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Law and Society Association Conference Highlights

by Life of the Law

  • June 19, 2018

Where does one find a discussion of research on abduction for forced marriage amidst West and Central African conflicts? Where does one find research on how ‘yes means yes’ policies on university campuses have affected…

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New Voices Series: Law Students Take on Immigration

by Life of the Law

  • June 6, 2018

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…

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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…

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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…

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Uganda – Part 2: ESCAPE

by Gladys Oroma

  • January 24, 2018

“I escaped  because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan.” — Samuel Akena   “We had mothers whose children were crying.  Sometimes government troops and helicopter gunship…

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Episode 126: Uganda Part 1 ABDUCTED – Transcript

by Gladys Oroma

  • January 10, 2018

    HOST For the last year, we have been working behind the scenes with a team to produce the story you’re going to hear today, the first part of a three-part series. This series…

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Uganda – Part 1: ABDUCTED

by Gladys Oroma

  • January 10, 2018

“Those who were not able to walk were killed then. And then the greatest challenge was walking long distances for examples of 8 miles without any drinking water. There were those who were drinking the…

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The Battle Over Your Right to Vote

by Life of the Law

  • November 28, 2017

The polls got it wrong. What matters in the end, on election day, is who has the right to vote and who goes to the polls to cast their ballot. Due to strict voter ID…

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Government Ghost

by Megan Marrelli

  • November 14, 2017

2017 has been a terrible year for tens of thousands of people. Fires in northern California and record-setting torrential hurricanes and floods in Texas and Puerto Rico have meant that families have lost their homes…

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In-Studio: Brutally Ruthless

by Life of the Law

  • October 31, 2017

“As incompetent and bumbling as the Trump Administration has been in so many areas, they have been brutally ruthless on immigration.” — Jose Chito Vela, Immigration Attorney and Candidate for Texas State Legislature It’s been…

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