The Legal Eagle Review

Tisha Powell, broadcast journalist former WTVD-Channel 11 Evening News Anchor

On this show, we talk with recently retired WTVD Channel 11 New Anchor Tisha Powell and reflect on her journey.

Frederick Douglass & July 4

On this week’s episode, hosts Irv Joyner and April Dawson talk about Frederick Douglass and his famous and still relevant Fourth of July speech which was delivered by him in 1852 with guests James Williams, Attorney, and Chair of the NC Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System and former Public Defender for Orange and Chatham Counties; Tony Frazier, Professor of History at NCCU and Mellon-HBCU Fellowship recipient; and Erika Wilson, Professor of Law at UNC School of Law and director of the Critical Race Lawyering Civil Rights Clinic.

Qualified Immunity

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.

LGBT Rights

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.

Derek Chauvin/George Floyd Trial Summary and Consequences

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.

Wrongful convictions of Leon Brown and Henry McCollum

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.

Critical Race Theory

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner talk with Erika Wilson, Professor of Law at UNC School of Law, and Graig Meyer, NC State Representative, about the need for accurate discussions of this nation’s race history, Critical Race Theory, and the Republican attack on CRT.

NCCU Law Graduates

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner talk with Cierra McEachern and Gary Bush II, two recent North Carolina Central University School of Law graduates and soon-to-be new lawyers, about their journey through a demanding law school experience.

Democracy North Carolina

On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner talk with Tomas Lopez, the outgoing Director of Democracy North Carolina, about his time as ED and the continuing need for the promotion and protection of a more democratic North Carolina.

Derek Chauvin/George Floyd Trial Summary and Consequences

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.