people were accused and seven indicted on hundreds of abuse charges emerging from a daycare center in Edenton, North Carolina. Explore the serious questions about the validity of the testimony and the fairness of the trials which resulted in 12 life sentences for Little Rascals owner Bob Kelly and one life sentence for daycare worker Dawn Wilson, and wonder why, today, all charges against Kelly and Wilson have been dropped.

SUMMARY: Shows an actual jury deliberation as twelve men and women weigh facts, ponder evidence, and debate the meaning of justice.

Published: Primos, PA: WTL Productions, 1995.
Each tape is about 30 minutes in length.

CAST: Features scholars and experts in international law from the academic community, the United Nations, the American Society of International Law and other international organizations.

CREDITS: Funded by the U.S. Department of Education; developed by Elizabeth F. Defeis; produced in cooperation with the American Society of International Law.

CONTENTS:
Tape 1. Nature and sources
Tape 2. States
Tape 3. Law of treaties
Tape 4. Human rights
Tape 5. International organizations
Tape 6. Use of force
Tape 7. Dispute settlement
Tape 8. International criminal law
Tape 9. Global concerns
Tape 10. Economic law

Intimacy, Marriage, Race, and the Meanings of Equality : Perspectives on the 40th Anniversary of Loving v. Virginia.

Symposium sponsored by the Wisconsin Law Review and held November 10-11, 2006, at the Monona Terrace Convention Center and the University of Wisconsin Law School.

CONTENTS:
Introduction / Victoria Nourse -- On intimacy, immigration and subordination / Jennifer Chacon -- On interracial marriage / Reginald Oh -- Loving in contradiction panel discussion -- Keynote address / Rachel Moran -- On tribal miscegenation laws / Carla Pratt -- On the changes in rates of interracial marriage among different groups in the aftermath of Loving / Richard Banks -- On the portrayal of interracial relationships in the entertainment industry / Angela Onwuachi-Willig -- On interracial relationships as cultural evangelism / Rashmi Goel -- On race and family / Tonya Brito -- On the rationale behind the Loving decision / Tucker Culbertson -- On 'sameness' as a way to advance gay rights in the public discourse / Catherine Smith -- On the analogy of Loving to same-sex marriages / Adele Morrison -- On the challenges of critical consciousness within the context of interracial relationships in America -- Loving reconsidered panel discussion.

CREDITS: Producer/director, Mary Providence Magill; executive producer, Robert Magill.

SUMMARY: In this documentary, a homeless man with a mental illness relates to us how life in the street is made much worse when the judiciary compounds his dilemna. Then we see how one young woman, a judge in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, has helped to break the endless cycle of arrest and incarceration.

SUMMARY: Shows how Shepard's citators are used to research cases and statutes to locate appropriate citations related to a point of law. Shepard's assists with finding new sources of authority, evaluating the present day value of authorities, and following the history of a case or statute.

2005 Kastenmeier lecture, presented in conjunction with the Wisconsin Union Directorate, and held November 14, 2005, at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union.

SUMMARY: Former presidential candidate George McGovern spoke on the need for a new Democratic platform based on solid liberal ideals and ending the war in Iraq. He laid out a seven-point plan for how he'd reform the country. McGovern compared the current war in Iraq to the Vietnam War. He alleged that the war in Iraq serves the interests of a minority of rich power holders, but is paid for in tax dollars and American blood.

SUMMARY: On December 2, 1980, three nuns (Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, and Dorothy Kazel) and one lay worker (Jean Donovan) were abducted, raped, and murdered by El Salvadoran National Guardsmen. This documentary covers the initial investigation, the trial of the Guardsmen, and later attempts to bring to justice the military leaders (Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, director of the National Guard, and Jose Guillermo Garcia, head of the Ministry of Defense) who ordered the murders.

Created by The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
Subtitled in English and Spanish.

SUMMARY: These three 20- minute videos examine key constitutional concepts. The first explains why the nation's framers created the Constitution. The second describes the protection of individual rights by highlighting the Supreme Court case of Gideon v. Wainwright, affirming the right to an attorney. The last explores the separation of powers by examining the Supreme Court case of Youngstown v. Sawyer, a challenge to President Truman's decision to take over steel mills during the Korean War.

CONTENTS:
Part 1: Creating a constitution -- Part 2: One man changes the constitution, Gideon v. Wainwright -- Part 3: Checks and balances, Youngstown v. Sawyer.

SUMMARY: Interviews with people who worked in the Kolyma River region of Siberia during the Stalinist era, interspersed with old film footage.

SUMMARY: Vladimiro Montesinos, head of the President Alberto Fujimori's Peruvian Intelligence Agency, made videotapes for potential blackmail with a hidden camcorder in his private office. In 2000, one of these tapes surfaced, becoming the first of hundreds to reveal government officials bribing television executives in exchange for favorable press coverage of Fujimori.

SUMMARY: Stresses the importance of protecting a client's confidences. Gives safeguards for protecting both written and oral communication to avoid an embarrassing situation.

SUMMARY: Annual performance of skits by University of Wisconsin Law School students parodying law school life.

Published: Washington, D.C.: Law School Admission Council, Law School Admission Services, 1982.

SUMMARY: Presents a panel of members of the Law School Admission Council discussing the historic and current criteria used to evaluate the LSAT itself, and the scores earned by law school applicants.

SUMMARY: A documentary which describes the life of Florida civil rights pioneer Virgil Hawkins.

SUMMARY: Comprehensive coverage of lawyer trust accounts: their history, importance, maintenance, violations. Jay G. Foonberg facilitates and conducts educational and motivational seminars for private law firms, bar associations and CLE providers. His programs are normally granted CLE accreditation.

