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 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
On this show, we discuss the impact COVID-19 is having on domestic violence and resources and help available for survivors of DV. Our guests are Sherry Honeycutt Everett, Legal and Policy Director of the NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Nisha Williams, a staff attorney with the NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Sunday May 31, 2020
Sunday May 31, 2020
On this show, we discuss a recently filed lawsuit which is designed to avoid barriers to voting in NC which have been created by the Coronavirus. We talk with Attorney Tomas Lopez, the Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina.
Sunday May 17, 2020
Sunday May 17, 2020
Launched in 1998, the North Carolina Central University Julius L. Chambers Biomedical / Biotechnology Research Institute is an innovative research and training institute dedicated to the advancement of fundamental knowledge of human diseases, particularly those that disproportionately affect African American and other underrepresented minority groups. On this show, we talk about the important work of the institute. Our guests are Dr. Deepak Kumar, director of the JLC-BBRI, Dr. Nikia A. Laurie, Associate Director of the Institute, and Dr. William Pilkington, Program Director of the Institute’s Hope program.
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
On this show, we discuss the impact the Coronavirus pandemic is having on the representation of indigent defendants with Dawn Baxton, Chief Public Defender of Durham County.
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
On this show, we talk with Professor Kia Vernon, who teaches contracts at the NCCU School of Law, about consumer contract transactions and often unknown pitfalls.
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
On this show, we talk with Attorneys Hugh Harris and Mercedes Restucha-Klem, with the Public Protection Section of the N.C. Attorney General Office, about Corona Virus scams.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
During this show, we discuss the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the Black community with Leonard Dunston, Convener of the Black Family Summit.
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
On this show, we discuss the impact the Coronavirus pandemic and the government’s response to the disease is having on our criminal justice system with James E. Williams, former Chief Public Defender for Orange and Chatham Counties, and Caitlin Fenhagen, Director of the Orange County Criminal Justice Resource Department.
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
On this show, we discuss tax information and tips for filing 2019 taxes with Attorney Matthew James, Director of the NCCU Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic and NCCU Attorney Fellow, Jonathan Kerr.
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
On this show, we discuss the history, impact, challenges, and future of the African American press. Joining us for this discussion are Cash Michael, a journalist for several newspapers in North Carolina and Professor Brett Chambers, who teaches in the Department of Mass Communications at North Carolina Central University.