Best Monash Law School Podcasts (2024)

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Jillian Robbins 32:13

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Episode 34 Jillian Robbins Jillian Robbins was a troubled teen with a long history of mental instability. But when she lied on her military application and was accepted to basic training, her years of hallucinations and debilitating depression turned her military sniper training into a recipe for a mass killer. When she decided to fire on unsuspect…

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Kaylee Sawyer & Aundreah Maes 39:52

1M ago39:52

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Episode 33 Kaylee Sawyer & Aundreah Maes A Central Oregon Community College security guard confesses to his wife that he killed a woman before he drives off into the night. Over the next 48 hours, he will kidnap, assault, shoot, and carjack his way through Oregon and California before being apprehended. His crimes rock the city of Bend, and bring a…

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Gina Grant 44:49

2M ago44:49

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Episode 32 Gina Grant Gina Grant was a bright, inspirational teen when she received her early acceptance to Harvard University in 1995. However, only days later, Harvard rescinded their offer after receiving an anonymous package filled with newspaper clippings that labeled Gina Grant a murderer. But did Harvard have the right to turn her away? To l…

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Theora Hix 39:15

2M ago39:15

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Episode 31 Theora Hix In 1929 James Snook was a renowned professor at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. But when the body of 25 year old Theora Hix was found in a field near the gun range where he often practiced, the truth of his relationship with Theora would not only be publicized across the newspapers of the nation, but …

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The Monash Massacre 38:41

3M ago38:41

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Episode 30 The Monash Massacre On a normal October day in 2002, an international student walked into his classroom at Australia’s Monash University and shot four students and his professor. For a country that had already put incredibly restrictive gun laws in place a decade earlier, The Monash Massacre was a shock to the Australian public, and forc…

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Listen Now - Dr. Death: Bad Magic 5:29

3M ago5:29

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When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from around the world turn to him for their last chance. As medical experts praise Serhat Gumrukcu’s genius, the company he co-founded rockets in value to over half a billion dollars. But when a team of researchers makes a startling discovery, they begin…

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The Gainesville Ripper 42:30

3M ago42:30

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Episode 29 The Gainesville Ripper Between August 25 and August 28 of 1990, five Gainesville, Florida students are found brutally murdered in their off-campus apartments. The University of Florida, the surrounding community colleges, and the city of Gainesville are gripped in terror for days as police work tirelessly to find the killer. But their wo…

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The Cogswell Hall Murders 40:16

3M ago40:16

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Episode 28 The Cogswell Hall Murders A freshman boy is found murdered in his dorm room at Gallaudet University. But the campus’s tight security means that the only person who could be the killer is someone on the inside. Panic enshrouds the school, and in an effort to get everything under control, detectives make a quick arrest. But when another st…

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Tillie Smith 36:35

4M ago36:35

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Episode 27 Tillie Smith In 1886, a small tourist town in the hills of Warren County, New Jersey, are rocked when a young woman’s body is found on the grounds of the Centenary Collegiate Institute. Tillie Smith’s murder caused a media sensation throughout the tri-state area, and the incessant coverage forced investigators to quickly apprehend a susp…

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Yingying Zhang 39:03

4M ago39:03

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Episode 26 Yingying Zhang YingYing Zhang’s future looked bright. The international doctoral student had everything going for her; talent, intellect, success, and a support system at both the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and in her home country of China. But when she missed the bus one afternoon on her way to get an off-campus apartment,…

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Katherine Foster 36:00

5M ago36:00

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Episode 25 Katherine Foster The University of Southern Alabama was experiencing an incredibly cold winter in February of 1980. Little did anyone know the weather would cause the murder of 18 year old Katherine Foster to become a cold-case for almost 30 years. But a determined detective, a tip from an AA sponsor, and forensics specialists at The Bod…

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Thomas Meixner 39:10

5M ago39:10

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Episode 24 Thomas Meixner The Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona had a very problematic student. After Dr. Thomas Meixner gave Murad Dervish a failing midterm grade, Murad began displaying increasingly violent behaviors. But while Dr. Meixner and several of his faculty appealed to the University administra…

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Bayard Peakes 40:03

6M ago40:03

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Episode 23 Bayard Peakes On a summer morning in 1952, a young man named Bayard Peakeswalked into the Physical Society’s Office at Columbia University. Hewas angry that his article had been rejected from their journalfor being a‘crackpot’ theory, and he was looking for revenge. Standing betweenhim and possible academic glory wasa teenagesecretarywor…

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The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre 50:28