CAST: Featuring: Donald Baumeister, Sam Garrett, Cassandra Hooks, Magda Madrigal, Megan Meadows and Tricia Zunker.

CREDITS: Directed and produced by Eric Chaiken; producer, Tasha Oldham; editor, Deborah Barkow; director of photography, Stephanie Martin.

SUMMARY: Documentary explores the influence of the law and its practitioners on American culture, while following six characters as they do whatever it takes to become lawyers. This film features cameos by legal luminaries, politicians, well-known comedians, celebrity lawyers and other notables.

A production of the Television Bureau of Advertising in cooperation with the American Bar Association.

SUMMARY: A review of the findings of the American Bar Association Commission on Advertising.

The Legal Profession's Hidden Secret: Substance Abuse: Conversations with Recovering Lawyers. 30 min.

CREDITS: Produced by Larry Dubin, Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.

Legal Research Made Easy: A Roadmap through the Law Library Maze (VHS). 2 hrs. 25 min.

CREDITS: produced by Nolo Press and Legal Star Communications; producer, David B. Feldman; director, James Wooden; writers, Robert C. Berring and Ralph Warner.

SUMMARY: Legal research expert Robert Berring shows how to use a law library to find needed answers and explains all the basic legal research tools.

CREDITS: Photography, Onne van der Wal; editor, Ana Crenovich; music, Joel Diamond.

SUMMARY: The worst and deadliest chemical disaster of all time occurred in 1984 in Bhopal, India. Vast amounts of toxic gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory, killing thousands of people and poisoning hundreds of thousands of others. This film documents this tragedy and presents the legal evidence assembled against Union Carbide including never before seen documents and exclusive interviews with former Union Carbide officers.

English subtitles translate the native languages.
Study guide (38 p.) located in pamphlet box at end of Instructional Video Collection.

CREDITS: Narrator, Helen Mirren; directors, Frances Reid & Deborah Hoffmann; producer, Frances Reid; original score, Lebo M; cinematographers, Ezra Jwili, Frances Reid.

SUMMARY: For over forty years, South Africa was governed by the most notorious form of racial domination since Nazi Germany. When it finally collapsed, those who had enforced apartheid's rule wanted amnesty for their crimes. Their victims wanted justice. As a compromise, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was formed. As it investigated the crimes of apartheid, the Commission brought together victims and perpetrators to relive South Africa's brutal history. By revealing the past instead of burying it, the TRC hoped to pave the way to a peaceful future.

Published: St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Co., 1990.
Accompanying "Study Guide for First Year Law Students" in pamphlet box at end of Instructional Video Collection.

SUMMARY: Describes how court decisions move from the courts to case reporters and then to casebooks.

SUMMARY: Examines the long and complex relationship between the presidency and public opinion. Scholars explore decisive moments in the history of the presidency from George Washington to FDR.

CONTENTS:
The founding Fathers through President Jackson -- President Lincoln and the Civil War -- President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal.

CREDITS: Host, Ted Koppel; correspondant, Michel McQueen; interviewees, Gus Smith, Kemba Smith, Julie Stuart, Laura Hankins, Helen Fahey, Stephen Saltzburg.

SUMMARY: Examines the case of Kemba Smith, a non-violent, first-time drug offender, who is serving 24 years in prison without parole because of mandatory sentencing.

The thirteenth Thomas E. Fairchild lecture, delivered on November 2, 2001, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

SUMMARY: Prof. Warren of Harvard Law School discusses how the power of the market can threaten serious and objective law-related empirical research.

CAST: Presenter: Roberto Cooper Ramo; Moderator: Stephen Gillers; Panelists: Albert Krieger, Michael McCann, Gerald Boyle, Ed Turner, Evan Thomas, David Horowitz, Eric Holder, Linda Fairstein, Ronald Olson, Tony Mauro, Ronald Carlson, John Byrd Martin, and William Lee.

CREDITS: Sponsors: American Bar Association, University of Georgia, School of Law, and Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

SUMMARY: Panel discussion presented in Atlanta, Georgia on Mar 16, 1995. The moderator guides the panelists through a developing hypothetical. The intriguing scenario features a pop music superstar and spokesperson against domestic violence who shot and killed an intruder at her estate.

Millennium Evenings at the White House: Honor the Past, Imagine the Future (VHS).

Presented by the White House Millennium Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Sun Microsystems.

SUMMARY: A series of lectures and cultural showcases presented by the White House in 1998 and 1999 to highlight American creativity and inventiveness through ideas, art, and scientific discoveries.

CONTENTS:
1. The living past: commitments for the future, by Bernard Bailyn (64 min.)
2. Imagination and change: science in the next millennium, by Stephen Hawking (71 min.)
3. A celebration of poetry in American life (87 min.)
4. Jazz, an expression of democracy (88 min.)
5. The meaning of the millennium, by Natalie Zemon Davis and Martin E. Marty (102 min.)
6. Women as citizens: vital voices through the century (118 min.)
7. The perils of indifference: lessons from a violent century, by Elie Wiesel (113 min.)

CREDITS: Produced by the United Nations and United Nations Association of the United States of America.

SUMMARY: Through role-playing the representatives of the UN Member States, young people learn about other countries and cultures while developing a global perspective on issues confronting the world community.

Published: Chicago, Ill.: American Bar Association Consortium for Professional Education, 1979.

CAST: Speakers: Richard B. Levin, Jacob Dim, Mitchell W. Miller, Howard A. Patrick.

Videodisc release of a 2002 segment of the PBS television series The American experience produced by WGBH Boston and the Nebraska ETV Network.

