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True North: Navigating Law with Dean Richard Freer

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True North: Navigating Law with Dean Freer explores the values and vision guiding Emory University School of Law. Hosted by Dean Richard Freer, the podcast is a storytelling platform featuring conversations with faculty, alumni, students, scholars, and leaders in the profession. Each episode highlights the law school’s mission and priorities—student flourishing, academic eminence, and community impact—through personal stories and insights that connect timeless principles with today’s challenges in law and leadership.

True North is recorded by the Office of Communication in the HearSay Multimedia Studio at Emory University School of Law with Jamillah May (Digital Producer), Tayo Fayemi (Production Manager), and A. Kenyatta Greer (Content Director), and original theme music by Chandler M. Greer.

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From Compass to Classroom: How “True North” Guides Emory Law (Season 1, Episode 1)

In the first episode of True North: Navigating Law with Dean Freer, Dean Richard D. Freer introduces Emory Law’s “True North” framework and explores how student flourishing, academic eminence, and community impact come to life across the school.

Guests: 

Kamina Pinder, Randee Waldman, and Paula Ramos

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The Work of Justice: Advancing Civil Rights Through Law and Scholarship (Season 1, Episode 2)

In Episode 2 of True North, Dean Richard D. Freer speaks with Darren Hutchinson, Professor of Law and the John Lewis Chair for Civil Rights and Social Justice, about Emory Law’s role in advancing civil rights through scholarship, research, and institutional leadership.

Guest: 

Darren Hutchinson

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From the First Day Forward: Alumni Leadership and Student Flourishing (Season 1, Episode 3)

In Episode 3 of True North, Dean Freer is joined by three members of the Emory Law Class of 1986 whose careers reflect decades of professional excellence, service, and leadership in the legal profession.

Guests:

Class of 1986 Alumni Chuck Palmer 86L (partner, Troutman Pepper Locke), Paul Murphy 86L (retired partner, King & Spalding), and DeWitt Rogers 86L (retired partner, Troutman Pepper Locke)

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