
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

Sep 10, 2023
Sep 10, 2023
52 min
On this show, we discuss the July 1944 murder of Private Booker Spicely in Durham at the hands of a Duke Power Company bus driver because he peacefully protested a demand that he move to the back of the bus. Presently underway are local efforts designed to erect a public monument in Durham to honor his service and to promote a community symposium that honors Spicely and other African-American soldiers who were killed as a result of similar efforts. Our guest is Stephen Valentine, Director of the Veterans Law Clinic at the NCCU School of Law.

Sep 3, 2023
Sep 3, 2023
58 min
On this show, we will discuss the continued acts of white domestic terrorism against Black people in this country following the tragic racially motivated killing of three Black individuals in a predominately black community near Jacksonville, Florida, with our guests Ted Shaw, the Julius L. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Civil Rights at the University of NC School of Law, and Artemesia Stanberry, Professor of Political Science at North Carolina Central University.

Aug 27, 2023
Aug 27, 2023
58 min
On this show, we discuss the impact technology is having on the legal profession, and we discuss the NCCU Technology Law & Policy Center with Attorney Diane Littlejohn, Executive Director of the NCCU Technology Law and Policy Center and 2010 graduate of NCCU School of Law, and Attorney Cedric Pickett, a Tech Law Fellows for the NCCU Technology Law and Policy Center, a Certified Information Privacy Professional, and 2018 graduate of NCCU School of Law.

Aug 20, 2023
Aug 20, 2023
59 min
On this show, we discuss the impact, benefits, and challenges associated with student-athletes monetizing their own name, image, and likeness.

Aug 13, 2023
Aug 13, 2023
56 min
On this show, we discuss the impact, implications, and importance of the prosecutions and political campaign of Donald Trump. Joining us are three of our regular guests Jarvis Hall, Professor of Political Science in the NCCU Political Science Department; Don Corbett, Constitutional Law Professor at NCCU School of Law, and Tamika Moses, Law Professor at NCCU School of Law and former federal prosecutor.

Aug 6, 2023
Aug 6, 2023
59 min
On this show, we discuss the need to teach complete American history, which includes African American history, with guests DOn Corbett, Constitutional Law Professor at NCCU School of Law, and Ajamu Dillahunt Holloway, Assistant Professor of History at NC State.

Jul 23, 2023
Jul 23, 2023
57 min
During this episode, we discuss the recent history of the YMCA, its impact, and the 2023 Hall of Fame Inductions with our guest, Norman Joyner, a native of LaGrange, NC; a Hall of Fame Athlete at Shaw University and former YMCA local and national staffer, who will become the next inductee to the National YMCA Hall of Fame.

Jul 16, 2023
Jul 16, 2023
58 min
On this show, we discuss the Court's ruling in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis and its implications with NCCU Law Professor Lydia Lavelle.

Jul 9, 2023
Jul 9, 2023
59 min
In one of its last decisions of the 2022 term, the US Supreme Court determined that the consideration of race in college admission violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. On this show, we discuss the ruling, its impact, and future implications with NCCU Law professors Don Corbett and Tamika Moses.

Jul 2, 2023
Jul 2, 2023
58 min
On this show, we discuss the Allen v. Milligan decision and its expected impacts and implications with guests Marcus Bass, the Executive Director of the North Carolina Black Alliance, and Kathleen Roblez, the Senior Voting Rights Counsel and Litigation Manager at Forward Justice.