CREDITS: Producer/director/writer, Christine Lesiak; co-producer/director, Annie Mumgaard; editor, Alexandru Moscu; photography, Allen Moore; original music, Tom Larson.

SUMMARY: The trial of John Scopes, a Tennesee biology teacher arrested in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. The Scopes trial was America's first major media event.

CREDITS: Diane Sawyer. Executive producer, Shelley Ross; senior producer, Jonathan Talmadge; coordinating producer, Wendey S. Roth; producers, Alison Craiglow, Anthony Radziwill, Julie Sertel; editors, Ralph Avellino, Ed Delgado, Glenn Hunsberger; announcer, Dan Foley.

SUMMARY: Outlines the case involving the Menendez brothers' murder of their parents. Presents background data, the various courtroom strategies involved, and analyzes the case in discussions with legal experts.

Release of a 2001 French documentary film, released there as Un coupable idéal.
Academy Award, 2002: Best documentary, feature.

CREDITS: Director, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade; produceer, Denis Poncet; camera, Isabelle Razavet; music, Helen Blazy; editors, Pascal Vernier and Pagnar Van Leyden.

SUMMARY: When a 15-year-old black male is arrested for the murder of Mary Ann Stephens, everyone involved in the case--from investigators to journalists--is ready to condemn him, except for his public defence lawyer, Patrick McGuiness. A true tale of murder and injustice.

Release of a 2001 French documentary film, released there as Un coupable idéal.
Academy Award winner, best documentary feature.

CREDITS: Director, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade; producer, Denis Poncet; camera, Isabelle Razavet; music, Helen Blazy; editors, Pascal Vernier and Pagnar Van Leyden.

SUMMARY: When a 15-year-old black male is arrested for the murder of Mary Ann Stephens, everyone involved in the case--from investigators to journalists--is ready to condemn him, except for his lawyer, Patrick McGuiness. A true tale of murder and injustice.

2007 Kastenmeier Lecture, held November 30, 2007, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

CREDITS: Presented by Harold Hongju Koh, with special introduction by Russ Feingold and remarks by Tom Petri.

SUMMARY: Harold Koh, Dean of Yale Law School, spoke on the detrimental effects of the executive branch's effort over time to increase its national security power. He described how the impact of historical events, including Sept. 11, 2001, changed the tide of U.S. policy. He described the current administration as contributing to a shift toward a disregard of checks and balances, mainly with Supreme Court appointments, and called for a return to just policy under law. Introductory remarks were provided by Tom Petri, U.S. House of Representatives, and via a video message by Russ Feingold, U.S. Senate. Petri and Koh agreed that, above all, individual rights should be protected.

Published: Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Media Marketing, 1987.
Produced in cooperation with the J. Reuben Clark Law School.

Published: Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1978.
Produced in cooperation with the J. Reuben Clark Law School.

SUMMARY: Two attorneys negotiate an initial settlement between their clients in a divorce case.

Published: Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 1978.
Produced in cooperation with the J. Reuben Clark Law School.

CREDITS: Series coordinator, Gerald R. Williams; special assistance by Roger G. Croft; instructional developer, David O. McKay Institute; directed by Roger S. Olson.

French narration; in Gujarati with English subtitles.
Originally produced in 2000.

CREDITS: Director, Elisabeth Dubreuil; producer, Annick Lemonnier; director of photography, Philippe Thomas; editor, Bruno Esquirol; music, Leito dje dje.

SUMMARY: In the Indian state of Gujurat there operates an institution started by Harivallabh Parīkh called Open Court. It is a court where anyone can take the floor and justice is dispensed regardless of caste. This film tells of the history of this court and its impact on the community.

SUMMARY: Professor Milhollin discusses his work investigating international traffic in nuclear arms.

CREDITS: Written, directed and produced by Eric Paul Fournier; co-producers Dorka Keehn and Shirley Nakao; executive producers Eric Paul Fournier and Ken Korematsu; cinematography by Peter McCandless; edited by Jean Kawahura and Eric Paul Fournier; original musical score by Bond Bergland and Michael Becker.

SUMMARY: Fred Korematsu was probably never more American than when he resisted, and then challenged in court, the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Korematsu lost his landmrk Supreme Court case in 1944, but never his indignation and resolve. This is the untold history of the 40-year legal fight to vindicate Korematsu -- one that finally turned a civil injustice into a civil rights victory.

SUMMARY: A condensation of ABC's coverage of one of the most well-known court cases of the times -- the rape trial of William Kennedy Smith, a member of one of America's most prominent families. Includes Diane Sawyer's interview with the woman who brought the charges, Patricia Bowma

Produced and managed by Institute for Justice; William Cunningham, Science Applications International Corporation; and Peter Ohlhausen, Ohlhausen Research, Inc.
Published: Washington, D.C.: ?b Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2001.

CREDITS: Directed and edited by Corporate New Media Solutions, Science Applications International Corporation.

SUMMARY: A discussion of various cooperative endeavors between law enforcement agencies and private security organizations.

An Oral History of Clinical Legal Education. Part 1. Seeds of Change (DVD). 53 min.

CREDITS: Executive producer and narrator, J.P. "Sandy" Ogilvy; senior interviewer and video producer, Charles W. Hall.

SUMMARY: This volume uses archival material and oral history interviews of some of the pioneers of the modern clinical legal education movement to explore the history of clinical legal education in American law schools from the founding of the republic through the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Created by The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

SUMMARY: United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students and discuss why we have and need a constitution, what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.

