In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast This is one of our most popular topics. We try to bring you an expert at least twice a year. It’s a wills and estates hour. Our guest is attorney, Kelly Kyle from Kyle Wynn and Associates. Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Aug 26, 2025•46 min
In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast Today’s Legal Term on In Legal Terms is: Artificial Intelligence Our expert host is usually attorney Adam Kilgore, he was away during this broadcast. One of MPB’s next door neighbors is Mississippi Information Technology Services . And one of our previous guests: at...
Aug 19, 2025•42 min
In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: IDEA, OSEP, CAP Last year we had an informative show about special education. We couldn’t get to everything we wanted so we invited them back. We’re very proud to have members of the Mississippi Special Education Coali...
Aug 12, 2025•44 min
In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast Today’s Legal Terms on In Legal Terms is / are: Pro Bono, Pro Se, and Indigent We’re talking with guests Sam H. Buchanan, Jr., Executive Director MS Center for Legal Services and Ben Thomas Cole II, Executive Director North MS Rural Legal Service about options for l...
Aug 05, 2025•43 min
In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB: https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast Immigration. It’s a hot topic today. What are the laws now? What do you need to know? We’ll learn with the help of our guest faculty member at the University of Mississippi School of Law and attorney Sarah A. Schnaithman What have our legislators in Mississippi been...
Jul 29, 2025•42 min
It’s two weeks before our election but we’re not talking about voting today – don’t forget you can vote early if you’re 65 or over or have a reason you'll be away from your home county on Election Day. Get more information at the Secretary of State's voting information website . We’re very proud to have members of the Mississippi Special Education Coalition as our guests today to discuss the education rights for your student and the report the Coalition published . Joining us are Julian Miller f...
Jul 22, 2025•45 min
In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org I’ve heard jokes about slipping and falling on banana peels. Is that really a thing? Are “slip and falls” a legal thing? Let’s find out from our guest attorney Baskin Jones . Mississippi Story Teller Tracy Carr was in one of our production studios recording with me and she told this amazing story about banana peels. Governor Reeves Sets Four Special Elections: The three special elections ...
Jul 15, 2025•43 min
Youth Court can deal with Children in Need of Supervision, Delinquent Children, and Neglected and/or Abused Children. That takes some special finesse that our guest possesses – attorney Chad King from Thompson Addison. (Who was also our guest for In Legal Terms: Adoption 2024 Tuesday, June 25, 2024 ) A podcast of interest: In Legal Terms: Foster Care Tuesday, March 21, 2023 with guest: Andrea Sanders, Commissioner for Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services. Mississippi Department of...
Jul 08, 2025•45 min
In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org Today’s show is one of the most informative of the year. It applies to everyone in Mississippi: it’s “what are our new laws” show. Our guest is MPB News Legislative Reporter, Will Stribling. He’ll report about the new laws and how the session went. Do you like supporting charities with the specialty license places? Here are some new ones: The Declaration Of Independence Center For The Stu...
Jul 01, 2025•44 min
In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore. legalterms@mbponline.org Mississippi has scheduled an execution for tomorrow, June 24th. Who is it? How to they propose to do it? What are the options for the prisoner to stop it? We’ll learn with our guests: Krissy C. Nobile , Director of The Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Beth Windham , an attorney with CPCC, and attorney David Voisin . According to the MS Department of Corrections: Sinc...
Jun 24, 2025•43 min
In Legal Terms, the show about you and your rights hosted by attorney Adam Kilgore . legalterms@mbponline.org Are you a part of a Board of Directors? Do you have a Board that is involved in your life at work, home, or at a volunteer group? Board governance: how does it work? How is it SUPPOSED to work? We’ll learn about this with our guest: Professor Martin Edwards from the University of Mississippi School of Law . Many charities have boards of directors. If you’re curious about board responsibi...
Jun 17, 2025•43 min
We’ve got a show today unlike any other. Our guest, attorney and former deputy sheriff, Francis Springer and our host, Adam Kilgore, are having an “Ask Us Anything” show. Follow up on getting a birth certificate. Traffic stop Co-signing Contingency cases Open Meetings Video: Today’s Legal Term on In Legal Terms: The Posse Commitatus Act We’ve got some news you’ll want to know if you drive OUTSIDE of the state of Mississippi. In 30 states, including Alabama and Tennessee, as of June 5, 2025 a new...
