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In Legal Terms
Have you ever wanted to know the definition of a legal term? Do you find yourself wondering what your rights are when it comes to your property, marriage, or health? If you answered yes to one of those questions, In Legal Terms is the show for you. Tune in and learn more about your legal rights and how the law affects your day to day life. The show is set to consistently provide thought-provoking commentary and opinions on legal topics, whether local or national. Court trials, U.S. Supreme…
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In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Mississippi Law Schools
It’s Education Week on MPB Think Radio. For In Legal Terms, we’ve brought on the Deans for the two law schools in our state: John Anderson from Mississippi…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Classic Property Distribution
Laws are not the same from place to place in America. What might be legal in Louisiana or California isn’t necessarily the law here in Mississippi. Let’s learn…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Liquor Laws
We’re discussing liquor laws today. Our guests are from the Department of Revenue: Riley Nelson – Chief of Enforcement for the ABC and attorney Matthew Henry…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Court Interpreters
How would you feel if you needed to go to court or conduct legal business but weren’t fluent in the language? Our guests will help us understand court…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Classic Service Animals
Everyone loves a puppy! We’ll learn about your rights with a service animal with guest Robert Schwinn the National Legal Administrator at Canine Companions and…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: 2024 New Laws
Happy New Year! What I mean is, Happy “ Fiscal “ New Year. Our state starts a new year with new laws. We’ll learn about those new laws from MPB’s legislative…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Adoption 2024
We’re learning about adoption law today with our guest attorney, Chad King from the firm of Thompson Addison. https://thompsonaddison.com/team-member/chadking/…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Classic MSPS
Department of Public Safety? What all is that and how does it affect you? Eric Brown, General Counsel for MSPS will tell us…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Youth & Family Defense Program
Some good news has come out of our latest legislative session; ways to protect youth and families. We’ll let our guests from the Office of the State Public…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Product Liability / Personal Injury
We’ve all bought something before. Have you bought something that has harmed you? Whose fault is that? We’ll learn about product liability law with attorney…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Jury Duty
Jury duty – there’s two ways to think of it: a chance to do your American civic duty or a big disruption to your life. How do you see it? We’ll learn more…
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In Legal Terms: Traffic Stops
Attorney Francis Springer has a unique point of view – he’s an attorney but he’s also been a deputy sheriff. We’ll learn about your rights when interacting…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Estate Planning 2024
MPB Think Radio’s In Legal Terms with expert host attorney Adam Kilgore. We’ve got our most popular topic on the show today – Estate Planning. Everyone will…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Robert McDuff MCJ
Our guest today is Robert McDuff from the Mississippi Center for Justice. Rob works with litigation cases relating to voting and election issues, racial…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: The Mississippi Bar
We're talking about The Mississippi Bar. Here to tell us about the work of The Mississippi Bar is their General Counsel Adam Kilgore and Deputy General Counsel…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Medicaid
Our laws are created to help us and protect us. We should try to know our laws and regulations, so we don’t step over the line so as to be illegal, but we…
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In Legal Terms: Celebrating 10 years and Professor Gershon
We’ve got a fantastic show for you today – if I do say so myself. I’m Liz Gill – MPB’s host. We’re going to Celebrate 10 years of In Legal Terms. We’re also…
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In Legal Terms | A Visit With Commissioner Chris Brown
Our guest host today, in for Professor Richard Gershon, is Adam Kilgore. Adam is General Counsel for The Mississippi Bar where his duties include reviewing all…
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In Legal Terms: Personal Injury
Our guest expert today – attorney Baskin Jones - will tell us about a topic I hope to have to never need to use! Personal Injury law. But it’s good to know…
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In Legal Terms: Intellectual Property
Mississippi has some fantastically creative individuals. We want to protect all those ideas by talking about intellectual property. Get your questions ready…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: LGBTQ 2024
No one wants their “rights” taken away from them. No one. We’re going to learn about LGBTQ rights with the guidance of McKenna Raney-Gray, an attorney with…
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In Legal Terms: Voting Rights with The RECH Foundation
It’s primary election day in Mississippi. Polls are open until 7pm. We’ll talk about voting today with my guest Pauline Rogers, Executive Director/Co-Founder…
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Classic | In Legal Terms: Changing Your Name
Originally aired: May 17, 2022 Have you ever wanted to change your name? How do you do it in Mississippi? Who do you need to tell? Our guest Chancery Court…
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In Legal Terms: Starting a Business
To say you are “in Business” might be an intimidating thought. What if we replaced it with “crafter”? Or “musician”? Or “reseller”? What laws do you need to…
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In Legal Terms: Real Estate Law 2024
We’re almost to house buying selling season. Maybe it’s selling then buying! Anyway – our guest Real Estate Attorney, Terry Little from McKenzie Little Law…
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In Legal Terms - Classic: DUI
Original Air Date: 9-12-2023 Each of our participants have been affected by a death caused by a drunk driver. We want to discourage you from drinking and…
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In Legal Terms: Wills 2024
We’ve got one of our most popular guests, Kelly Kyle from the firm of Kyle Wynn, on to discuss our most popular topic – wills and estate planning. He's firm…
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In Legal Terms: MSPS
Department of Public Safety? What all is that and how does it affect you? Eric Brown, General Counsel for MSPS will tell us…
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In Legal Terms: Property Distribution