CONTENTS:
Introduction -- Teaching the Constitution -- Why have a constitution? -- Helping to solve problems -- The power of precedent -- Moral values/Decision-making -- Separation of powers -- Relevance today -- Federalism -- Individual liberty vs. security -- Most influential cases -- Court decision making -- Conclusion.

SUMMARY: Offers candid advice to lesbians and gay men considering law school, addressing such issues as coming out (or not) on law school applications, identifying law schools that are "gay friendly" and supportive, and the importance of mentors.

Published: Kansas City, MO: National Federation of Paralegal Associations, 2000.

SUMMARY: This video explores what a paralegal is, how attorneys and their law practices benefit by utilizing paralegal services, qualifications of paralegals, and specific exmaples of the roles and responsibilities paralegals undertake in the practice of law.

Published: Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, Phi Delta Kappa, 1996.
Recording of the annual Ralph F. Fuchs lecture, delivered April 16, 1996.

Developed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit through its Ad Hoc Advocacy Committee.
Published: Los Angeles: VisionWorks Entertainment, 1995.

CREDITS: Executive producer, Julia Werner Simon; produced by VisionWorks Entertainment.

CREDITS: Editor, Claudio Martínez; photography and camera, Jacques Bouquin; advisors, Renate Sachse, Ernesto Ekaizer; editing collaboration, Suzana Rossberg.

SUMMARY: Investigates the legal case against Augusto Pinochet for crimes against humanity.

Published: Madison, Wis.: State Bar of Wisconsin, Pioneers in the Law Committee, 1998.

SUMMARY: Describes the hardships and recognizes the efforts of the first 150 women lawyers to get into the male dominated legal profession.

CREDITS: Writer, producer and director, Ofra Bikel; editor, Karen K.H. Sim; narrator, Will Lyman; camera, Mark Molesworth and Bob Perrin; music, Thomas Rutishauser.

SUMMARY: Examines the prevalence of plea bargaining in the American justice system, and the failures of justice that result when the practice is misused. Nearly 95 percent of all cases resulting in felony convictions never reach a jury, but instead are settled through plea bargains, in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for a reduced sentence. Critics contend that the push to resolve cases through plea bargains jeopardizes the constitutional rights of defendants, who may be pressured to admit their guilt whether they are guilty or not.

Published: Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Audio Visual Services, 1987.
Produced in conjunction with the J. Reuben Clark Law School.

Points and Authorities: A Legal Career & Interviewing Guide for Minorities (VHS). 38 min.

Published: Chicago: American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, and Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, 1985.

Published: Detroit, MI: Information Factory, ?c 1983.
Accompanying print material in pamphlet box at end of Instructional Video Collection.

SUMMARY: Documents the controversy that resulted from the 1980 announcement of General Motors that it planned to build a factory in a residential neighborhood after evicting the people who lived there. Focuses on the political activities undertaken by residents in an unsuccessful attempt to force General Motors to abandon the plan.

CREDITS: Produced, videotaped and edited by Alan Raymond, and Susan Raymond for WNET/13.

SUMMARY: A candid report of the life of the South Bronx's 44th Precinct and its officers' daily confrontation with crime.

SUMMARY: Should be shown to every client prior to having their deposition taken. It will help to alleviate some stress and anxiety during the deposition process. The more they know the better they will perform.

SUMMARY: Discusses questions on which to prepare an expert witness prior to deposition and trial.

Companion to: Understanding sexual violence: prosecuting adult rape and sexual assault cases.

CREDITS: Produced by the National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts, a project of the NOW Legal Defense Fund. Funded by the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Violence Against Women Office.

SUMMARY: Explores the presentation of medical evidence in an adult victim rape trial.

CREDITS: Pamela Yates and Peter Kinoy, producers; Pamela Yates, director; Tom Vaught, narrator; Peter Kinoy, editor; Paul Mailman, digital cinematography; Douglas J. Cuomo, original music.

SUMMARY: Follows several ongoing misdemeanor and felony cases being handled by the San Francisco Office of the Public Defender.

SUMMARY: Chronicles the Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie case in which the defendant, a lawyer, was sued for sexual harrassment as was the law firm that employed him for not actively working to stop the harrassment.

Produced at Gonzaga University School of Law's Institute for Law School Teaching.
Accompanying binder in general stacks at: KF/272/H46/2001.

SUMMARY: In ProCD Inc. v. Zeidenberg, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that shrinkwrap licensing agreements included with software products sold off the shelf are valid contracts under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. In this videotape, University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Bill Whitford interviews the defendant, Matthew Zeidenberg, and his attorney, David Austin.

Professional Responsibility in Pretrial Litigation: The Morgantown Civic Center Collapse (VHS). 18 min.

Published: Chicago, Ill.: Commerce Clearing House, Inc. in cooperation with the Center on Professionalism of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1990.

CAST: William Wise, Anthony Scipio, Melissa McFarlane, Reba Mayo, Tom Crognale, F. Sean Perretta, Tom McLaughlin, Robert D'Agostino, Suzanne Dorf.

CREDITS: Written by Janet G. Perry; produced by Rhonda Fabian; directed by Rob Barron, Rhonda Fabian, and Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr.; camera and lighting, Mike Pearlman; editors, Rhonda Fabian, Jonathan M. Donley, Robert Rizzuto; videotape, Pete Hayes; sound, Ed Walters; consultant, Eleanor W. Myers.

The Quest for Equal Educational Opportunity: A Brown v. Board of Education Mock Argument (DVD). 84 min.

Preliminary hearing before Judge Kathleen Kennedy Powell; defense attorneys, Gerald Uelman and Robert Shapiro; prosecutors, William Hudgman and Marcia Clark.
Published: New York: Courtroom Television Network, 1994.

