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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…
Episodes
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Wills with Richard Courtney
Due to breaking news, we had less time to record this episode. A couple of times a year we bring you an attorney to talk with you about wills and the benefits…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Public Safety
Our host is Professor Richard Gershon of the University Of Mississippi School Of Law. I’m Liz Gill. Times change. Laws change. We had a show about the “new”…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: NFTs
Our guest is a fun one today. Professor Stacey Lantagne, Associate Dean for Faculty Development at the University of Mississippi School of Law will help us…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Ethics
We truly hope when you need a lawyer you find someone you trust and with whom you feel comfortable. If not, we’re talking with General Council of the…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Search & Seizures
Today we’re going to learn about “Evidence”. What does the 4th amendment say about searches and seizures. What happens at searches at your house, your car, in…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Medical Marijuana Passed
Our guest is Mark Garriga an attorney with Butler Snow and former legislator. The two houses in Mississippi have passed medical marijuana and sent a bill to…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Educational Rights
What are some of the laws surrounding teaching? How does our state teach how our citizens obtained their legal rights? Is Critical Race Theory new? Our guest…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Subpoenas
What is a subpoena? We’ll learn from our guest Mississippi attorney, Baskin Jones. https://injuredinmississippi.com/ Past broadcasts with Mr. Jones…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Child Custody
If there’s a child in your life, you’ll want to hear today’s show. It’s about custody and visitation during divorce. If you want to know what the law is, just…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Cycling and Insurance Encore
Guest: Baskin Jones from Jones Law Firm https://injuredinmississippi.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/baskinjonesattorney Suggestion: READ THE DECLAIRATIONS…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Inaccurate Info Encore
Do you love a good legal thriller? But just like you shouldn’t get your legal advice from Google, you shouldn’t base your legal knowledge on movies and tv…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Law Enforcement Training
We’ve often had people who interpret the law or create the law on the show. Today we’ve got someone who teaches Mississippians how to enforce the law, Dean…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Wishes
Pretend you just pulled with wishbone and WON! What do you wish for? What do you wish for Mississippi’s laws? Maybe some of our legislature will be listing to…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: MS Abortion lawsuit ENCORE
Last Wednesday (12/01/2021) the US Supreme Court heard Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. It was about Mississippi’s Abortion Ban. The Opinion won’t…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Family Law Task Force
Mississippi Family Law could be changing. There’s a task force considering reforms. We’ll learn what needs to be reformed and what some possible options are…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: SCOTUS
A new term of the US Supreme Court started last month. What have they discussed, what will they discuss, and who’s on the bench doing the discussing? Our guest…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Tax Laws 2021
Every now and then I have to give a gift to Professor Gershon – a show about his favorite topic: the IRS tax code! So, this is your chance to ask about probing…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Heirs' Property Help
We’ve got a topic today that you may be very familiar with and it’s been a headache your whole life or it’s a new concept for you – Heirs’ Property. What it…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Gerrymandering 2021
Is it just too much of a temptation to draw the voting boundaries so that your party benefits? What’s that called? – oh, yes – gerrymandering. We’ve had the…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Miranda Rights
From MPB Think Radio, this In Legal Terms, the show all about you and your rights. Our host is Professor Richard Gershon of the University Of Mississippi…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Money from College Sports
College kids have won the right to be compensated for their name, image, and likeness. Adults can now gamble on college sports. We’re going to talk about these…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Elder Abuse
Sometimes you can fight for your rights. Sometimes you might need others to step in for you. We’re talking about Elder Abuse and undue influence with attorney…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: MS NAACP
We’re talking about the work of the Mississippi NAACP with guests Dr. Corey Wiggins, the Executive Director and the Rev Jimmy Richard, a volunteer with the MS…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: MS Black Women's Roundtable
We’re glad to welcome Cassandra Welchlin, Executive Director of the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable and consultant Jennifer Riley Collins. We’ll be taking…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Public Defender System Reforms
What’s the crime rate in Mississippi? What if you’re charged but can’t afford an attorney? What if you commit a crime and you’re a juvenile? Our guest André de…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Draft a Will
We all know we need a will or some kind of estate planning but what information do you need to gather to create one? Can you create one yourself? What do you…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Carbon Emissions
We’ve got a show that covers multiple topics – law, global trade, climate change with our guest Professor Antonia Eliason from the University of Mississippi…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: ACLU-MS 2021
If you are an American, you have civil liberties, and our watchdog is the ACLU. We’re going to learn what is currently on their radar with our guest – Joshua…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: MS Bar
Having a good relationship with your lawyer will make your legal trouble a little less troubling. That’s especially important during our pandemic. What can you…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: AARP
