Civil Rights

HOST INTRODUCTION: Judges across the country are in a fight to keep their jobs. Unlike judges appointed to federal courts, many state judges have to run in elections to either get voted onto the…

Courting Voters – Transcript

by Ashley Cleek

October 18, 2016

HOST INTRO: This is a really strange election year. We all know what’s happening nationally — it’s Trump v Clinton and the Senate’s up for grabs. But it’s an even weirder election year for judges…

HOST INTRODUCTION: This month, we’re presenting a special summer series of the best and the brightest new voices in investigative reporting and audio production. Ariel Ritchin at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has taken…

Winter of Love – Transcript

by Aviva DeKornfeld

June 28, 2016

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…

Liberté & Securité – Transcript

by Emma Jacobs

May 31, 2016

HOST INTRODUCTION: There’ve been a series of terrorist attacks in Europe, and now France, one of the countries hardest hit, is adjusting to this elevated threat. Last week, the French parliament passed yet another law…

Recuse Yourself – Transcript

by Chloe Prasinos

May 17, 2016

Judges are supposed to hear the case before them and make a fair judgement based on the law. But what if the judge has a bias? Maybe a conflict of interest? When should a judge…

Juggalos – Transcript

by Kirsten Jusewicz-Haidle

February 23, 2016

Groupies have always been a part of the music scene. The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads. Beatles and Beatlemania. Juggalos like music called horrorcore rap and the main group they follow is the Insane Clown…

Harris County – Transcript

by Jonathan Hirsch

February 23, 2016

Voting is a right and it’s some states it’s pretty easy to do. You register, and then you go to the polling place and mark your ballot. But in more than half the states, laws…

UnDACAmented Transcript

by Jonathan Hirsch

January 30, 2016

It’s been 20 years since Congress has passed comprehensive immigration reform in the US. So, in 2012 President Obama took matters into his own hands. His administration signed a memo granting undocumented immigrants who came…

Bad Gig

by Casey Miner

April 7, 2015

Exotic dancers, on-call drivers and writers might have a different name for what they do — freelancing, part-time work and independent contracting — but it all means the same thing. Work that doesn’t start at 9 and end at 5. And sure, it has its perks but do 1099 workers have protections?

Civil Rights

Judges v. Attack Ads Transcript

by Jess Engebretson

Courting Voters – Transcript

by Ashley Cleek

Bail or Bust – Transcript

by Ariel Ritchin

Winter of Love – Transcript

by Aviva DeKornfeld

Liberté & Securité – Transcript

by Emma Jacobs

Recuse Yourself – Transcript

by Chloe Prasinos

Juggalos – Transcript

by Kirsten Jusewicz-Haidle

Harris County – Transcript

by Jonathan Hirsch

UnDACAmented Transcript

by Jonathan Hirsch

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