6M ago50:28

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Episode 22 The Ecole Polytechnique Massacre Quebec experienced intensive social upheaval over the course of the 20th century, affecting everything from university structures to social commentary. In 1989, Quebec women were gaining more and more footholds in previously male dominated careers. And while the Ecole Polytechnique was at the forefront of…

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Sigrid Stevenson and Johnny Fiocco 42:55

7M ago42:55

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Episode 21 Sigrid Stevenson and Johnny Fiocco In 1977, a graduate student named Sigrid Stevenson was brutally murdered in the performance center at the College of New Jersey. Over forty years later, her killer is still at large, and little remains of Sigrid’s memory. But while nothing but ghost stories haunted the campus for several decades, anothe…

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Sami Josephson 40:09

7M ago40:09

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Episode 20: Sami Josephson On a Thursday in March,2019, University of South Carolina student, Sami Josephson went out to the FivePoints district to celebrate her acceptance to Drexel’s Graduate School of Law. She called an Uber to take her back to the dorms, but the Uber never dropped Sami off on the campus. Sami vanished, her body turning up sixty…

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Introducing Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University from Wondery 11:11

7M ago11:11

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Introducing Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University from Wondery Dr. Robert Hadden was a trusted OB-GYN at Columbia University. Friendly, caring, unassuming… and behind the closed door of exam rooms, one of the most prolific sexual predators in New York City. During his 25-year career, he assaulted hundreds, perhaps thousands, of patients, under t…

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Campus Killings Season 2 Trailer 1:10

8M ago1:10

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Season 2 of Campus Killings will debut on September 16, 2023. We hope you'll join us this season. If you would like to listen to the first episode of season 2 early, and AD-FREE. please consider an AbJack Insider subscription through Apple Podcasts. For news, information, and updates about Campus Killings, or to contact the show, visit our website …

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Introducing AbJack Insider 2:08

8M ago2:08

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AbJack Entertainment, the true crime network that brings you Campus Killings and several other true crime podcasts, would like to introduce you to AbJack Insider through Apple Podcasts. What is AbJack Insider? It's a value-based subscription that gives listeners VIP access to not only Campus Killings, but to every other show on the AbJack network. …

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Lauren McCluskey 45:15

11M ago45:15

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Episode 19 Lauren McCluskey University of Utah track and field star Lauren McCluskey had everything going for her. Until she met Melvin Shawn Rowland at a club, and started dating him. Melvin told Lauren he was just 28, and a college student like her. But he was really 37, had a child – and had done ten years in prison for a sex crime. When Lauren …

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Cheri Jo Bates 45:56

11M ago45:56

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Episode 18 Cheri Jo Bates In 1966, Riverside City College student Cheri Jo Bates was viciously stabbed 42 times and nearly decapitated in an alley after leaving the school library. Police discovered that her car had been deliberately disabled, and concluded that her attacker had deliberately sabotaged it in order to get to her. The case was thoroug…

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Annie Le 41:08

12M ago41:08

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Episode 17 Annie Le In 2009, pharmacology graduate student and soon-to-be bride Annie Le went to her research lab in the basement of a medical research facility at Yale University. She never left. She was finally found on her wedding day, stuffed into a tiny hole behind a wall panel in the laboratory building locker room. Investigators knew that he…

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Colleen Ritzer 45:42

12M ago45:42

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Episode 16 Colleen Ritzer In 2013, a shocking crime rocked the town of Danvers, Massachusetts.Colleen Ritzer, a beloved math teacher at Danvers High School was found savaged, raped and buried under leaves off the cross country path behind the school. Police followed the clues and quickly apprehended her killer–a 14 year old student. Philip Chism ha…

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Dana Bailey 41:12

1y ago41:12

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Episode 15 Dana Bailey In 1987, Penn State senior Dana Bailey was the victim of a man police believe was stalking her. He watched her from an adjacent building, and one night he scaled rooftops and climbed into her apartment and murdered her. Dana was found posed in a sexually suggestive manner, and police believe her killer did this so he could en…

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Suzanne 'Suzy' Lyall 59:00

1y ago59:00

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Episode 14 Suzanne 'Suzy' Lyall The 1998 disappearance of Suzanne Lyall, who was known to many as Suzy, is one of the better-known missing persons cases. Suzy was a studious and industrious student at SUNY-Albany who was abducted after taking a bus back to campus from work on the night of March 2nd. No evidence of Suzy was ever found again – except…