CREDITS: Producer, Peter Aronson; associate producers, Mary Jane Stevenson and Suzanne Worden; senior producers, Jamie Alter and Carolyn Kresky; executive producer, Steve Johnson; editor in chief, Steven Brill; narrator, Gregg Jarrett.

SUMMARY: Testimonies by key witnesses to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to send O.J. Simpson to trial.

Originally broadcast on November 14, 2000 and November 21, 2000 as episodes of the television program: Frontline.

SUMMARY: Homocides, drug arrests, car theft, assault and battery ... it's all in a day's work for the prosecutors of Boston's Suffolk County district attorney's office. Frontline goes inside the real-life workings of America's criminal justice system to reveal the offers, counteroffers, deals and compromises that keep cases moving through our crowded courts.

Published: Chicago, Ill.: R & R Video, Commerce Clearing House and Center on Professionalism of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1989.

CAST: Tom McLaughlin, Wayne Atchison, Andrew McCosker, Jan Austell, Carmella Spear.

CREDITS: Written and created by Eleanor W. Myers; produced and directed by Rhonda Fabian-Rizzuto; executive producer, Caroline M. Simon; camera and lighting, Morris Cooperman; editor, David A. Schwartz.

SUMMARY: Highlights ethical dilemmas encountered by lawyers engaged in corporate counseling, whether participating in-house or in an outside law firm. The case study will be presented by a videotaped dramatization interspersed with leader and audience discussion of the ethical issues as they arise.

Published: Sandy Hook, Ct.: Video Yesteryear Recording, 1980.
Copyrighted by J. David Goldin.

SUMMARY: Presents three separate speeches which former president Richard M. Nixon gave including one from his first campaign for national office and his

SUMMARY: Gripping account of the summer of 1892, in which a bitter conflict erupted at the Carnegie Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The nation's largest steel maker took on its most militant labor union, with devastating consequences for American workers. Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick head a fascinating cast of characters which includes 300 armed Pinkerton guards and the would-be anarchist assasin, Alexander Berkman. This American tragedy still resonates one hundred years later, especially in communities hard hit by the decline of heavy industry and labor's diminishing clout.

Subtitle: The Untold Story of the Man who Killed Jim Crow.
A presentation of the University of Virginia.
Published: San Francisco, Calif.: California Newsreel (distributor), 1990.

CREDITS: Narrator, Steven Anthony Jones; producers, William A. Elwood, Mykola Kulish; director, Mykola Kulish; writer, William A. Ellwood et al; edited by Gary Weimberg and Yasha Aginsky; camera, Brad Shapiro; music, Darryl Cox.

SUMMARY: Presents the role of Charles Hamilton Houston in the cases which let to the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education. Gives background history of segregation, Jim Crow laws, NAACP and bio-data on persons influential in the desegregation movement.

CAST: Panelists: Joseph Dolan, Herbert "Jack" Miller, Archibald Cox, Nicholas Katzenbach, John Segenthaler, Burke Marshall, Anthony Lewis, John Douglas, and Edwin Guthman.

SUMMARY: A panel discussion held at Duquesne University School of Law on April 12, 1996 discussing Robert F. Kennedy's career as United States Attorney General. Includes a 15 min. video titled written and produced by Ken Gormley and Matt Kambic.

SUMMARY: Presents the key portions of both the prosecution and defense cases. Condenses 150 hours of gavel-to-gavel coverage and includes the 81 second amateur videotape which recorded the events that occurred during the evening of March 3, 1991.

The fifteenth Thomas E. Fairchild lecture, presented at the University of Wisconsin Law School, May 2, 2003.

SUMMARY: Ms. Raggi, currently a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, previously judged for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She spoke about the role of federal district courts in the United States.

CREDITS: Original concept and story line by Vladimir Suvorov; written by Tom Naygrow; translation by Nonna Maksimova; edited by Irina Anokhina.

SUMMARY: Russia has over one million two hundred thousand prisoners. Prison N-240 is considered to hold the most dangerous prisoners in Russia. Interviews with prison guards and their wives present an overview of Russia's prison system and its most notorious prison.

Recorded Dec. 6, 2005 in Washington, D.C. as a segment of the program Washington Journal.

SUMMARY: Prof. Scharf, advisor to the Iraqi special tribunal presiding over Saddam Hussein's trial, speaks about the trial and the leeway given by the judge to the uncontrollable defendant. He takes questions from callers.

Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Frontline, Nov. 23, 2004.

CREDITS: Directed by David Rummel; written by Lowell Bergman and David Rummel; produced by David Rummel and Nelli Kheyfets; narrated by Will Lyman.

SUMMARY: The average American family today carries 10 credit cards. Credit card debt and personal bankruptcies are now at an all time high. With no legal limit on the amount of interest or fees that can be charged, credit cards have become the most profitable sector of the American banking industry: more than $30 billion in profits last year alone. Frontline and the New York times join forces to investigate how an industry few Americans understand how became so pervasive, so lucrative, and so powerful.

Sentencing Criminals: After a Quarter Century of Reform, Where Are We? (DVD & VHS). 2 hr. 25 min.

2001 Annual Kastenmeier Colloquium, held March 23, 2001, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

CREDITS: Moderator: Thomas Hutchison; panelists: Douglas Berman, Michael E. Smith, and John Steer.

SUMMARY: Dramatizes use of the Shepard's Citation Service on the lexis.com research system.

Snapshots from the Seventh Circuit: Continuity and Change, 1966 to 2007 (DVD). (unknown running time)

The nineteenth Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture, delivered on April 27, 2007, at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

CREDITS: Guest lecturer: Hon. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

SUMMARY: Judge Wood discusses Thomas Fairchild's contributions to the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit over the course of his tenure on the court.

