In Legal Terms

When family members don't have a will but leave their property to their decedents quite a quagmire can arise. The Mississippi Center for Justice helps those who qualify with this problem and also give educational presentations and seminars. https://mscenterforjustice.org/heirs/ MCJ’s Heirs’ Property Help line 877-952-4347 email MCJ'S Heirs' Property Team: HP@MSCENTERFORJUSTICE.ORG Pre-register for...

Have you ever wanted to change your name? How do you do it in Mississippi? Who do you need to tell? Our guest Chancery Court Judge Troy Odom gives us the details. https://www.rankincounty.org/department/index.php?structureid=39 Instructions for PRO-SE Adult Name Change Petitions (without an attorney) from DeSoto County https://www.desotocountyms.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4600/Instructions-ProSe-Name...

Are you looking for a versatile career that could help you impact the lives of others? Do you have a passion about how our country is “ruled”? Then you might want to attend law school. We can answer your questions and give you something to think about. Our guest is Dean Bette Bradley, from the University of Mississippi School of Law. https://law.olemiss.edu/staff-directory/bette-bradley/ Webs...

Our guest for the show is property attorney, Terry Little from Harper Little in Oxford. Do you need an attorney for a closing? How can you handle a boundary line dispute? Our callers asked many, many questions! https://www.harperlittlelaw.com/about You only have one week to get your voter registration up to date. Our U.S. Congressmen are running for re-election: Trent Kelly, Bennie Thompson,...

Our guest today is attorney Susan Steffey from Watkins & Eager. We talk about mediation. You don’t have to go to court. You can work together to get a satisfactory resolution. https://www.watkinseager.com/professionals-susan-l-steffey If you’ve missed any of our program you can listen to the whole show's recording at in legal terms.mpbonline.org http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/ Also: mpbonli...

From MPB Think Radio, this In Legal Terms, the show all about you and your rights. Well, not “your rights”. Today is about animals and THEIR rights. Our guest is Jared Goodman, General Counsel of Animal Law for The PETA Foundation. https://www.peta.org/ On April 6th, 2021 we had as a guest PETA Foundation’s Deputy General Counsel for Captive Animal Law Enforcement. http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.or...

Needing criminal defense must be one of the worst times in a person’s and a family’s life. We’d like to help out by providing some information, that we hope you won’t ever need! Our guest, attorney Francis Springer will answer some questions and help us become better informed. https://www.springerlawoffice.com/ If you’d like general information in addition to dockets, briefs, orders and opinions o...

Is this your favorite time of the year? Trees are budding. Bushes are blooming. Individual income taxes are due! You can think of it as a chore . . . OR . . maybe it’s a fun puzzle or a stroll down memory lane of everything you did during the past year. We’ve got tax tips to help make filling out your income taxes easier. Your first stop should always be: https://www.irs.g...

We weren’t able to broadcast a show last week due to the Senate Conformation Hearing for Ketanji Brown Jackson. What kind of conformation power does the Senate have, anyway? We’ll find out with our guest Christopher Green, Professor of Law at the University of MS School of Law. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/christopher-green/ Our guest is Professor Christopher Green has been on the sho...

Time to stretch your imagination today. We’re discussing Space law – did you know Mississippi is a leader in that field? Hmm? Have I got your curiosity peeked? Professor Michelle Hanlon is our guest. We discuss the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi and some of the benefits of space exploration. We discuss what laws cover these situations. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty...

Due to breaking news, we had less time to record this episode. A couple of times a year we bring you an attorney to talk with you about wills and the benefits of estate planning. We’ve got attorney Rick Courtney.  https://elderlawms.com/ We love talking about wills on In Legal Terms because you love asking about wills. Here are Rick’s past shows.  10/12/2021 In Legal Terms: Elder Abuse h...

Our host is Professor Richard Gershon of the University Of Mississippi School Of Law.        I’m Liz Gill. Times change. Laws change. We had a show about the “new” Real ID back in 2019. Then a little thing called a pandemic happened so the date to need a real ID was pushed back. We’ll find out more about this and more about Mississippi’s Department of Public...

Our guest is a fun one today. Professor Stacey Lantagne, Associate Dean for Faculty Development at the University of Mississippi School of Law will help us understand the law around NFTs - Non-fungible tokens. Professor Stacey Lantagne, https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/stacey-lantagne/ has been on our show in the past discussing: TickTock 02/02/21  http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/e...

