The Legal Eagle Review

Expanding Protections for Juveniles in NC

On this show, we discuss the expanding protections for juveniles in North Carolina with Dr. Lorraine Taylor, the Executive Director of the NCCU Juvenile Justice Institute, and Professor Dorothy Hairston-Mitchell, the Supervising Attorney for the Juvenile Clinic at the NCCU School of Law. 

Reproductive Rights and Protections of Women’s Right To Choose

On this show, we discuss reproductive rights and protections of women’s right to choose with Attorney Susanna Birdsong, the Director of Public Affairs for the North Carolina Planned Parenthood Association, and Professor Don Corbett, Constitutional Law Professor at the NCCU School of Law.

Labor Day, Labor Union & the Labor Movement

On this show, we discuss the history of Labor Day, labor unions, and the role race and racism have played in the labor movement with Stanford Law Professor William Gould, former chairman of the NLRB and author of Black Workers in White Unions and the forthcoming For Labor to Build Upon: Wars, Depression and Pandemic.

Advice for Student-Athletes Seeking to Monetize Their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL)

On this show, we discuss advice for student-athletes seeking to monetize their name, image, and likeness with sports attorneys James “Butch” Williams, Jessica Fields, and Cameron Belton of the James “Butch” Williams Law Firm.

Reparations for Black American Descendants of the Enslaved

During this show, we discuss the case for reparations for Black American descendants of the enslaved with William ("Sandy") Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen, authors of the award-winning book From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century.

The Necessity of Estate Planning

During this show, we discuss the necessity of estate planning for everyone. Our guests are Attorney Syrena Williams, with the Syrena William Legal Services, and Attorney Pamela Harrigan-Young, an estate planning and tax law specialist, and CPA.

Rental and Housing Crisis Being Exacerbated by COVID-19 Pandemic

On this show, we discuss the rental and housing crisis, which is being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic with Yolanda Winstead, the President and CEO of DHIC, and Jesse McCoy, NCCU Law alum, and the James Scott Farrin Lecturing Fellow and the Supervising Attorney for the Civil Justice Clinic at Duke University Law School.

NCAA v. Alston and Student Athlete Monetization of NIL

On this show, we discuss the recent Supreme Court case NCAA v. Alston and student athletes’ ability to monetize their name, image, and likeness with Dr. Ingrid Wicker-McCree, NCCU Director of Athletics; Kendra Greene, NCCU Senior Associate Athletics Director for Internal Operations and Senior Woman Administrator; and Hannah Gaines, NCCU rising senior student-athlete and Captain of the Women’s tennis team for the 2021-2022 season.

Supreme Court Term 2020-21 Review

On this show, we discuss some of the major cases from the 2020-2021 Supreme Court term and implications for the future with NCCU Law Professors Don Corbett, Tamika Moses, and Susan Hauser.

Racial Wealth Gap & Reparations

On this show, we discuss the continuing racial wealth gap and the need for reparations with Dr. Henry McKoy, Professor of the NCCU School of Business and former Assistant Secretary of North Carolina Department of Commerce and Attorney Nikitra Bailey, Senior Vice President of Public Policy at the National Fair Housing Alliance.