Madison, Wis.: Wisconsin Public Television in cooperation with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, c1998.
Funded in part by the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission with funds from individual and corporate contributors and the State of Wisconsin

CREDITS: Project director, Amanda K. Todd; assistant project director, Karen Leone de Nie; executive producer, Kay Klubertanz; producers/writers, Shelly Young, Dean Thomas; director, Dean Thomas; director of photography, Raymond L. Ibsen; Videographers, Raymond L. Ibsen, Frank Boll; Narrator, Tejumola F. Ologbaomi

SUMMARY: A documentary on the fugitive slave case involving Joshua Glover, who escaped from a Missouri farm in 1852 and found freedom in Racine. He was arrested in 1854 and imprisoned under the federal Fugitive Slave Law. He was broken out of the Milwaukee jail by a band of abolitionists led by newspaper publisher Sherman Booth, sparking a legal battle that pitted state and federal courts against one another for more than seven years. The story is told through interviews, historic documents, and images.|

Narrated in English with English subtitles for Spanish and Quechuan dialogues.
Special features include: Filmakers' commentary, interview with International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) experts, New York premiere Q&A, Verz Lentz slide show, trailer.

CREDITS: A film by Paco de Onis, Peter Kinoy, and Pamela Yates; produced by Paco de Onis; directed by Pamela Yates; edited by Peter Kinoy ; cinematographer, Juan Duran; original music, Tito La Rosa and Tavo Castillo.

SUMMARY: The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's official report chronicles the atrocities of both sides during the twenty year war between Abimael Guzman's revolutionary "Shining path" Indian guerrilla movement and the establishment governments. The Commission presents an alternate lens through which citizens of Peru can evaluate the inequalities their Indian people sought to address and the inevitable ravages modern terrorism brings to everyone.

SUMMARY: Prof. Kritzer discusses the meaning of concepts and procedures like "statistical inference," "statistical significance," and "regression."

CREDITS: Series producer, Mark Zwonitzer; director, Thomas Lennon; writers, Mark Zwonitzer and Richard Ben Cramer; executive producer, Jody Sheff; executive in charge, William R. Grant.

SUMMARY: "The series charts the court's unique evolution, using archival footage and innovative graphic techniques to help audiences grasp complex legal concepts. Interviews with some of the greatest legal minds in the country as well as exclusive access to the court, help personalize the justices while providing context to key decisions and hot-button issues of the day."

CONTENTS:
v. 1. One nation under law -- v. 2. A new kind of justice -- v. 3. A nation of liberties -- v. 4. The Rehnquist revolution.

Produced at Gonzaga University School of Law's Institute for Law School Teaching.
Accompanying binder in general stacks at: KF/264/T43/1997.

SUMMARY: Law school students discuss classroom experiences that interfered with their ability to learn and experiences that enhanced their learning. Barriers to learning presents teachers lack of sensitivity toward students and pathways to learning reinforces positive teaching methods.

Text, Sighs, and Videotape: Sample Conferences that Present Special Challenges to Teachers (VHS). 63 min.

Prepared for use in the training course for Legal Writing Teaching Assistants at the Law School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

CREDITS: Reported by Paul Duke; producers, Steve York, Berry Richards; director, Steve York; executive producer, Ricki Green.

SUMMARY: A two-part series on the Supreme Court, its history and a step-by-step narrative of how cases arrive, are considered, decided and reported.

18th Thomas E. Fairchild lecture, University of Wisconsin Law School, Apr. 21, 2006.

CREDITS: Lecture by the Honorable Joan Humphrey Lefkow of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

SUMMARY: Judge Lefkow, who was one of Judge Fairchild's clerks, spoke in honor of her mentor. The talk took the form of a "walk down memory lane," in which Judge Lefkow shared her own memories of working with Judge Fairchild as well as the memories of her fellow clerks, who had sent their contributions to her in advance. Judge Lefkow's two current clerks, Jordan Russell and Jed Roher, stood with her as the three of them gave a dramatic presentation, taking the voices of Judge Fairchild and his clerks, many of whom were in the audience at the well-attended event. Roher, who read the lines of Judge Fairchild, is a third-year student at the UW Law School. As the lecture was about to begin, Judge Fairchild himself entered the room to a standing ovation.

SUMMARY: Patrick J. Fitzgerald, whose work as special prosecutor probing the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity drew national attention, spoke on the legal system's treatment of jurors.

CREDITS: Directed by Anne Lewis; associate director, Buck Maggard; sound and editing, Anne Lewis; executive producer, Dee Davis.

SUMMARY: Discusses the history and impact of strip mining in Kentucky. Focuses on actions by people directly affected by mining on both sides of the question: miners and farmers. Highlights the evolving legislation imposed to control strip mining and enabling newer methods such as "mountain top removal."

Originally broadcast as the ABC television program Nightline, with Ted Koppel as moderator.

CREDITS: Directed by Roger Goodman; producers, Richard Harris et al.; editor, Jim Morris.

SUMMARY: Ted Koppel moderates a panel discussion with questions from invited guests who were involved in the confirmation process on the day following the confirmation of Thomas Hill to the U.S. Supreme Court. Panelists include Republican senators Alan Simpson and Arlen Specter, who were on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democratic senators Paul Simon (also on the Judiciary Committee) and Bill Bradley, who was on the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Teachers manual in pamphlet box at end of Instructional Video Collection.
Published: Los Angeles: Master Productions in cooperation with Loyola of Los Angeles Law School, 1989-1997.
Series: Attorney/Client Interviewing and Counseling.

