Civil Rights

Immigration law is a mystery. Unless you’re an immigrant seeking relief under the law, or you’re an immigration law attorney, it’s an unknown. Then, earlier this year, Karla McKanders, a professor of immigration law at…

In-Studio: Peril and Promise of Genetic Testing

by Life of the Law

May 24, 2018

“In light of what we’ve learned about the role of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica in the 2016 Election, people are now asking new derivative questions about other entities that are holding data or information about…

GATTACA REVISTED: Up the Borrowed Ladder

by Tony Gannon & Andrea Hendrickson

May 10, 2018

“Consider God’s handiwork: who can straighten what He hath made crooked.” – Ecclesiastes 7:13 “I not only think we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to” – Willard Gaylin Some two…

In-Studio: Police, Race and Fatal Force

by Life of the Law

April 16, 2018

Mothers, brothers, sons and daughters in cities across the country are suffering from the loss of a loved one to police use of fatal force. In 2017 The Washington Post reports police officers in the…

In-Studio Discussion on Police, Race and Fatal Force

Death by Police: A Mother’s (audio) Diary

by Zoe Sullivan

April 4, 2018

Police throughout the US shoot and kill unarmed people, in Sacramento, Detroit, New Orleans and Madison. One mother of a biracial teen who was shot and killed by a local police officer, kept an audio diary following her son’s death.

LIVE LAW SF: Initial Public Offering

by Life of the Law

March 21, 2018

This week Life of the Law presents LIVE LAW… stories from people living with the rapid fire shifts that come with tech in the Bay Area, folks who are pushing back against the gentrification and…

Inside San Quentin: Moonlight

by Shadeed Wallace-Stepter

March 6, 2018

“For any child that has been struggling with their sexuality, who has seen that movie, that could have been a life saving moment for them.” – Mike Adams, Inside San Quentin, Moonlight What would men…

Uganda – Part 4: IN-STUDIO

by Nancy Mullane

February 22, 2018

“The role of history is critically important, to bring in a more contemporary conversation about what’s going on now. When we disconnect what’s happening in the present moment from historical context, it allows people to…

Uganda - Part 4: In-Studio

Uganda – Part 3: JUSTICE

by Gladys Oroma

February 8, 2018

If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would know — Beatrice Ocwee If I did…

Episode 128: Uganda Part Three JUSTICE – Transcript

by Gladys Oroma

February 6, 2018

HOST: Today, we present part three of our series Uganda, about the thousands of children who had been abducted and held captive by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. Throughout the series, we follow the…

Civil Rights

New Voices Series: Law Students Take on Immigration

by Life of the Law

In-Studio: Peril and Promise of Genetic Testing

by Life of the Law

GATTACA REVISTED: Up the Borrowed Ladder

by Tony Gannon & Andrea Hendrickson

In-Studio: Police, Race and Fatal Force

by Life of the Law

Death by Police: A Mother’s (audio) Diary

by Zoe Sullivan

Inside San Quentin: Moonlight

by Shadeed Wallace-Stepter

Uganda – Part 4: IN-STUDIO

by Nancy Mullane

Uganda – Part 3: JUSTICE

by Gladys Oroma

Episode 128: Uganda Part Three JUSTICE – Transcript

by Gladys Oroma

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