Blog #12: Trevor Gardner

Apologies for the long break from the podcast as we’ve worked to transition to online teaching. Our students are now underway exploring the contours of their final design projects. In the meantime, we continue to explore various aspects of the intersection of law, race, and design. Yesterday we turned to the complicated issue of policing, and we were privileged to be joined by our law school colleague, Professor Trevor Gardner. Professor Gardner teaches criminal law and criminal procedure, and his scholarship focuses on issues of policing and the complex relationships between federal, state, and local law enforcement. We began our podcast discussing some of the systemic and cultural issues at the level of police departments and ended with a qualified but hopeful discussion about the possibility of incremental change. Listen below.