CREDITS: Directors of photography, Miro Gabor, Marek Jicha; music, Peter Fish; editor, David Charap.

SUMMARY: Documentary profiles the 1952 trial of fourteen Czechoslovak communists, including Rudolf Slâanskây, former General Secretary of the Party, tried on charges of high treason and espionage.

CAST: Faculty: Angela B. Bartell, William H. Coffey, Allan J. Deehr, E. Michael McCann, William G. Retert, Thomas P. Schneider.

CREDITS: Producers, Daniel B. Polin and Kenneth Mandel; editors, Benno Schoberth and Stan Warnow; music, T.O. Sterrett; camera, Yoram Millo; graphics, Tim Camuti.

SUMMARY: Presents a complete account of the Jerusalem trial of Adolph Eichmann in 1961. Shows a detailed exposition of the events leading to the Holocaust as well as the tragedy of a man who thought obedience to an order exonerated him from responsibility for unbelievable crimes.

Published: Chicago, Ill.: American Bar AssociationConsortium for Professional Education, 1982.
Presented by the American Bar Association Consortium for Professional Education in cooperation with the Tort and Insurance Practice Section.
Study guide in pamphlet box at end of Instructional Video Collection.

CONTENTS:
tape 1. Motions in limine
tape 2. Examination of the insured
tape 3. Examination of insured's former bookkeeper - defense witness
tape 4. Closing arguments

DVD bonus features: Think Like a Lawyer; includes 2 hours of additional professor interviews that cover the entire law school experience.

CAST: Ron Anderson, Cory King, Tesha McMinn, Braden Metcalf, Reece Norris, Katie Griffin, Stephanie Simon Hybl.

CREDITS: Directed by Porter Heath Morgan; executive producer, Porter Heath Morgan; associate producers, Porter H. Morgan III and Betsy Morgan; music by Jason Moore; edited by Johnathan Dortch.

SUMMARY: Follows the fascinating journey of students through their first year of law school as they encounter a new language, a new way of thinking and a new way of life. These students juggle families and relationships as they adjust to a high stress and highly competitive environment that puts a premium on competitiveness. Complete with insight from legal scholars around the country, this film explores the unique and demanding experience that is law school today, where success is measured for many by grades, based on one exam at the end of the semester. Top marks are few, their price is high, and disappointment is often widespread.

CREDITS: Written, produced and directed by Nonny de la Pena; edited by Joe Bini and Greg Byers; executive producers Robert Greenwald, Earl Katz, and Dan Raskov.

SUMMARY: Discusses how the USA PATRIOT Act has taken away checks on law enforcement and continues to endanger the civil liberties of all Americans under the guise of being part of the war on terrorism, and how paranoia, fear and racial profiling have led to gross infringements on freedom and democracy without strengthening national security.

Understanding Sexual Violence: The Judge's Role in Stranger and Nonstranger Rape and Sexual Assault Cases. A Self Directed DVD Curriculum. ca. 4 hrs.

System requirements: PC-compatible computer; DVD-ROM drive and DVD playback software, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Internet connection (ROM portion only).

CREDITS: The National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts; Lynn Hecht Schafran, director; Claudia J. Bayliff and Roberta M. Baldini, project attorneys.

SUMMARY: NJEP has adapted its highly regarded video curriculum for DVD. This DVD version is augmented with a segment on the neurobiology of trauma and an associated website with a searchable annotated database.

CONTENTS:
Introduction -- The curriculum materials -- The curriculum components -- Supplementary materials on the DVD and on the web -- Alternate wasy to present the curriculum -- Training format and sample agendas -- Planning for a group presentation -- Program logistics -- Enriching the program with local expertise, local materials and additional exercises -- Introducing the program -- Concluding and evaluating the program -- Contact for additional information or questions.

CREDITS: By Gittelman Film Associates; produced for Union Carbide Coporation, c1989.

SUMMARY: This video presents an accounting of the investigation of the nature and cause of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy. It details the events encountered by the investigating teams, up to the discovery and confirmation that the tragedy was caused by human sabotage.

Originally produced as a documentary film in 2006.
Special features (disc 1): 7 deleted scenes ("The congress project", "No nukes", "Airbags", "Big boys/Flint", "Bell's Palsy/Shafeek", "Proposition 103", "Meeting with The Congressional Black Caucus")
Special features (disc 2): 7 featurettes ("Profile of a charismatic leader"; "What kind of president would Ralph Nader be?"; "Debating the role of third parties in the U.S.", "What happened to the Democratic Party?", "Why is the Right better organized than the Left?", "Ralph Nader on the Iraq war", "A debate on corporate power in America")

CREDITS: Written & directed by Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan; produced by Kevin O'Donnell; directors of photography, Mark Raker et al.; editors, Alexis Provost and Beth Gallagher; original music by Joe Kraemer.

SUMMARY: The life and times of Ralph Nader, political analyst and presidential candidate. Includes footage and interviews with those who knew and worked with him, including an interview with the man himself.

Up for Grabs: The (Historical [crossed out]) Hysterical Battle for the Bonds Ball (DVD). 89 min.

CREDITS: Written, produced, and directed by Michael Wranovics; executive producers, Robert Petrie, Helen Woo, Christopher Parry; co-producers, Michael Lindenberger, Josh Keppel.

SUMMARY: Production exposes the custody fight over Barry Bonds' record-setting 73rd home run ball. From the embattled litigants who wouldn't settle, to the impassioned eyewitnesses and their contradictory accounts, to the bemused reporters who covered the bizarre case, Wranovics presents a cast of characters who prove that truth is funnier than fiction.

