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What do you think about corporal punishment? Did you experience it as a kid? Do you do it today, to your kids, as an adult? All 50 states allow it by law. After we published…

Mother and Son

by Life of the Law

April 5, 2017

Twenty-one years ago, at the age of 19, Greg Eskridge was sentenced to 65 years-to-life plus two life terms in prison. Greg’s mom, Patricia Eskridge, was in the courtroom that day to hear the judge…

Episode 106: Mother and Son – Transcript

by Nancy Mullane

April 5, 2017

HOST INTRO: Prison is a walled off, secret world, where inmates and officers live a sort of altered reality. For the past 10 years I’ve been reporting on the people inside San Quentin State Prison…

HOST INTRODUCTION: This summer, we’re changing things up a bit at Life of the Law. We’re presenting some amazing audio documentaries produced by at universities and colleges around the country. Our first story is from…

Winter of Love

by Aviva DeKornfeld

June 28, 2016

This summer, Life of the Law is featuring stories from some of the best and the brightest upcoming audio journalists from Pitzer College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. We’re calling it our New Voices Series….

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Smart Stuff: What Nonmonogamous Relationship Activists Can Learn from Same-Sex Marriage Success

by Hadar Aviram

October 15, 2014

On October 6, the Supreme Court denied review, without comment, of all seven petitions addressing state court decisions to overturn same-sex marriage bans. The practical implication of these decisions is that same-sex marriage will become…

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Legal Briefs: What’s Happening in the Law?

by Life of the Law

September 15, 2014

Each week, we bring you updates on the legal world. Looking ahead… The Ray Rice legal drama has been brewing for a bit now, but it looks like it’s not over yet. Rice and his lawyers…

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Legal Briefs: This Week In Law

by Life of the Law

July 7, 2014

Granada and Grenada make the news. A man and his wife are suing an airline for flying them to Spain, not the Caribbean. (ABC News) Somewhere, Nancy Grace is smiling. The next Casey Anthony-type case…

Polyamorous Love

by Kaitlin Prest

February 14, 2014

Diana Adams believes the family law system is at least 20 years behind cultural changes. She helps non-traditional families—such as three people in love—find a simulacrum of the protection offered by legal marriage. But her real goal is to change our idea of what “marriage” can be.

New Frontiers of Family Law

by Kaitlin Prest

June 11, 2013

Diana Adams believes the family law system is at least 20 years behind cultural changes. She helps non-traditional families—such as three people in love—find a simulacrum of the protection offered by legal marriage. But her real goal is to change our idea of what “marriage” can be.

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In Studio: Mother and Son and Impact of Corporal Punishment

by Nancy Mullane

Mother and Son

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Episode 106: Mother and Son – Transcript

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Winter of Love – Transcript

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Winter of Love

by Aviva DeKornfeld

Smart Stuff: What Nonmonogamous Relationship Activists Can Learn from Same-Sex Marriage Success

by Hadar Aviram

Legal Briefs: What’s Happening in the Law?

by Life of the Law

Legal Briefs: This Week In Law

by Life of the Law

Polyamorous Love

by Kaitlin Prest

New Frontiers of Family Law

by Kaitlin Prest

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