Jun 10, 2025•43 min
It’s everywhere! We just talked about it on Everyday Tech on Monday. We’re talking about it again in 2025 on In Legal Terms. Why are we talking about artificial intelligence, AI, again on our show? Let’s find out. Guest: Megan McGrew from Baker Donelson . Megan serves as Director of Legal Process Engineering where her focus is on the concierge approach to the application of legal innovation tools and technologies into the working lives of attorneys and their clients. She uses her experience in l...
Jun 03, 2025•43 min
How would you feel if you needed to go to court or conduct legal business but weren’t fluent in the language? Our guests will help us understand court interpreter service in Mississippi: Deenie Miller, Director of Language Access Mississippi Supreme Court and Dr. Javier Gerardo Gómez, Credentialed Court Interpreter. H.B. 1217 became law July 1, 2023. The new laws prohibit Limited English Proficient individuals from being responsible for the costs of court interpretation in all bilingual proceedi...
May 27, 2025•45 min
Mississippi Municipal elections are Tuesday, June 3rd. It got us to thinking about our two main political parties. So we invited them to come on the show and tell us what they want us to know and give our listeners a chance to ask what they want to know. Today, we’ve got Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party Mike Hurst. 04/08/2025 MS Democratic Party When’s our next election? The GENERAL ELECTION DAY FOR MUNICIPALITIES is Tuesday, June 3rd: Polling places must be open from 7:00 a.m. until...
May 20, 2025•44 min
Finally, In Legal Terms gets a chance to talk about Volunteering. The week of April 21st the MPB Think Radio shows talked about different volunteering opportunities and the benefits you receive by giving to your community. Today, we’ve got Gayla Carpenter-Sanders , the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project. Would you like to Volunteer with the MS Volunteer Lawyers Project? If you’re an attorney, law student, college student, or paralegal you can regi...
May 13, 2025•45 min
If you or someone you know wants a new job, you’ll probably have to interview for it. What can an interviewer legally ask you? What are some of the tips when hiring workers? We’ll learn about employment law today with MPB’s own Human Resource’s Director Sarah Mann who is also a lawyer. Video: New segment: “Legal Terms” on In Legal Terms. Adam, what’s the difference between an attorney and a lawyer? When I went to the Secretary of State’s website , I got a pop up window that said: Sign up now for...
May 06, 2025•45 min
We hope to grow older and be treated with respect as we age. Legal issues associated with the elderly fall under “Elder Law”. Our guest, Richard Courtney will answer our questions about this aspect of the law. Our guest has quite a lot of information on his website: elderlawms.com . You can watch a video and read information. You can also request a free planning guide for assisting special needs children and adults with finances and rights. What do Elders fear? Change, Conflict, Loss of Control ...
Apr 29, 2025•47 min
This is National Volunteer Month and MPB Think Radio is talking about volunteerism this week. Many of our shows are talking about how you can volunteer. Listen to our live shows or their podcasts to learn more. If you go to https://www.mpbonline.org/radio/ you can see images (thumbnails) of our shows so you can find the podcasts. The MPB public media app also has all our podcasts in one place. I absolutely love the volunteer service Kelly Kyle provides outside of the legal world. Here are some Y...
Apr 22, 2025•48 min
From traffic tickets to misdemeanor offenses, municipal courts handle a range of everyday legal issues. We hope to explain how the system works, what your rights are, and how to prepare if you ever have to appear in court. Our guest is City of Columbus Prosecutor and former Lowndes County Municipal Court Judge Nicole Clinkscales Is there a special election today where you live? Governor Tate Reeves announced that he has set a special election to fill the vacancy in Senate District 18 (Leake, Nes...
Apr 15, 2025•45 min
Mississippi had its Municipal Primary elections last Tuesday. It got us to thinking about our two main political parties; so we invited them to come on the show and tell us what they want us to know and give our listeners a chance to ask what they want to know. Today, we’ve got Representative Cheikh Taylor, Chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party . We're also joined by Mikel Bolden, Executive Director of the Mississippi Democratic Party. (We're scheduled to speak with the chair of the Missi...