Upholding an Oath to the Constitution: A Legislator's Responsibilities (DVD & VHS). 90 min.

17th Thomas E. Fairchild lecture, University of Wisconsin Law School, Apr. 22, 2005.

Originally shown on the television program: CBS Reports. Published: New York: Carousel Film and Video, 1986.

SUMMARY: Looks at the disintegration of the strong Black family of twenty-five years ago, telling how now half of all Black families are headed by a single parent and that 60 percent of all Black children are born out of wedlock. Reporter Bill Moyers talks to Blacks in a Newark, N.J., ghetto in order to show the consequences of these problems.

SUMMARY: Instructional video showing how to use the CCH Standard federal tax reporter, including how to research by number, by subject, or by case name.

Published: Rochester, N.Y.: Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1994.
Sponsored by the American Inns of Court.
12 videocassettes.

CONTENTS:
Trial of William Shakespeare
Preparing and taking depositions the right way and the wrong way
Computer-enhanced litigation
Persona non grata, or, Am I my sibling's keeper?
Meet the press: lawyers, judges, ethics and the news media
Judge baiting, error creating and other ethical conundrums
Technology in the courtroom
Mediation
Preparation, direct & cross examination of a difficult witness
Effective jury selection techniques
Sex, discovery and Uncle Sam
Lies, delusions and treachery

CREDITS: Producer/director, Karina Epperlein; cinematography, John Knoop; sound recording, Jaime Kibben; editing, Nila Bogue and Joanne Feinberg; sound design & mix, Eric Schurig.

SUMMARY: em>Voices from Inside follows German-born theater artist Karina Epperlein into a federal women's prison where she is teaching weekly classes as a volunteer. Her racially mixed group of women prisoners becomes a circle of trust and healing.

SUMMARY: A Florida dance club chain uses unsavory tactics to lure large sums of money from elderly women.

Published: Eagen, MN: West Group, 1998.
Kit contains video, paper guide and paper table of contents sheet.

SUMMARY: Describes the company's Web-based legal education subscription service.

SUMMARY: Introduction to legal research using WESTLAW and other West Group products.

CONTENTS:
1. Introduction
2. Case law reporters
3. Digests
4. WESTLAW
5. Statutes
6. Secondary material
7. Special searches
8. Putting it all together

SUMMARY: Examines the reliability of eyewitness identification and the implications of DNA evidence for the American justice system. Considers the case of Ronald Cotton who spent eleven years in prison before DNA evidence proved him innocent of rape.

What Went Wrong? Conversations with Disciplined Lawyers: A Documentary (VHS) . 60 min.

SUMMARY: A one hour video documentary about lawyers who have been disciplined for acts of misconduct.

Will the Death Penalty Remain Alive in the Twenty-first Century? International Norms, Discrimination, Arbitrariness, and the Risk of Executing the Innocent (DVD & VHS). 90 min.

12th Thomas E. Fairchild lecture,presented at the University of Wisconsin Law School in 2000.

Address presented at University of Wisconsin Law School, June 28, 2005, by Robert W. Gordon.

Published by Fiat Lucre LLC.
"A report from the front lines of the real culture wars: Lawrence Lessig & Mickey Mouse, Carrie McLaren & Public Enemy, Don Joyce & U2, Larry Gross & Star Wars, Andy Warhol & Mona Lisa, Ezra G & DJ Akiko, Hot Rocks & The Rolling stones, Pretzel & Critters."

SUMMARY: Argues that fair use within U.S. copyright law is being eroded. "Learn how corporations use 'statutory damages' as a secret weapon to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from people who are guilty until proven innocent"--Jewell case

The Wisconsin Idea and Legal Research: From the ASSA to Willard Hurst (VHS). 60 min.

SUMMARY: In this talk Dr. Tomlins traces the intellectual origins of the Wisconsin Idea to the first sustained encounters of law with social science in post-Civil War United States. (The American Social Science Association (ASSA) was established in 1865.) He then explores two twentieth century variations on the Wisconsin Idea: the law and economics scholarship of John R. Commons, and the law and society scholarship of Willard Hurst.

Symposium held February 18, 2005, at the University of Wisconsin Law School, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Law Review, the Latino/a Law Students Association, and the Black Law Students Association.

CONTENTS:
Introductory remarks / Elizabeth Mertz -- Beyond legal aesthetics / Victoria Nourse -- The new v. the old legal realism: things ain't what they used to be / Stewart Macaulay -- A new realism for legal studies / Arthur McEvoy -- Property and Chicano poverty: a fractionalized legal template from the US Mexico War to the present / Guadalupe Luna -- Interrogating law & economics theory: evaluating the role of race in property sales in rural North Carolina / Thomas Mitchell.

CAST: Narrated by Jeffrey Wright; participants, Mekhi Phifer, Larenz Tate, Terry Kinney, Alicia Keys.

CREDITS: Producers, Adam D. Singer, Tommy Walker, Peter Gilbert, Nancy LeBrun; writer, Nathan Antila.

SUMMARY: On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education that the concept of "separate but equal" school segregation was unconstitutional. Director Peter Gilbert explores the history and legacy of the legal decision.

Lecture delivered at the University of Wisconsin Law School on April 21, 2004, co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Innocence Project of the Law School's Frank J. Remington Center, the University of Wisconsin chapter of the American Constitution Society, and the Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

SUMMARY: Janet Reno spoke on wrongful convictions and the unreliability of eyewitness identification.

CREDITS: Narrated by Gary Kobs; written by Richard Rashke; produced and directed by David Brega.

SUMMARY: This program presents a proven method to aid attorney preparation of clients prior to depositions in divorce cases which will result in better testimony.