Latest Programs
5/27/09 - Town Hall Meeting on Federal Budget (Part 2 of 2)
Sept. 7, 2009, 5:34 p.m.
Congressman Bobby Scott spoke about the federal budget to constituents, and answered their questions and concerns, in the second part of a two-part presentation of an April 13 Town Hall meeting.
5/20/09 - Town Hall Meeting on Federal Budget (Part 1 of 2)
Sept. 7, 2009, 5:26 p.m.
Congressman Bobby Scott spoke about the federal budget to constituents, and answered their questions and concerns, in the first part of a two-part presentation of an April 13 Town Hall meeting.
Sept. 7, 2009, 5:16 p.m.
Central Virginia Legal Aid Societyâs Henry McLaughlin and Sheila Mandt discuss legal aid's funding needs and whatâs being done to meet them.
5/6/09 - Health Insurance Coverage under COBRA
Sept. 7, 2009, 5:02 p.m.
Health Law Attorney Jill Hanken explains new help for workers who have lost their jobs and could be eligible for a 65 percent federal subsidy for up to nine months to keep their employer provided health insurance.
4/29/09 - Collaborative Family Law
Sept. 7, 2009, 4:52 p.m.
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Attorney Robin Edwards discusses collaborative law, a brand new method of resolving family law disputes.
4/22/09 - Virginia Farm Workers' Legal Assistance Project
Sept. 7, 2009, 4:43 p.m.
The Director of the Virginia Farm Workers Legal Assistance Project, Christianne Quieroz, describes how her staff of three provides legal assistance to more than 2,500 farm workers every year.
4/15/09 - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund
Sept. 7, 2009, 4:32 p.m.
The Director of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund, Mary Vail Ware, explains how victims of violent crimes can receive awards of up to $15,000.
4/8/09 - Modifying Child Custody & Visitation
Sept. 7, 2009, 4:23 p.m.
Private attorney Lynn Robinson explains what judges and lawyers look for in deciding to award, change or not change child custody and visitation.
"Taking Woodstock" & Kate Clinton
Sept. 7, 2009, 2:53 p.m.
Ang Lee's new film is as much a coming out story as it is a behind the scenes look at the legendary cultural event; lesbian-feminist humorist's new book laughs at the movement and the media. Plus Rome anti-violence protesters take to the streets, gay cruisers clash with cops in Guangzhou, Japanese election results give LGBT activists hope, Vermont's first same-gender couples wed, and more news.
4/1/09 - How to Work with Your Attorney
Sept. 7, 2009, 2:38 p.m.
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society's Palma Pustilnik talks about how to work well with your lawyer and what you need to know to be the best possible client.
3/25/09 - Obama's "Making Home Affordable" Plan
Sept. 7, 2009, 2:24 p.m.
Housing Opportunities Made Equal's Paula Sherman discloses the very latest details of the Obama Administrationâs âMaking Home Affordableâ Plan.
3P-042 You've Been Framed!
Sept. 7, 2009, 2:20 p.m.
Examines, ala the media watchgroup FAIR, three examples of how reporters frame the question in order to shift our perspective on the facts. One is a quote from Mark Hosenball, Special Correspondent for Newsweek, speaking on NPR's Talk of the Nation about the Inspector
General's report on interrogation methods. Two is the winner of Survival International's Most Racist Article of the Year Award. Third is the defense of Van Jones in Ryan Witt's Political Buzz Examiner, saying that he was stupid but not evil.
3/11/09 - Mortgage Default Counseling
Sept. 7, 2009, 2:14 p.m.
Housing Opportunities Made Equal's Paula Sherman offers practical advice on what homeowners must do to save their home or home equity.
Sept. 7, 2009, 2:06 p.m.
The Taxpayer Advocate Service's Amy Durham & the Community Tax Law Project's Paul Harrison offer tax tips for the 2008 tax year and for the income tax filing due April 15, 2009.