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Lola Martinez 46:15

1y ago46:15

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Episode 13 Lola Martinez In 2008, 22 year-old Liette Nicole Martinez who went by Lola, a graphic design student at New Mexico State University, was studying at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Indiana as part of an exchange program. In April of that year, Lola was found dead in a bloody crime scene in campus housing in Fort Wayne. Lo…

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Norma Patricia Esparza 38:31

1y ago38:31

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Episode 12 Norma Patricia Esparza In 1995, Irvine, CA police found a man brutally hacked to death and dumped along a roadside. There was reason to believe that he had been abducted by a team of people in Santa Ana. Inquiries led to the name of a young college student who told investigators he had raped her – but they could not connect the rape to t…

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Introducing Cold The Search For Sheree 9:03

1y ago9:03

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Introducing Cold The Search For Sheree Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985. She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, Charles Warren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, no …

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Christine Rothschild 54:01

1y ago54:01

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Episode 11 Christine Rothschild In May 1968, the murder of University of Wisconsin – Madison first year student Christine Rothschild shocked the campus of 33,000 students. Studious and quiet Christine was unhappy at UW, and hoped to transfer – but two days before she was due to leave, she was murdered in a brutal and sadistic case of overkill. Her …

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Nicholas Armstrong 42:27

1y ago42:27

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Episode 10 Nicholas Armstrong In 1999, 21 year old Nicholas 'Nick' Armstrong was a new pledge in the TauKappa Epsilon fraternity at Southwest Texas State University..Nickwas a beloved, kind and hardworking student who gave back to hiscommunity through his church, and was excited to join his newfraternity as a brother. But on bid night, February 7th…

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Rebecca Love and Libby Squire 45:41

1+ y ago45:41

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Episode 9 Rebecca Love and Libby Squire Rebecca Love and Libby Squire In today’s episode we go across the pond to discuss two cases from the University of Hull, in the UK. Rebecca Love, a graduate student, was murdered in her dorm room at the college in 2007. Libby Squire, an undergraduate, was abducted while walking alone on the streets of Hull in…

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Bonus Episode: The Idaho 4 Moscow Murders 47:24

1+ y ago47:24

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Bonus Episode: The Idaho 4 Moscow Murders On November 13th, 2022, the college town of Moscow, Idaho was shattered by the unthinkable. Four popular college students at U Idaho had been killed in their own beds in their off campus house by an unidentified intruder. As word leaked out about the brutal and bloody crime, new media from all over descende…

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John Edward Roach 42:37

1+ y ago42:37

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Episode 8 John Edward Roach In 1958, a brutal murder took place on the campus of Delaware College (which is now called the University of Delaware). But this was not a furtive slaying in a dorm room, or a student love triangle gone wrong. This murder took place in the middle of the day, in the middle of a public school building, in the middle of a b…

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Episode 9: Lights, camera, legal action! 45:52

1+ y ago45:52

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Ever dreamed of doing stand up comedy? How about writing for film and TV? If you've got a creative streak this episode is for you.Today you'll meet a couple of lawyers turned creatives who are tearing up the world of entertainment.Nick Musgrove is a dual Australian Writers Guild Award nominated film and television writer. He wrote 'Wrong Kind of Bl…

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Episode 8: Tales from Google and Project Kaboom 44:32

1+ y ago44:32

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Meet Madeline Oldfield from Google. For two decades her award-winning human-centred and service design projects have made major impacts at some of Australia’s biggest businesses and government organisations.Today you'll get priceless insights from Madeline’s experiences at the forefront of getting organisations to rethink the way they think.www.mon…

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Episode 7: From lawyer to 'entrée-preneur' 38:13

1+ y ago38:13

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When we think of law we tend to think of suits, wigs and courtrooms. One thing we rarely associate law with is food.So what would motivate two young lawyers to leap out of a legal career and start something revolutionary in the food business?Today you'll meet Penny Hagekyriakou, lawyer turned CEO of Drool, a food experience and event business that …

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Katie Autry 54:17

1+ y ago54:17

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Episode 7 Katie Autry A horrific crime took place on the campus of Western Kentucky University in 2003. Freshman Katie Autry was found in her dorm room, raped, beaten – and set on fire. Katie hung on for several days, but passed away at the hospital as her stunned family looked on. The answer to who committed this despicable crime came quickly – bu…

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New episodes coming soon 1:52

1+ y ago1:52

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Life After Law School returns with a new season, featuring three conversations with amazing law graduates who are doing inspiring things with their law degrees. From managing partnerships and privacy at Google, to standup comedy, screenwriting and food startups - you'll meet some fascinating people and learn their tips and tricks for landing the ca…

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Half and Susanne Zantop 59:23

