Legal-Ease Podcast

02/24/2022

Discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear, resent, and resist the police. In the book The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth, A

01/20/2022

In this episode of MEASURED JUSTICE by Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law’s Academy for Justice, we’re talking about criminal justice in Indian County.

We hear from three leaders and scholars in Indian County to discuss this important topic —

We’re fortunate to be joined by
Addie Rolnick, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Professor of Law at University of Nevada Las Vegas Law School and Faculty Director of their Indian Nations Gaming & Governance Program; Robert Miller, Professor of Law at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and enrolled citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe, as well as the Interim Chief Justice for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Court of Appeals; Chrissi Nimmo, Deputy Attorney General for the Cherokee Nation and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

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Today on this podcast episode, we’re talking about criminal justice in Indian County. We’ll hear from 3 leaders and scholars in Indian County to discuss this important topic. We’re fortunate to

12/16/2021

Did you know Arizona is the first state to eliminate peremptory challenges?

In this episode of MEASURED JUSTICE, ASU Law's Academy for Justice invites lawyers to discuss Batson and peremptory challenges. Co-hosts Ashley Oddo and Erik Luna interview Judge Suzanne Cohen, Kevin Heade, and Ryan Green.

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Did you know Arizona is the first state to eliminate peremptory challenges? In this episode, MEASURED JUSTICE invites lawyers to discuss Batson and peremptory challenges.

12/14/2021

In this episode of MEASURED JUSTICE, ASU Law's Academy for Justice invites legal experts to discuss Batson and peremptory challenges. Co-hosts Ashley Oddo and Erik Luna interview Valena Beety, Alexis Hoag, and Jessica Salerno.

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11/23/2021

Join us for our podcast spinoff with Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Academy for Justice, where Legal-Ease founder Amena Kamel renews her partnership with her alma mater in the launch of Academy for Justice's podcast MEASURED JUSTICE, where she serves as Creative Producer. Legal-Ease will distribute the podcast episodes created by the Academy for Justice team, which is led by criminal justice experts and lawyers .

MEASURED JUSTICE covers criminal justice reform topics in America and for its first episode, the MEASURED JUSTICE team and their guests discuss issues in prison which precipitated the Dignity Act and similar legislation across the country.

Guests: Kurt Altman, State Director in Arizona and New Mexico for Right on Crime, Owner and Principal of Kurt M. Altman, P.L.C. a law firm and lobbying practice built on quality advocacy; Holly Harris, President and Executive Director of the Justice Action Network; Darrell Hill, Policy Director of the ACLU of Arizona; Kara Williams, Smart Justice Organizer of the ACLU of Arizona; and Pamela Winn, Founder of RestoreHer US. America.

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09/02/2021

Today's podcast episode "Police Use of Force Reform" in partnership with ASU Law's Academy for Justice, features leaders in reforming accountability for police who use excessive or deadly force against civilians. They each have proposed statutory reforms, which have been adopted in this past year. We're joined by Professor Cynthia Lee at the George Washington University Law School, Professor Catherine Smith at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, and Professor Frank Rudy Cooper at University of Nevada – Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law, where he directs the Program on Race, Gender, and Policing.

Today's podcast episode features leaders in reforming accountability for police who use excessive or deadly force against civilians. They each have proposed statutory reforms, which have been adopted

06/22/2021

Check out our new episode on Forensic Evidence Reform in partnership with Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law’s Academy for Justice.

Our guests for this episode are Lindsay Herf (Executive Director of the Arizona Justice Project), Sandra Thompson (Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Institute), and Brandon Garrett (Duke Law professor, author of "Autopsy of a Crime Lab"). Hosted by Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel and Academy for Justice deputy director Valena Beety.

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In partnership with ASU Law's Academy for Justice, we covered an episode on Forensic Evidence reform and what that looks like in our criminal justice system. Our guests for this episode are Lindsay

05/19/2021

Back in 2019, Legal Ease Podcast produced an episode on bankruptcy law in the ma*****na business, with Judge Dan Collins and ASU Law Professor Laura Coordes as guests. At the beginning of this year in January, we got word from Judge Collins that our episode reached Guam and specifically the ears of Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood. We were delighted to hear our episode helped inform the topic of ma*****na and businesses in Guam.

