mslaw's Podcast

Animal Rights

MSL Educational Forum host, Diane Sullivan, and several experts, explore the issues surrounding animal rights.  Do animals have rights?  It is known animals can be taught many things, including the use of signs for communication.  Scientists believe they have complex emotions.  How does the law view these issues?  How can courts react to the often negative interactions between humans and other animals.

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

Diabetes

MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and a panel of experts discuss the growing number of cases of diabetes in the US.  There are over 16 million diabetics in our nation.  Why are the rates going up?  Why are so many more cases occurring in childhood?  What are the solutions if any and are there new treatments that offer hope to those afflicted with diabetes?

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

Books of our Time host Lawrence R. Velvel, dean of the Massachusetts School of law, spends an hour talking with Attorney Michael Meltsner, author of The Making of a Civil Rights Lawyer.  Attorney Meltsner was involved with the Legal Defense Fund and participated in civil rights legal matters for many years.

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

Global Warming

MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan leads a discussion on global warming.  How might it affect human health?  How might it affect plants, animals, governments, economies and every aspect of our daily lives?

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan and a panel of experts discuss the Kelo v. New London Eminent Domain Supreme Court case.  Does a municipality have the right to take property and sell it to another capable of paying more taxes to benefit an economically blighted area?  Is a person's home their castle,after all?

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

 The War power, part 1 of 2

MSL Educational Forum host, Lawrence R. Velvel, dean of the law school, discusses, with a panel, the important question of who has the Constitutional right to declare and wage war.  America has engaged in numerous undeclared wars, are they constitutional?  What is the role of Congress in these issues?

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

The War power, part 1 of 2

MSL Educational Forum host, Lawrence R. Velvel, dean of the law school, discusses, with a panel, the important question of who has the Constitutional right to declare and wage war.  America has engaged in numerous undeclared wars, are they constitutional?  What is the role of Congress in these issues?

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

From Baghdad with Love

MSL Educational Forum host Diane Sullivan interviews the author of From Bagdad with Love, a story of danger, marines, a forelorn puppy found abandoned and what it did for the life and spirit of a Lieutenant Colonel.

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.

Violence Against Woman

MSL Educational Forum host, Diane Sullivan, and a panel of experts discuss the issues of violence against women.  Why cannot the courts do something?  Why do women put up with it?  Is it inevitable, or are there solutions?

The Massachusetts School of Law, located in Andover, Massachusetts, makes high quality, affordable legal education available to less privileged persons who are traditionally excluded from the legal profession. As part of its mission of providing high quality education and information for both law students and the general public, the Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public via television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss, for subscriptions, or http://mslaw.libsyn.com, for direct downloads. MSLAW videos are available from Google Video.