Apr 08, 2025•48 min
It’s Alcohol Awareness Month. Our guests from the Mississippi Department of Revue, their Director of Public Relations and Communications, Tina Richardson and Riley Nelson, Chief of Enforcement Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Control. We're talking about liquor sales, laws, taxes, and vendor questions. Oh and it’s primary election day!! I love a good website and DOR has one. dor.mo.gov from there you can click on ABC, titles and tags, cannabis – whatever you want answers about. Are you ready to vo...
Apr 01, 2025•45 min
Mississippi has great weather and great topography for riding a bicycle. But whether YOU are on the bike or YOU are in the car, we all need to know the rules of the road and everyone’s rights. Attorney Baskin Jones is here to help us learn. Does this talk make you want to take a bike ride? Visit Mississippi dot org has an information page to help you plan a ride in various parts of the state over various terrains. In addition to Visit Mississippi, M-DOT has some advice for folks on bikes. M-DOT ...
Mar 25, 2025•45 min
Our guest today is Mississippi attorney Francis Springer. We touched on the importance of no conflicts of interest in client / lawyer relationship If you need some answers after the recent storms in Mississippi : MS Legal Services dot org is a guide to free civil legal services for low-income persons and seniors in Mississippi. Their disaster relief webpage has information about Federal Agencies that provide disaster assistance, Locating and applying for disaster assistance, and suggestions for ...
Mar 18, 2025•45 min
What does Mississippi have to do with getting to the Moon? What are the laws concerning the Moon? We’ll find out with the help of our guest Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Executive Director, Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law and Co-Founder, President & CEO of For All Moonkind In 1971, Apollo 14 was the third Moon mission of the U.S. Apollo space program, but the flight was unique in one way: tree seeds were taken on the flight to later germinate “Moon Trees”!...
Mar 11, 2025•44 min
An effort to create a statewide board to study domestic violence deaths, to uncover trends, and guide opportunities for intervention, support and policy unanimously passed both legislative bodies . We’ll learn about domestic violence law and resources for those affected from our guests from the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence : Vera Johnson, Program Specialist and Luis Montgomery, Compliance and Public Policy Specialist. Where can you get more information about our guests? mcadv....
Mar 04, 2025•44 min
The Mississippi Center for Justice has a new President and CEO, Kimberly Jones Merchant . She’s our guest today to remind us of the focus and goals of the center and what we might expect in the future. What’s going on this and next month at MCJ? They have an event calendar so you can see that there’s a “My Home My Rights” presentation tomorrow, February 26th at Rust College and an Expungement Clinic March 13th in Clarksdale. Do you believe that “Justice Takes All of Us”? If you agree you might l...
Feb 25, 2025•44 min
Our laws are argued and upheld in our courts by Officers of the Court. Is there a standard of behavior for them? Maybe “ethical” rules? Let’s find out from our host – Adam Kilgore, former General Council for Mississippi Bar. And guest Cliff Johnson , Director of the MacArthur Justice Center. Oath for Lawyers Mississippi - Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) Title 73 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS (§§ 73-1-1 — 73-79-1) Chapter 3 - ATTORNEYS AT LAW (§§ 73-3-1 — 73-3-403) Article 1 - ADMISSION AND CONDUCT OF...
Feb 18, 2025•48 min
Are you registered to vote? We’ve got municipal elections coming up and you’ve got less than 2 weeks to get registered for those primaries. Our guest is attorney Leah Wong from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and she’ll help us learn about bolstering voter participation, the challenges facing voters in the state. NAACP Legal Defense Fund : about, history, staff, careers, how to get on their mailing list, and how to make a donation. From NPR : On Jan. 3, the day the new Republican-led Congress was ...
Feb 11, 2025•44 min
Mississippians pride themselves on being patriotic. What what’s more patriotic than serving your country in the military? We’ll learn about military and veterans’ legal rights with today’s guests Ira Rushing from Tully Rinckey. In 2020, Black Soldiers comprised approximately 21% of the active-duty Army, 15% of the Army National Guard and 21% of the Army Reserve. Black Americans serve in the Army at a rate that is higher than their representation in the U.S. population. The active-duty percentage...
Feb 04, 2025•44 min