Today we’ve released Part 2 in partnership with Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law’s Academy for Justice, with Judge Tydingco-Gatewood joining us after she listened to Part 1 of our episode. Judge Collins also returns and joins us for Part 2 to inform the bankruptcy side of the ma*****na industry, and we also have Professor Jelani Jefferson Exum as a guest to inform us on the criminal justice side of the ma*****na industry.

This episode is split into two sections -- one criminal justice focused and the other bankruptcy focused. Co-hosts ASU Law Professors Valena Beety and Laura Coordes take us through this episode, where the focus is to educate audiences on multiple aspects of the ma*****na industry.

Recreational ma*****na is now legal for us in Arizona since November 2020. Arizona ma*****na sales for the adult-use market officially began in January after state officials began notifying retail business license applicants that they’d been approved. This marks the fastest transitionfrom voter-approval to sales implementation of any state that has legalized ma*****na todate. There are still restrictions in place for old and new ma*****na users, as well as many lingering questions — some of which we’ll explore today.

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Back in 2019 Legal Ease Podcast produced an episode on bankruptcy law in the ma*****na business, where Judge Dan Collins and ASU Law Professor Laura Coordes spoke on the matter. At the beginning of th

01/13/2021

Throughout 2020, Legal-Ease Podcast produced episodes with partner Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Academy for Justice, covering COVID-19 and its impact across communities.

This episode discusses COVID-19's impact on Black communities, and the conversation navigates key history, vaccination, and steps toward building trust.

We welcome guests Akilah A. Jefferson Shah, MD, MSc and Howard Henderson, PhD.

Dr. Jefferson Shah is an expert in health policy and bioethics, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine (UAMS) and researcher at Arkansas Children's Research Institute (ACRI).

Dr. Henderson is the Founding Director of the Center for Justice Research and professor of Justice Administration in the Barbara Jordan - Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs. His research focuses on culturally-responsive criminal justice programming and predictive bias.

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12/15/2020

Founder and host Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel was recently interviewed by Law School Admission Council on her legal and creative journey as a screenwriter with a background in Law!

She graduated from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in 2018 and signed with her literary manager and book agent in 2020.

Check out the article below —

Plot Twist: How One Law School Graduate Used Her Degree to Open Doors in Hollywood December 14, 2020 Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel has always been good at telling stories. As a first-generation American, she says she was always drawn to “expressing my voice, and also helping others find their voices.” ...

12/04/2020

With the COVID-19 surge affecting our communities, we and our partner, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law’s Academy for Justice, are re-releasing our series of episodes on COVID-19.

Our work on this series was covered on The Arizona State Bar’s Attorney Magazine by Tim Eigo earlier this year.

We’ll start off with our episode on COVID’s Impact on Tribal Communities, co-hosted by Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel and ASU Law professor Valena Beety.

They interview —

Alane V. Breland, who is the Chief Prosecutor for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) in Scottsdale, Arizona, and a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona.

Chief Prosecutor Jennifer Henry who is currently the Acting Chief Prosecutor for the Navajo Nation.

Judge Alfred Urbina, an Associate Judge for the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Court. Judge Urbina is the 5th Yaqui Tribal member to sit on the Pascua Yaqui bench.

They join us to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting Native communities and what they are actively doing to help flatten the curve.

This episode is on COVID-19 and Tribal Communities, co-hosted by Amena and Valena. They interview (1) Alane V. Breland, who is the Chief Prosecutor for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) in Scottsdale, Arizona, and a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Ar...

12/03/2020

Since the beginning of this year, Legal-Ease Podcast started to produce episodes in partnership with the ASU Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law's Academy for Justice. ASU Law is the alma mater of founder and host Amena Kheshtchin-Kamel.

We are happy to officially announce a wonderful partnership with the stellar Academy for Justice that will continue into the new year.

Here’s to many more episodes together! Forks Up 🔱