Life of the Law

Series produced by Life of the Law

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A podcast offering documentary stories and investigations of people's relationship to the law.

Life of the Law publishes a new, unique episode every other Tuesday morning on our website - www.lifeofthelaw.org, Panoply, iTunes and on most podcast apps.

Investigative reports
Audio diaries
Live storytelling events (recorded)
In-Studio discussions


127 Pieces

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Caption: Andrea Irwin and boyfriend Jeff Jackson following the shooting death of Tony Robinson, Andrea's 19 year old son., Credit:  Nate Royko Maurer
"What we don’t know is what happened in the 18 seconds that the police officer that was in the hallway. He ended up shooting my son seven times in ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:29
Caption: Fantastic Negrito at Live Law: Initial Public Offering, Credit: Elisabeth Fall
Life of the Law presents LIVE LAW Initial Public Offering -- stories from people pushing back against the rapid fire shifts of gentrification and a...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:35:06
Caption: Moonlight
"For any child that has been struggling with their sexuality, who has seen that movie. That could have been a life saving moment for them." - Mike ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:11:37
Caption: Beatrice Oswee with her daughter in Gulu, Uganda.
"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 ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:25
Caption: Northern Uganda
"I escaped because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan." Beatrice Ocwee Reporter Gladys Oroma continues ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 44:12
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Life of the Law begins our 4-part series on Uganda. Reported by Gladys Oroma from Gulu, Uganda where she reports for local, national and internatio...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:29
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Traditions. We all have them. Some good and, well, some not so good. Think for a minute. When you were a kid, what were your holiday traditions? Do...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2017
  • Length: 38:11
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This week on Life of the Law, our team meets IN-STUDIO with Wendy Weiser, Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NY...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 40:56
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2017 has been a terrible year for tens of thousands of people. Fires in northern California and record-setting torrential hurricanes and floods in ...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 20:31
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, our team goes IN-STUDIO with Jose “Chito” Vela, the young man’s immigration attorney and now candidate for the Texas State Legislature,...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 52:54
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Unless Congress acts to save the DACA program, the last permit will expire on March 5, 2020. This week on Life of the Law… we share Luis’s story an...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 33:45
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Look around. Change is happening. People you know and people you pass on the street are in transition. They are transforming their lives. Unless yo...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:10:04
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All over the world people create. Music, art, literature. But is their creative work protected? Sure there are international copyright laws, but ar...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 38:45
Caption: Serge Turnier
The Gift and Curse of Music – Haiti’s Fight for Copyright is the story of Serge Turnier, a music producer and composer in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ju...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 35:55
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Life of the Law, our team met up in the studios of KQED to talk about the law, moral luck, and prosecutorial discretion in America.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 48:12
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It all started out as a plan to steal some comic books, sell them and split the cash. That was before a busted lip, a heart attack, and federal pro...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:34
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Troy Williams and scholars Rebecca McClennan, Keramet Reiter, Ashley Rubin, and Heather Thompson drove about an hour away to San Quentin State Pris...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 48:26
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What does it take to win an NBA Championship? On Monday night, June 12th, Oakland's Golden State Warriors, aka "Dub Nation" silenced the Cleveland ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 44:31
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It's official! The Golden State Warriors are the 2017 NBA Champions! Life of the Law honors the team and each of the players with this special epis...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 19:38
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What does color of skin have to do with equal access to justice in America? The Equal Protection Clause, part of the 14th Amendment to the Constitu...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2017
  • Length: 48:40