Laws are not the same from place to place in America. What might be legal in Louisiana or California isn’t necessarily the law here in Mississippi. Let’s learn…
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In Legal Terms - Classic: Home Owners' Associations
Attorney Reed Martz from Freeland Martz PLLC took listener questions and spoke about HOAs, Home Owners' Associations. Questions included: covenants, antennas…
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In Legal Terms - Classic: Employment Law - Discrimination
Whether you’re a worker or a boss you may have employment law questions. We’re brought in employment law expert Attorney Chiquita Hall Jackson to answer them…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Wishes 2023
For the third year: What do you wish for? Legally speaking? Does Mississippi or our country have laws you wish were repealed? If you could make the laws what…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Informational Tax Returns
Our guest Professor Robert Duran from the University of Mississippi School of Law. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/robert-duran/ Who needs to file an…
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In Legal Terms: Online Gaming
If you could bet online or from your phone – which is against the law now in Mississippi – what would you gain? What could be the detriment? That’s what our…
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In Legal Terms: Immigration 2023
Thanksgiving is this week. Traditionally, we remember immigrants who came to this land and we celebrate their joining with the native population to give…
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In Legal Terms: new legislator Justis Gibbs
We just finished Mississippi House and Senate Elections. Have you ever thought about running, yourself? We’ll learn what’s involved from a newly elected house…
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In Legal Terms: Gifts and Estate Planning
Our guest expert to talk about Gifts is attorney, Richard Courtney https://elderlawms.com/. We've enjoyed having him on our show many…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Ghostly Legal Stories
What a special show we’ve got today! As it’s Halloween, we’ll discuss some law cases with ghosts and spirits. One Voice, the Mississippi NAACP, and other voter…
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In Legal Terms: Service Animals
Everyone loves a puppy! We’ll learn about your rights with a service animal with guest Robert Schwinn the National Legal Administrator at Canine Companions and…
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In Legal Terms: Champions of Justice - MSCJ
The Mississippi Center for Justice opened its doors in 2003 – 20 years ago- with a simple mission: dismantling the policies that keep Mississippi at the bottom…
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In Legal Terms: Auto Wrecks
If you’re listening to our show while driving, be careful! We don’t want you to get into a wreck. But if you do have a fender bender, this show will prepare…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: National Sea Grant Law Center
Wetlands, coastal development, fisheries, oil spills – they affect everyone on the planet but Mississippians, especially. We learn more about legal issues that…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Voting with LWV-MS
We talk about Your Rights on In Legal Terms. Many of your rights are determined by voting. Are you registered? How do you register? Our guest, Ruth O’Dell from…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Urban Governance
We’ve got a new one today – we’ll learn about Urban Governance. What’s that you ask? Then you need to especially listen so you can be an informed citizen. Our…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: DUI
Each of our participants have been affected by a death caused by a drunk driver. We want to discourage you from drinking and driving. If you are stopped under…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Contracts 2023
You sign contracts every day. Do you read them? Do you have to read them? What makes a contract. Learn with us from Professor Martin Edwards from the…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Wills 2023
Our most popular topic on this program is about Estates! Wills, trusts, probate, wealth transfers. We’ve got attorney Samantha Moore from Butler Snow to answer…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Child Support
Did you know one in five children in the US lives in a household with child support? Today, we’ll learn and get answers from Adjunct Professor and Chancellor…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Marriage & Estate Planning
Let’s talk about marriage and estate planning. Does your spouse get everything? What about assets you inherited from a first spouse – do they go to the 2nd…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Drones 2023
Drones are used today in construction, agriculture, real estate, insurance, food delivery; the list goes on. You need to know the laws concerning drones in…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Expungements
We’ve got attorney Charity Bruce from the MS Center for Justice talking about expungements. Who can get them? Why do you want one?…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Hunting & Fishing
Whether it’s for population control or sport, Mississippi has rules and regulations concerning hunting and fishing. What are they? We’ll find out today from…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Planned Giving
Sometime your need for financial information intersects with the need for legal assistance - that happens with Planned Giving. Our guest, Marc Littlecott…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: New Laws July 2023
Happy New Year to everyone in Mississippi – by that I mean new laws. The laws voted in and signed during the previous legislative session have taken affect now…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Employment Law - Discrimination
Whether you’re a worker or a boss you may have employment law questions. We’re brought in employment law expert Attorney Chiquita Hall Jackson to answer them…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: US Supreme Court 2023
We learn about the newest US Supreme Court decisions that have been handed down. Our guests attorney Amir Badat from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Voting Rights
It always seems to be an election year for something. This summer is no exception. Today we will learn what we need to know to protect each of our votes with…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Justice Court Encore
It’s election day – I hope you’ll exercise your civic duty and vote. Our guest is an elected official that is NOT up for re-election just now – it’s Hinds…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Changing Your Name Encore
Have you ever wanted to change your name? How do you do it in Mississippi? Who do you need to tell? Our guest Chancery Court Judge Troy Odom gives us the…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Music Copyrights
Mississippi is the birthplace of American Music so it’s appropriate for us to talk about Copyright law and music. Our guest, Professor Stacey Lantagne…