The Legal Eagle Review is an informative and thought-provoking weekly radio show and podcast where the show hosts, NCCU law professors Irv Joyner and April Dawson, talk with guest experts and discuss current legal and political issues affecting everyday people in Durham, the surrounding community, and the state. The show airs on WNCU 90.7 FM on Sundays from 7-8p. The Legal Eagle Review is sponsored by the North Carolina Central University School of Law, and the Virtual Justice Project.
Episodes
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Qualified Immunity
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
On this week’s episode, hosts Irv Joyner and April Dawson talk about the use and scope of the legal protections which are provided to offending Police Officers with the Doctrine of Qualified Immunity with guests Kami Chavis, Vice Provost and Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law, and Kristi Graunke, Legal Director of the NC ACLU.
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
LGBT Rights
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
On this week’s episode, hosts Irv Joyner and April Dawson talk about LGBTQ rights and the ongoing fight for equality for members of the LGBTQ community with Vernetta Alston, a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 29th district, and Lydia Lavelle, Mayor of Carrboro and a professor of law at NCCU School of Law.
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Derek Chauvin/George Floyd Trial Summary and Consequences
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner talk with Professor Tamika Moses, a Criminal Law Specialist and former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and Professor Donald Corbett, Constitutional Law Expert about the murder of George Floyd and the Derek Chauvin murder trial, verdict, and consequences.
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Wrongful convictions of Leon Brown and Henry McCollum
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner sit down with Attorney Kenneth Rose, the former Executive Director of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, and discuss the wrongful convictions of Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, their 40-year effort to establish their actual innocence and the legal victory which resulted in a jury award of more than $75 million in damages for the 31 years that they spent in prison.