Law and Criminal Justice

YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Krista Baughman, Walnut Creek, a trial lawyer with over 16 years experience in First Amendment, defamation, and anti-SLAPP matters.

YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by USF Adjunct Professor of Law Jamal Anderson and the Assistant Registrar of Voters for Shasta County, Brent Turner.

Antonio Hernandez, Director of Public service Programs for the SF-Marin LRS, Julie Traun, Director of Court Appointment Programs, and Jill McInerney, Child Welfare Specialist and Chair of the LRIS Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco all join YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, to talk about their shared goal of informing and protecting the public.

YLR Hosts are joined by three rock-star attorneys: Esther Aguayo, Rose Mishaan and Marsanne Weese, who just fashioned a reset of California criminal law.

This week, Bay Made share conversations from our new series, The Bay Agenda, recorded live at KALW’s community events space in downtown San Francisco.

This week, QUEER POWER HOUR looks back at the stories of two military men who came out publicly in 1975.

Amidst a deteriorating legal and political atmosphere, at this moment in time, we can celebrate the constitution and the rule of law while, at the same time recognizing there may be changes afoot that we should all be watching.Tonight’s broadcast is a call to action.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Professor Brian Soucek, Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, Certified Criminal Law Specialist Peter Goldscheider, mediator and trial attorney Jean Hyams, Sonya Mehta, a trial attorney representing individual employees and labor unions, and Cheryl Niro, attorney and mediator who serves on the board of Lawyers Defending American Democracy, an organization focused on the unique responsibility of lawyers to defend the Constitution.Questions for Jeff's guests? Call us, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Does "discretion" just mean one rule for you and another for me?

YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and tonight's co-host, David Bigeleisen, are joined by an all-star cast: David Faigman, the Dean of U.C. College of the law, San Francisco, who has written extensively on science and the law, and Bruce Alberts; a past president of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bruce Alberts is the editor of Science magazine, and was awarded the National Medal of Science by former President Barak Obama.Our discussion might include a discussion on "Good Science" versus "junk science", and question: What is the state of science education in our country? What is the state of scientific inquiry and research in our country, given the current administration? How do we train lawyers to present science in court? How do we train judges to decide which evidence to allow juries to hear and which to reject?Have some questions of your own? Please call us, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

A troubling phenomenon has been occurring across the United States: lawyers and law firms are getting targeted solely for handling issues with which the administration of President Donald Trump disagrees.Some weeks ago, we began discussing threats to the independence of the judiciary.Tonight, we conclude this series with a look at the administration efforts to stifle opposition by attacking lawyers and firms who represent folks seeking relief from the President’s initiatives.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and tonight's co-host, David Bigeleisen, are joined by attorneys John Keker, Robert VanNest and Eliot Peters, of the San Francisco law firm Keker, VanNest and Peters, who are leading the resistance to the attacks upon the lawyers and law firms.Questions for Jeff and David's guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.