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In this series, Kate Tellers writes about buying her first house. Over text. This is not how I expected to make the biggest financial decision of my...
Read MoreEpisode 8 - Redesigning Justice Listen
Red Hook is an isolated neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, once known as the “crack capital of America.” In 2000, residents banded together to create a community justice center more responsive to the needs of the neighborhood. Can a more humane courthouse get better results?
TDNCLA: How True is Finders Keepers? Listen
Dear TDNCLA, I’m a straight-up kleptomaniac but I’m thinking I may have found a solution. I’ve become really good at “finding” things recently, like that time I found a wallet in my best friend’s pocket and that time I found $500 in my boyfriend’s sock that...
MY FIRST HOUSE: THE MOST CASUAL HIGH STAKES PURCHASE OF MY LIFE (PART 6) Listen
On June 25, 2011, a usually very private man stood in front of a room of our family and friends, said a lot of sweet things, and promised to love me through every stage of our lives. I promised him the same and used Little Jon lyrics for...
How To Turn the Legal Profession On Its Head Listen
Legal education and the profession itself appear on the brink of major change, thanks largely to the work of Kyle McEntee and Patrick Lynch, co-founders of Law School Transparency. LST aims to make law school more affordable and to enable prospective students to make better decisions...
An Open Letter to the President Listen
Under current law–the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA–the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriage regardless of whether a couple is married under state law. That a same-sex couple married in Iowa, for example, is not married in the eyes of the federal government has...
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