We truly hope when you need a lawyer you find someone you trust and with whom you feel comfortable. If not, we’re talking with General Council of the Mississippi Bar, Adam Kilgore. We’ll learn about fee disputes and take your questions.  https://www.msbar.org/media/3117/adam-kilgore.pdf Rule 1.5 of MS Rues of Professional Conduct : reasonable fees https://courts.ms.gov/research/rules/msruleso...

Today we’re going to learn about “Evidence”. What does the 4th amendment say about searches and seizures. What happens at searches at your house, your car, in your phone? Sit back and listen as we hear about this from our guest Professor Ron Rychlak from the University of Mississippi School of Law.  https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/ronald-j-rychlak/ Calls: no knock warrants game ward...

 Our guest is Mark Garriga an attorney with Butler Snow and former legislator. The two houses in Mississippi have passed medical marijuana and sent a bill to the Governor. Now what? https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/mark-garriga/ https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/mississippi-medical-marijuana-bill-passes-house-and-senate-through-final-votes/ Senate Bill 2095 http://legislature.ms.gov/leg...

What are some of the laws surrounding teaching? How does our state teach how our citizens obtained their legal rights? Is Critical Race Theory new? Our guest is Chauncey Spears, Education Policy Analyst from the Mississippi Center for Justice. https://mscenterforjustice.org/ https://mscenterforjustice.org/academic-freedom/ The Center supports every student’s right to a good education. This su...

What is a subpoena? We’ll learn from our guest Mississippi attorney, Baskin Jones. https://injuredinmississippi.com/ Past broadcasts with Mr. Jones: http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-cycling-and-insurance-encore and http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-cycling-and-insurance MS Bar Association resources such as Lawyer Directory and How to Select a Lawyer...

If there’s a child in your life, you’ll want to hear today’s show. It’s about custody and visitation during divorce. If you want to know what the law is, just ask our guest law Professor Deborah Bell. You can send us an email to our address legalterms@mpbonline.org https://www.msbar.org/for-the-public/pro-bono-resources/ If you’re looking for free legal resources for your legal situation, the...

Guest: Baskin Jones from Jones Law Firm https://injuredinmississippi.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/baskinjonesattorney Suggestion: READ THE DECLAIRATIONS PAGE OF YOUR INSURANCE FOR UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE Our show discussed: how cyclists ARE treated what to do if injured MS state laws safe passing dooring laws DUI vehicle Insurance issues Calls concerned: biker's rights car...

Do you love a good legal thriller? But just like you shouldn’t get your legal advice from Google, you shouldn’t base your legal knowledge on movies and tv. Sometimes they are so wrong! How wrong? Professor Gershon is going to tell us.  Great movies - bad legal advice! Body Heat Married in Vegas Daredevil Batman https://www.ranker.com/list/legal-drama-tv-shows-and-series/ranker-tv https://www....

We’ve often had people who interpret the law or create the law on the show. Today we’ve got someone who teaches Mississippians how to enforce the law, Dean Bearden, Director of Training at North Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Center. https://www.nmletc.com/ https://www.facebook.com/nmletc.tupelo/?ref=page_internal https://twitter.com/nmletc Some of the educational opportunities in our state:...

Pretend you just pulled with wishbone and WON! What do you wish for? What do you wish for Mississippi’s laws? Maybe some of our legislature will be listing to this podcast and will make your dreams come true.  Wishes: divorce process easier legalize medical marijuana expansion of Medicaid Increase teacher pay COVID-19 relief funds spent wisely infrastructure improvements land rules publicized...

Last Wednesday (12/01/2021) the US Supreme Court heard Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. It was about Mississippi’s Abortion Ban. The Opinion won’t be known until this summer but In Legal Terms talked about the case in June of 2021.We’ll have a link to the SCOTUS blog from the case on this show’s information page.   https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/dobbs-v-jackson-...

Mississippi Family Law could be changing. There’s a task force considering reforms. We’ll learn what needs to be reformed and what some possible options are with our guest Judge Troy Odom. https://www.rankincounty.org/department/index.php?structureid=39 Judge Odom who was a guest on our show 08112020 to talk about the Chancery Court. http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-chance...