Who provides tax help, fraud assistance, Medicare answers, and is a government watch dog? AARP. We’ll learn today how they fight for the rights of citizens…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Turning 18
Anyone have a 16 to 21-year-old? Or know one? What do you need to know that you can or can’t do when you turn 18? Are you an adult? Are the parents still “in…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: 2021 new laws
Happy New Year – sort of. It’s a new year for legislation in Mississippi. We’ll discuss the new laws that made it through our legislature and got the…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Military Law
At MPB we want to give you what you want to know about – just ask us. Someone wanted to know about military courts, so we’ve got attorney Franklin Rosenblatt…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: MS Abortion Ban Case
Mississippi is in the national news. The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. It’s a case about Mississippi’s…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Property Law
Boundary disputes, leases, real estate closing. They aren’t everyday problems for most of us. But it’s good to know IN CASE. We’re discussing property law with…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: EEOC
We’re answering questions about age, race, gender or national origin employment discrimination. Marsha Rucker the Regional Attorney for the Equal Employment…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Inaccurate Info
Do you love a good legal thriller? But just like you shouldn’t get your legal advice from Google, you shouldn’t base your legal knowledge on movies and tv…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Initiatives Uncontitutional
Did anyone see this coming? Surprise! It doesn’t matter whether you wanted medical marijuana or not or you wanted Initiative 65 or the Alternative –…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Divorce and Money
Divorce is a time that could change your financial status for the rest of your life. What do you need to know about alimony, child support, or who gets the…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Easements and Roads
The land that you take to get to your home. Is that yours? What if you share that path? Does that make it a road? How can you get access to your land and who…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: ADA Encore
Guest: Pshon Barrett, a former assistant US Attorney, now a private attorney with The ADA Group. Pshon was honored with the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award by…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Tax Changes
What’s up with income taxes for 2020? We’ll talk about how to get them done, what’s new, and what do you think is fair. Federal and Mississippi Income Taxes…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Executor
What do you do when some dies? What does an executor do? That’s today’s topic with guest Rick Courtney from Courtney Elder Law Associates…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: PETA
It’s been 12 months, but did you watch Tiger King on Netflix? We’re going to talk about Animal Rights and Captive Animal Law Enforcement with Brittany Peet…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: MVLP
We’re pleased to have representatives from Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project on the show today. They’ll tell us about expungements and foreclosure…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Marijuana in Mississippi
Mississippians overwhelmingly passed Initiative 65 to enable medical marijuana. What’s next? Why is the legislature working on legislation about it now? We'll…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: 2020 Taxes
Have you filed your taxes yet? We’re going to give you tips on filing your 2020 income taxes or give you a jump start your 2021 return. Our guest Gray…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: 2021 Legislature
You may have seen her on @Issue or heard her reporting, but today you get a chance to ask MPB News legislative reporter Desare Frazier about what’s going on up…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Drones
What do you know about drones? Are you involved in piloting one? Have you ever had one fly over your house while you were in the backyard? Our guests Michelle…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Advanced Healthcare Directives
Guest: attorney Kelly Kyle from Kyle Wynn & Associates http://www.kyle-wynn.com/ Calls: trust and probate life insurance power of attorney and advanced health…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Bail
Guest: André de Gruy, State Defender Additional information: Mississippi Bail Fund Collective https://www.peoplesadvocacyinstitute.com/mbfc 2019 Mississippi…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: TikTok and Memes
Guest: Associate Dean Stacey Lantagne from the University of Mississippi School of Law author of “Famous on the Internet: The Spectrum of Internet Memes and…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Cycling and Insurance
Guest: Baskin Jones from Jones Law Firm https://injuredinmississippi.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/baskinjonesattorney Suggestion: READ THE DECLAIRATIONS…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Ethics and Professionalism
Guest: Professor Patrick Longan, Chair in Ethics and Professionalism from Mercer University School of Law https://law.mercer.edu/academics/centers/clep/…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Asylum and Immigration
Guests: Amelia McGowan and Max Meyers from the Mississippi Center for Justice to discuss Immigration and answer questions. To contact the MS Center for…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: UPM Law and True Crime Books Encore
A repeat broadcast from 08/04/2020 Guest: University Press of Mississippi’s Courtney McCreary, Publicity and Promotions Manager discussing their law and true…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Home Office
Can I deduct home office expenses while I'm working from home? It depends. The short answer is, probably not. If you work full-time for someone else, you're…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: More Housing
Our topic is housing at the end of the 2020 pandemic year with Will Bedwell and John Jopling from the MS Center for Justice…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: Administrative Law
Our guest, attorney Francis Springer from the Springer Law Firm, discusses Administrative or Regulatory Law. https://www.springerlawoffice.com/ Discussion…
In Legal TermsIn Legal Terms: SLAPP
Guest: attorney Marc Chamberlain from the Butler Snow law firm https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/marc-chamberlain/ We discuss strategic lawsuits against…