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 Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
On this show, we have an incisive and instructive discussion about the January 6th insurrection effort, which was designed to interfere with the confirmation of the 2020 Presidential election results and its impact on the political participation of African Americans and people of color in the 2022 election campaigns. Our guests are Dr. Serena Sebring, the Executive Director of Blueprint North Carolina and Marcus Bass, the Executive Director of Advance North Carolina and the Deputy Director of the North Carolina Black Alliance.
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
On this show, Irv has an in-depth discussion with NCCU Law Professor Tamika Moses about being an African American female who chose to become a prosecutor within the federal criminal court system.
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
On this show, we discuss the recent Supreme Court decision New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, the Second Amendment, and gun control.
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
On this show, we had our NCCU Law colleagues, Don Corbett and Tamika Moses, about some of the most controversial decisions that were issued by the U.S. Supreme Court during its recently concluded term.
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
On this show, we discuss the U.S Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, which overruled the nearly 50-year-old precedent Roe v. Wade, taking away the constitutional right to abortion.
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
On this show, we discuss the $3 million settlement that resulted from litigation of the shooting death of Andrew Brown in Elizabeth City with attorneys for the Brown family and community groups.
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
On this show, we talk with a political commentator about the Congressional Select Committee’s Reports of its conclusions on the January 6th Capitol Hill insurrection.
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Join us this Sunday as we discuss the impact of this landmark legislation, which prohibited sex-based discrimination in federally funded schools and education programs.
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
On this show, we talk with three local High School and college students regarding the Impacts of Mass Shootings on our youth population following the recent mass killings in Buffalo, NY and Uvalde, TX.
Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
On this show, we discuss the “Great White Replacement Theory,” which has been implicated as motivation for the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally by White Nationalists in Charlottesville and the recent mass shooting of African Americans and People of Color in Buffalo, Charleston, El Paso, and Pittsburgh.