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Law and Criminal Justice

  • Your Legal Rights
    From a junkie addicted to methamphetamines to a federal judge, Mary Beth O'Connor forged a personal path to recovery from trauma and addiction. Tonight, her story.
  • Your Legal Rights
    San Francisco Attorneys Jessica Chylik and Salvatore Timpano, and San Mateo Attorney David Finkelstein, join YLR Host Jeff Hayden, to talk about Landlord Tenant Laws and developments.
  • Your Legal Rights
    YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by celebrated trial lawyer, Jim Brosnahan, and recently retired attorney, David Bigeleisen, to discuss this year's Supreme Court cases. There is much to talk about.
  • Your Legal Rights
    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.
  • Your Legal Rights
    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.
  • Your Legal Rights
    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.
  • Your Legal Rights
    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.
  • Bay Made
    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.
  • Queer Power Hour
    This week, QUEER POWER HOUR looks back at the stories of two military men who came out publicly in 1975.
  • Your Legal Rights
    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.