2/25/09 - Budget & Fiscal Issues
Sept. 7, 2009, 1:56 p.m.
The Executive Director of the Commonwealth Institute, Michael Cassidy, explains how Virginiaâs three billion dollar budget hole could be closed without harmful spending cuts by carefully closing wasteful tax loopholes.
2/18/09 - Car Title Loans / Voting Rights Restoration
Sept. 7, 2009, 1:45 p.m.
Policy Analyst with the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, LaTonya Reed, discusses car title lending as well as restoration of voting rights, and why disallowing the vote to convicted felons is bad policy and a shameful remnant of Virginiaâs racist laws.
2/11/09 - Housing Issues / Immigrant Issues
Sept. 7, 2009, 1:36 p.m.
Policy Analyst with the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, Ali Faruk, highlights housing and immigration issues before the Virginia General Assembly, and why asking victims and witnesses of crime about their immigration status is bad policy and bad police work.
2/4/09 - Immigrant Law (Part 2 of 2)
Sept. 7, 2009, 1:28 p.m.
The Immigrant Advocacy Program's Tim Freilich speaks on how immigrants are treated and mistreated under current law, in the second part of a two-part presentation.
1/28/09 - Immigrant Law (Part 1 of 2)
Sept. 7, 2009, 1:20 p.m.
The Immigrant Advocacy Program's Tim Freilich speaks on how immigrants are treated and mistreated under current law, in the first part of a two-part presentation.
Sept. 7, 2009, 1:09 p.m.
General Counsel for the Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley Henry Woodward tells strange but true tales about Zombie debts that haunt the living from beyond the grave.
Labor Day with Blues and Jack Hirschman's Poetry for the People
Sept. 7, 2009, 12:18 p.m.
Jack Hirschman, San Francisco Poet Laureate, shares his work and the work of other poets for the people. Includes a first ever airing of his latest arcane to Amiri Baraka on Barak Obama and We, the People. Interspersed with Blues.
Sept. 7, 2009, 12:02 p.m.
State Legal Services Director of the Department for the Aging, Janet James, talks about Project 2025, and whatâs being done to prepare Virginia to meet the legal needs of Senior Citizens in the next 16 years.
12/31/08 - New Payday Lending Law (Part 2 of 2)
Sept. 7, 2009, 11:53 a.m.
Consumer Attorney Jay Speer explains the changes to Virginiaâs Payday Lending Law effective January 1, 2009 in the second part of a two-part presentation.
12/24/08 - New Payday Lending Law (Part 1 of 2)
Sept. 7, 2009, 11:46 a.m.
Consumer Attorney Jay Speer explains the changes to Virginiaâs Payday Lending Law effective January 1, 2009 in the first part of a two-part presentation.
12/17/08 - Rental Housing Repairs
Sept. 7, 2009, 11:36 a.m.
Legal Aid Justice Center Attorney Steve Dickinson guides us through what tenants must, and must not do, to get bad rental housing repaired by landlords.
Sept. 7, 2009, 11:26 a.m.
Housing Law Attorney Jim Naggles talks about Virginiaâs foreclosure process and possible alternatives.
12/3/08 - Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Sept. 7, 2009, 11:19 a.m.
Cheryl Crawford at the Virginia Employment Commission describes the complicated rules about who can get emergency unemployment compensation, and how.
Sept. 7, 2009, 11:10 a.m.
Consumer Attorney Tom Domonoske identifies the legal traps and pitfalls of buying a used car, and how to side step them.
11/19/08 - Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Sept. 7, 2009, 11:03 a.m.
Consumer Attorney Dale Pittman unmasks the despicable tactics of debt collectors, and what you can do to fight back under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Sept. 7, 2009, 10:55 a.m.
Director of the Pro Bono Services Programs at the University of Richmond Law School, Tara Casey, explains divorce in Virginia and how law students will be helping meet this need.