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In Legal Terms

MPB Think Radio

Have you ever wanted to know the definition of a legal term? Do you find yourself wondering what your rights are when it comes to your property, marriage, or health? If you answered yes to one of those questions, In Legal Terms is the show for you. Tune in and learn more about your legal rights and how the law affects your day to day life. The show is set to consistently provide thought-provoking commentary and opinions on legal topics, whether local or national. Court trials, U.S. Supreme Court

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In Legal Terms Classic: Court Interpreters

In Legal Terms ·

2025/05/27

How would you feel if you needed to go to court or conduct legal business but weren’t fluent in the language? Our guests will help us understand court interpreter service in Mississippi: Deenie Miller, Director of Language Access Mississippi Supreme Court and Dr. Javier Gerardo Gómez, Credentialed Court Interpreter.H.B. 1217 became law July 1, 2023. The new laws prohibit Limited English Proficient individuals from being responsible for the costs of court interpretation in all bilingual proceedings

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In Legal Terms: Volunteering with MVLP

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2025/05/13

Finally, In Legal Terms gets a chance to talk about Volunteering. The week of April 21st the MPB Think Radio shows talked about different volunteering opportunities and the benefits you receive by giving to your community. Today, we’ve got Gayla Carpenter-Sanders, the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project.Would you like to Volunteer with the MS Volunteer Lawyers Project? If you’re an attorney, law student, college student, or paralegal you can register

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In Legal Terms: Elder Law 2025

In Legal Terms ·

2025/04/29

We hope to grow older and be treated with respect as we age. Legal issues associated with the elderly fall under “Elder Law”. Our guest, Richard Courtney will answer our questions about this aspect of the law. Our guest has quite a lot of information on his website: elderlawms.com. You can watch a video and read information. You can also request a free planning guide for assisting special needs children and adults with finances and rights.What do Elders fear? Change, Conflict, Loss of ControlWe

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In Legal Terms: Wills 2025

In Legal Terms ·

2025/04/22

This is National Volunteer Month and MPB Think Radio is talking about volunteerism this week. Many of our shows are talking about how you can volunteer. Listen to our live shows or their podcasts to learn more. If you go to https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/ you can see images (thumbnails) of our shows so you can find the podcasts. The MPB public media app also has all our podcasts in one place. I absolutely love the volunteer service Kelly Kyle provides outside of the legal world. Here are some

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In Legal Terms: Municipal Courts

In Legal Terms ·

2025/04/15

From traffic tickets to misdemeanor offenses, municipal courts handle a range of everyday legal issues. We hope to explain how the system works, what your rights are, and how to prepare if you ever have to appear in court. Our guest is City of Columbus Prosecutor and former Lowndes County Municipal Court Judge Nicole ClinkscalesIs there a special election today where you live? Governor Tate Reeves announced that he has set a special election to fill the vacancy in Senate District 18 (Leake, Neshoba,

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In Legal Terms: MS Democratic Party

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2025/04/08

Mississippi had its Municipal Primary elections last Tuesday. It got us to thinking about our two main political parties; so we invited them to come on the show and tell us what they want us to know and give our listeners a chance to ask what they want to know. Today, we’ve got Representative Cheikh Taylor, Chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party.We're also joined by Mikel Bolden, Executive Director of the Mississippi Democratic Party. (We're scheduled to speak with the chair of the Mississippi

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In Legal Terms: MCJ - Kimberly Jones Merchant

In Legal Terms ·

2025/02/25

The Mississippi Center for Justice has a new President and CEO, Kimberly Jones Merchant. She’s our guest today to remind us of the focus and goals of the center and what we might expect in the future.What’s going on this and next month at MCJ? They have an event calendar so you can see that there’s a “My Home My Rights” presentation tomorrow, February 26th at Rust College and an Expungement Clinic March 13th in Clarksdale.Do you believe that “Justice Takes All of Us”? If you agree you might like

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In Legal Terms: Ethics 2025

In Legal Terms ·

2025/02/18

Our laws are argued and upheld in our courts by Officers of the Court. Is there a standard of behavior for them? Maybe “ethical” rules? Let’s find out from our host – Adam Kilgore, former General Council for Mississippi Bar. And guest Cliff Johnson, Director of the MacArthur Justice Center.Oath for Lawyers Mississippi - Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS (§§ 73-1-1 — 73-79-1)Chapter 3 - ATTORNEYS AT LAW (§§ 73-3-1 — 73-3-403)Article 1 - ADMISSION AND CONDUCT OF

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In Legal Terms: Military Rights

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2025/02/04

Mississippians pride themselves on being patriotic. What what’s more patriotic than serving your country in the military? We’ll learn about military and veterans’ legal rights with today’s guests Ira Rushing from Tully Rinckey.In 2020, Black Soldiers comprised approximately 21% of the active-duty Army, 15% of the Army National Guard and 21% of the Army Reserve. Black Americans serve in the Army at a rate that is higher than their representation in the U.S. population. The active-duty percentage of

