Our guest today is Robert McDuff from the Mississippi Center for Justice. Rob works with litigation cases relating to voting and election issues, racial discrimination, discrimination based on sexual orientation, reproductive freedom, police misconduct, consumer protection, and prisoners’ rights.

Information about the work of the Mississippi Center for Justice, can be found on their website: https://mscenterforjustice.org/

Or on their social media accounts: Facebook, twitter, Instagram, and YouTube

In Legal Terms: Loans Tuesday, March 14, 2023

In Legal Terms: Champions of Justice – MSCJ; Tuesday, October 17, 2023

In Legal Terms: LGBTQ+ Tuesday, October 11, 2022

In Legal Terms: Public Funds Private Schools Tuesday, November 1, 2022 

In Legal Terms: MCJ Heirs' Property Tuesday, May 24, 2022

In Legal Terms: Heirs' Property Help Tuesday, November 9, 2021 

In Legal Terms: Mississippi Center for Justice Tuesday, August 7, 2018

In Legal Terms: Flowers v Mississippi Tuesday, October 13, 2020 

In Legal Terms: Housing with MS Center for Justice Tuesday, April 21, 2020 

If you’re interested in supporting the Mississippi Center for Justice, you’re in luck. They’re hiring. Their career page has a list of opportunities to work with the Center. They also accept donations since they are a not-for-profit organization. 

In Legal Terms: Law Libraries Tuesday, June 4, 2019

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We're talking about The Mississippi Bar. Here to tell us about the work of The Mississippi Bar is their General Counsel Adam Kilgore and Deputy General Counsel Missye Scott.

There are over 50 bar associations in Mississippi. https://www.msbar.org/programs-affiliates/local-bar-associations/

Where can you look up a lawyer? https://msbar.reliaguide.com/home

Welcome to new In Legal Terms expert host: Adam Kilgore!

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Our laws are created to help us and protect us. We should try to know our laws and regulations, so we don’t step over the line so as to be illegal, but we should know where the line is to get the most of our rights. Richard Courtney is going to help us navigate the Mississippi laws of Medicaid.https://elderlawms.com/richard-a-courtney/

There’s an easy to remember website where you can see if you qualify for Medicaid, locate a regional office, or watch a webinar. It’s https://medicaid.ms.gov/

If you love to know your rights – you could go to Bendefits.gov “your path to government benefits” to learn more about Mississippi Medicaid. https://www.benefits.gov/benefit/1631

Mississippi Medicaid has a twitter account: @MSMedicaid https://twitter.com/MSMedicaid

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We’ve got a fantastic show for you today – if I do say so myself. I’m Liz Gill – MPB’s host. We’re going to Celebrate 10 years of In Legal Terms. We’re also celebrating Professor Richard Gershon from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He’s been here with the show since the beginning. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/richard-gershon/

Guests include:

• former Director of Radio at MPB, Jason Klein
• original expert co-host Matthew Hall, Associate Professor of Law and Jesse D. Puckett, Jr. Lecturer
• original producer and host Rita Brent, https://www.ritabrent.com/

Plus many other coworkers and former guest of In Legal Terms.

• Not everyone has the chance to listing to our show live. If you’ve missed any of our program you can listen to the whole show http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/
• We hope you’ll subscribe to our podcast and download some episodes so you can listen offline – in the car, on an airplane, or on vacation away from the internet.
• You can listen to the whole show on the MPB Think Radio You Tube Channel. I love that YouTube generates a transcript where you can search a broadcast for a word or phrase to listen back to some important information you might have missed.

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Our guest host today, in for Professor Richard Gershon, is Adam Kilgore. Adam is General Counsel for The Mississippi Bar where his duties include reviewing all Bar complaints, conducting investigations regarding Bar complaints, prosecuting attorney discipline cases, handling appeals before the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and serving as Bar liaison for the Board of Bar Commissioners, Committee on Professional Responsibility, and the Ethics Committee. Adam is a member of The Mississippi Bar, National Organization of Bar Counsel, Capital Area Bar Association and the Professional Responsibility Section of the American Bar Association.

Our very special guest, North District Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown will break down any and all things related to the Mississippi Public Service Commission.

If you’re in need of an attorney for personal injury, divorce, intellectual property, or whatever – try looking through the Lawyer Directory and the For the Public sections of The Mississippi Bar’s website:

https://www.msbar.org/

I love that our show is about you and your rights. Your rights are being determined by your Mississippi house and senate representatives right now. You can find out what some of the bills and issues are by listening to the MPB News program @Issue heard on MPB Think Radio Fridays at 6:30pm with extra information on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting YouTube Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/@MSPublicBroadcasting

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Our guest expert today – attorney Baskin Jones - will tell us about a topic I hope to have to never need to use! Personal Injury law. But it’s good to know, just in case. https://injuredinmississippi.com/ Phone: 601 INJURED (465-8733)

If you’re in need of an attorney for personal injury, divorce, intellectual property, or whatever – try looking through the Lawyer Directory and the For the Public sections of The Mississippi Bar’s website:

https://www.msbar.org/

APRIL 2nd PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION DAY. Polling places are open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. (Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-1031)

April 9th Absentee Ballots Returned by Mail Receipt Deadline, 5:00 p.m.: Circuit Clerks’ Offices must be in actual receipt of absentee ballots returned by mail for ballots to be timely. Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked on or before Election Day. (MS Code Ann. § 23-15-637(1)(a))

