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Law Review seeks to engage the community of San Diego and beyond in conversations about the law. It is hosted by California Western School of Law Dean Emeritus Steven R. Smith.
A landlord threatens eviction; Steve Smith asks what you'd need to know first.
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A clear legal discussion shows how elder abuse cases can lead to prosecution, civil recovery, or both.
Elder abuse is framed as a legal problem that can move in two directions at once: criminal prosecution and civil recovery. Steve Smith speaks with Joel Bryant of Green, Bryant & French in San Diego and Paul Greenwood, a San Diego deputy district attorney, and the discussion…
A practical look at how a student-run clinic turns legal training into direct service for clients who need help.
A law-school clinic becomes a grounded look at how legal help is actually organized for people dealing with immigration, bankruptcy, family-law, and eviction-related problems.
A clear legal conversation links courtroom perception, precedent, and constitutional reasoning for a general audience.
Law Review sets out to make legal reasoning legible beyond the law-school classroom, with Daniel Park and Glenn Smith discussing books that try to explain what law is and why its methods matter.
A wide-ranging 2013 legal roundtable turns headline cases into questions about damages, punishment, and presidential power.
Law Review's 2013 roundtable looks at the year's legal news through questions of reach and consequence. The panel moves from George Zimmerman and Eric O.
A grounded guide to checking charitable appeals and planning giving with care.
Philanthropic giving lands here as a practical matter of personal choice, estate planning, and public trust. Steve Smith's discussion with Adrian Vargas of the San Diego Foundation and Nancy Spector, a San Diego attorney focused on estates and gifts who also serves on the…
Law, explained where the news gets complicated.
A murder case with America on trial.
Supreme Court law without the courthouse voice.
Legal fury, reproductive justice, court by court.
Animal cases, legal stakes, real consequences.
["Law Review with Steve Smith examines elder abuse with San Diego attorney Joel Bryant and deputy district attorney Paul Greenwood, starting from the claim that the government describes the problem as an epidemic.", "Greenwood describes murder, kidnapping, trunk confinement for more than 25 hours, sweepstakes scams, and severe neglect, while Bryant explains a nursing-home case that produced stage-four bed sores, sepsis, and a wrongful death claim.", "The guests break down California Penal Code section 368, the 65-plus definition of an elder, dependent adults ages 18 through 64, felony versus misdemeanor charging, and the way the same conduct can trigger both criminal prosecution and civil liability under EDACPA.", "They close with prevention advice on caregivers, account monitoring, Adult Protective Services, mail theft, jewelry theft, and reporting suspicious conduct before money, property, or care can be lost."]
Steve Smith opens Law Review at California Western School of Law by calling the Community Law Clinic a "man bites dog" program because law students work with medical students at a free clinic.
Law Review with Steve Smith brings Daniel Park's The Legal Mind and Glenn Smith's Constitutional Law for Dummies into one conversation about how law resolves disputed facts and ambiguous words.
Law Review with Steve Smith closes 2013 from California Western School of Law with a New Year's roundtable on the biggest legal stories of the year and the fights likely to shape 2014.
Law Review with Steve Smith uses a California Western School of Law panel to examine philanthropy and the legal issues of giving.
Host Steve Smith interviews Justin Brooks and Alex McDonald about the California Innocence Project's work, focusing on the dramatic exoneration of Timothy Atkins after 23 years in prison.
A legal roundtable discussion reviewing the most important legal events of 2012, including social media issues and the Supreme Court's Obamacare decision.
A legal expert panel discusses the complexities of medical marijuana legality in California, including state and federal conflicts.