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In Legal Terms: Real ID

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2025/01/28

I’m calling this episode “Real ID for-real this time”. We’ve been thrilled to have Department of Public Safety General Council Eric Brown join us a few times on In Legal Terms. We’ve discussed Real IDs but the requirements for those IDs have been postponed many years many times. We’ll find out what’s up now. And we’re grateful that Treasure Tyson, Director of Driver Service Bureau will be here also to answer questions about driver's licenses.Founded in 1938, the Mississippi Department of Public

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In Legal Terms: NIL

In Legal Terms ·

2025/01/14

In the SEC, the SWAC, The Sun Belt Conference, and all over America we’re celebrating college football and its student athletes. They work so hard for the enjoyment of the fans of their schools and lately they and other student athletes are being compensated for their Name, Image and Likeness. Our guest, attorney Andrew Coffman from Phelps Dunbar will tell us a bit about the laws and rights associated with NIL.If you’re curious about NIL I’ve got a 10-minute podcast for you. MPB’s 10 Minute Time Out

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In Legal Terms: 2024 snippet

In Legal Terms ·

2025/01/13

SnippetA Radio. Public Affairs ProgramMPB’s In Legal Terms 2024Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s In Legal Terms heard weekly Tuesdays at 10am on MPB Think Radio. Hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore and MPB Think Radio Producer Liz Gill. The show all about you and your rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In Legal Terms: 2024

In Legal Terms ·

2025/01/13

A Radio. Public Affairs ProgramMPB’s In Legal Terms 2024Mississippi Public Broadcasting’s In Legal Terms heard weekly Tuesdays at 10am on MPB Think Radio. Hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore and MPB Think Radio Producer Liz Gill. The show all about you and your rights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In Legal Terms: Tax Strategies

In Legal Terms ·

2024/12/03

We’re at the end of the year, which is also almost the beginning of the year, so as an early holiday present – let’s talk about taxes!!I think the name of the game is to push taxes to some other time, but we’ll let our guest tell us some strategies that might work for you. We’ve got attorney Samantha Moore from Butler Snow to talk tax and estate planning with us.What are some things you might need to pay taxes on that you wouldn’t think you have to pay taxes on? ScholarshipsGambling andFantasy

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In Legal Terms: Ethics for Public Servants

In Legal Terms ·

2024/11/26

We can think of ethics as the principles that guide our behavior toward making the best choices that contribute to the common good of all. Who decides what’s ethical or not? Let’s find out from our guest Tom Hood, Executive Director, Mississippi Ethics Commission.What do they do?The Mississippi Ethics Commission has four main areas of authority under four separate laws:The Ethics in Government Law– prohibits public officials and employees from having economic conflicts of interest.The Open Meetings

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In Legal Terms: Mississippi and the Moon

In Legal Terms ·

2024/11/19

What does Mississippi have to do with getting to the Moon? What are the laws concerning the Moon? We’ll find out with the help of our guest Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Executive Director, Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law and Co-Founder, President & CEO of For All MoonkindIn 1971, Apollo 14 was the third Moon mission of the U.S. Apollo space program, but the flight was unique in one way: tree seeds were taken on the flight to later germinate “Moon Trees”! When

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In Legal Terms: DWFP Hunting

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2024/11/12

This time of year, some folks start to celebrate Christmas or Thanksgiving. That’s up for debate. What isn’t up for debate is hunting seasons. It depends on where you are, what you’re hunting, and what you’re using to hunt. Learn with us about Mississippi’s rules and regulations with Lt. Ricky Barry from the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks.Folks can hunt White Tailed deer and squirrel, rabbit, possum, racoon, bobcat just now. But it’s not quail season yet. Check our podcast information

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In Legal Terms: Parole

In Legal Terms ·

2024/11/05

Our guests are Nathan Blevins, the Deputy Commissioner of Community Corrections.Terri Maranoci, Community Corrections DirectorCecil Lott, Community Corrections Associate Director with the MS Board of Parole 239 North Lamar Street, Suite 501, Jackson, MS 39201 (601) 576-3520(601) 576-3528Information about parole in Mississippi, including the current Parole Board Members, Parolee Search, and Victim Parole Notification.MS Department of CorrectionsThe Community Corrections division is responsible for

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In Legal Terms: Student Rights

In Legal Terms ·

2024/08/27

MPB Think Radio has been talking about “education” on many of our shows this month. Today, we’re learning about the Right of Students with attorney McKenna Rainey from ACLU – Mississippi.The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office has a great website about voting. If you need to register to vote you can print off a form, or just call and ask your county clerk to mail you a form. If you’re interested in helping to register folks to vote, there’s a tool kit online with all the details.If you’re

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In Legal Terms: Mississippi Law Schools

In Legal Terms ·

2024/08/06

It’s Education Week on MPB Think Radio. For In Legal Terms, we’ve brought on the Deans for the two law schools in our state: John Anderson from Mississippi College and Fred Slabach from the University of Mississippi. We hope to learn about the differences between the two schools, what prospective students need to know, and what one can do with a law degree.Law School Admission CouncilComplete 2 Compete (C2C) is a statewide initiative designed to inspire Mississippi's adults to complete their college

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