Voter ID Affidavit Ballot Deadline, 5:00 p.m.: Last day voters who cast an affidavit ballot by reason of voter photo ID may present an acceptable form of photo ID or complete an affidavit of religious objection in the Circuit Clerks’ Offices. (Miss. Const. 1890 § 249-A)

https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/Elections/2024%20Website%20Calendar.pdf

Two Republicans will compete on Tuesday for the right to challenge 16-term Democratic incumbent Rep. Bennie Thompson in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District. Ron Eller and Andrew Scott Smith were the top vote-getters in the March 12 primary, but neither received the vote majority needed to avoid the runoff election.

https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-primary-runoff-eller-smith-thompson-ce9225af839490e61d2c5eac3aec26f9

I love that our show is about you and your rights. Your rights are being determined by your Mississippi house and senate representatives right now. You can find out what some of the bills and issues are by listening to the MPB News program @Issue heard on MPB Think Radio Fridays at 6:30pm with extra information on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting YouTube Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/@MSPublicBroadcasting

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Mississippi has some fantastically creative individuals. We want to protect all those ideas by talking about intellectual property. Get your questions ready all you song writers, artists, poets. Kamel King – attorney will help us learn.

If someone was thinking of maybe “borrowing” another’s idea or creation. You might want to check out the 2020 Mississippi Code; Title 97 – Crimes; Chapter 45 - Computer Crimes and Identity Theft;

section 97-45-9. Offense against intellectual property; penalties There’s some big money fines for in appropriate actions.

One thing that I love about Mississippi is our music history. So many artists and such rich history are a part of our story. If you’re interested in learning more – take a little field trip to a Mississippi Country Music Trail or Mississippi Blues Trail marker. You can start at the https://visitmississippi.org/things-to-do/music/ website to learn about our experiences.

I haven’t looked at his calendar, but he probably can’t help everyone in Mississippi with their legal issues. Luckily the Mississippi Bar has a page for attorneys. They have a way to find an attorney.

https://www.msbar.org/inside-the-bar/sections/intellectual-property-entertainment-sports-law-section/

https://www.msbar.org/

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No one wants their “rights” taken away from them. No one. We’re going to learn about LGBTQ rights with the guidance of McKenna Raney-Gray, an attorney with ACLU Mississippi. https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/biographies/mckenna-raney-gray-lgbtq-justice-project-staff-attorney

https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/campaigns/lgbtq-justice-project

https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/trans_parent_resources.pdf

https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/facts_about_low-income_lgbt_families_engish_and_spanish.pdf

https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/tips_for_legal_advocates_working_with_lgbt_clients_english_and_spanish.pdf

Mississippi Legislature 2024 Regular Session House Bill 1607 Mississippi Women's Bill of Rights

Mississippi Legislature 2024 Regular Session House Bill 585 Dignity and Safety for Incarcerated Women Act

Mississippi Legislature 2024 Regular Session Senate Bill 2753 SAFER Act

Mississippi Legislature 2023 Regular Session House Bill 1315 Pornographic online and digital/resources for K-12 students

ACLU Mississippi has a great page where you can learn more about protecting YOUR rights: police encounters, voting rights, constitutional rights, in addition to LGPBQ Student rights, Immigrant Rights and Abortion Rights. https://www.aclu-ms.org/ The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Inc, is a 501c(4) and c(3) organization.

ACLU Mississippi has a printable card on their website to present to a poll worker if for transgender voters if their gender identity is different  than the sex that was recorded on their birth certificate.https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/poll_workers_how-to_card_for_trans_voters.pdf

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It’s primary election day in Mississippi. Polls are open until 7pm. We’ll talk about voting today with my guest Pauline Rogers, Executive Director/Co-Founder The RECH Foundation

Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People and Families Movement (FICPFM).

October 7th - General Election Voter Registration Deadline

When you go to the polls today or any time you go to vote, what types of photo IDs may be used on Election Day?

What if I don’t have any of the acceptable forms of photo ID? 

What if my ID is expired?

https://sos.ms.gov/voter-id/acceptable

Voters whose names do not appear in the poll book or do not have an acceptable form of ID are entitled to vote by affidavit ballot. https://www.vote411.org/node/7736

If you have a problem at the polls today or any election day you can call https://www.vote411.org/mississippi the League of Women Voters 1-866-OUR-VOTE That’s 866-687-8683

https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/know-your-rights/voting-rights

You can file an elections complaint if you have trouble voting. https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/elections/HAVAComplaintForm.pdf

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Originally aired: May 17, 2022

Have you ever wanted to change your name? How do you do it in Mississippi? Who do you need to tell? Our guest Chancery Court Judge Troy Odom gives us the details.

https://www.rankincounty.org/department/index.php?structureid=39

Instructions for PRO-SE Adult Name Change Petitions (without an attorney) from DeSoto County https://www.desotocountyms.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4600/Instructions-ProSe-Name-Change-Adult?bidId=

MISSISSIPPI NAME CHANGE GUIDELINES Procedures may vary by county. If you have any questions, please contact the ACLU of Mississippi TEAP Advocacy Coordinator https://www.aclu-ms.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/namechange_roadmap_aclu_teap_03_0.pdf

Questions:

• Social Security Name Change in Mississippi
• Changing gender on birth certificate
• Changing title anecdote
• Adopted parent name revocation
• Changing parent after DNA test
• Nickname
• Stage name

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