1+ y ago59:23

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Episode 6 Half and Susanne Zantop In January 2001, the double murder of a couple, beloved professors at Dartmouth College, shocked everyone in the small college town of Hanover, New Hampshire. Half Zantop and his wife Susanne were found brutally stabbed to death in their own home. Police initially assumed the killer was a disgruntled student, a sec…

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Jane Britton 50:06

1+ y ago50:06

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Episode 5 Jane Britton In January 1969, a brutal murder of a graduate student shocked Harvard University. Jane Britton was found raped and beaten to death in her apartment. The investigation rocked Harvard’s esteemed faculty when several anthropology professors came under investigation for the murder, who were under scrutiny because a red powder sp…

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Pam Milam 35:46

1+ y ago35:46

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Episode 4 Pam Milam In this episode we discuss a truly devastating campus murder – the 1972 abduction, rape and slaying of college student Pam Milam. Pam was enjoying sorority rush week at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. She attended some evening events with her friends, and left a party before midnight to go move her car closer to the dor…

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Robert Bechtel 40:12

1+ y ago40:12

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Episode 3 Robert Bechtel In 1955, there was a shocking murder at Swarthmore College, in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania. A student, Francis Holmes Strozier, was shot in the head and killed as he slept in his dorm bed. The killer, 22 year old student Robert Bechtel, was the one who alerted others to his crime. But, Bechtel claimed that he was driv…

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Yeardley Love 39:43

1+ y ago39:43

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Episode 2 Yeardley Love At the University of Virginia, famously founded by Thomas Jefferson, no student had ever killed another. In 2010, that changed. Popular and athletic senior Yeardley Love was found in her bed by her roommate, bloodied and battered. A hole in her bedroom door told police that her killer had been very angry – and one man in Yea…

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Bonus Episode: Amy Bishop 28:25

1+ y ago28:25

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Bonus Episode: Amy Bishop We hear about school shootings all too often these days. These tragedies are typically perpetrated by a mentally unstable juvenile lashing out at his or her schoolmates to express frustration or rage. But what about when the shooter is a teacher? And not just a teacher – an esteemed Harvard-educated college professor? The …

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Jeanne Clery 52:48

1+ y ago52:48

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Episode 1 Jeanne Clery In April 1986, first year student Jeanne Clery, a bubbly member of the tennis team, was brutally slain in her dorm room bed. The crime was incredibly violent and disturbing. But it did not take authorities long to find her killer, as he had confessed – and to everyone’s shock, he was also a Lehigh student. Josoph Henry told h…

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Welcome to Campus Killings 1:43

1+ y ago1:43

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Welcome to Campus Killings. Campus Killings is a Bi-Weekly true crime podcast that debuts on September 17, 2022, and releases new episodes every other Saturday. Campus Killings is hosted by Dr. Meghan Sacks and Dr. Amy Shlosberg (Women & Crime, and Direct Appeal podcasts). In each episode, Meghan and Amy dive into some of the most shocking and trag…

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Episode 6: "I had to be creative & forge my own path." 40:39

3+ y ago40:39

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Have you ever felt the odds are stacked against you? You want to follow a path but you fear being rejected or not fitting in? Today you're going to meet someone who has had a truly remarkable journey. You'll learn how you can create your own opportunities rather than waiting for them.Rugare Gomo is a law graduate, Humanitarian, and Life & Business …

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Bonus Episode: NewLaw's COVID opportunity 16:04

3+ y ago16:04

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Has COVID changed how the legal industry operates? Or were these changes overdue and COVID is just getting the credit?Since we recorded Episode 5 with Karen Finch (CEO, Legally Yours) the legal industry has been upended by the pandemic. In this bonus episode we check in with Karen about how NewLaw can thrive in the current environment, and how lawy…

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Episode 5: “Cart me out of the firm in a coffin.” 27:06

3+ y ago27:06

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These days, our special guest is riding high as CEO of a successful legal services company in the 'NewLaw' space. But sometimes success can be hard-won, and for Legally Yours CEO Karen Finch it involved a major reassessment of who and what she wanted to be.Faculty of Law, Monash University, Australiawww.monash.edu/lawLegally Yourswww.legallyyours.c…

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Episode 4: "Young lawyers are best placed to thrive in this environment" 32:52

4y ago32:52

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How will the legal system adapt to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic? What will this mean for law students?On today’s podcast you’ll meet Rose Inglis from the Law Institute of Victoria. Rose will discuss how law students can use this time to start planning for the new legal landscape that will emerge.Faculty of Law, Monash University, Austral…

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