Law With Mr. Lafayette

What role do legal reasoning, writing and communication play within the legal system? These issues are discussed in this episode of “Law With Mr. Lafayette.”

In this episode of Law With Mr. Lafayette, René Lafayette, who teaches Street and Practical Law at leominster High School in Leominster Massachusetts discusses common mistakes that are made in legal writing. Although this episode is intended for his students, other listeners may also benefit from the insight provided about mistakes to be avoided.

In this episode of the podcast, “Law With Mr. Lafayette,” René Lafayette, who is the Street & Practical Law instructor at the Leominster High School located in Leominster Massachusetts discusses common mistakes made in legal writing. Although intended to be shared with his law students, everyone who writes can benefit from listening to the salient points raised in this episode.

23 February 2020 was the day in question. Ahmaud Arbery, a 25 year old Black male had gone for a run. He would not return home. Instead, Arbery would be hunted down by three white men and ultimately killed by three shotgun blasts. In this episode Mr. Lafayette reviews “Nowhere to Run” a 20/20 ABC documentary that is based on the comments of his family and friends.

The opening salvo of this conflict are discussed in this episode of Law With Mr. Lafayette.

The first Monday in October which this year is going to be October 2, 2023 marks the beginning of the Supreme Court’s new term. It will run from October 2 until the first Monday in October of the following year. It will be interesting to see what cases will be coming before the court During this timeframe and what the court will decide regarding those cases stay tuned.

Monday, September 11, 2023 will be the twenty second anniversary of the terrorist on America. On what was a brilliant morning four planes took off only to be highjacked and then crash. Three hit targets, the fourth crashed in a field. The impact of that day continues to be felt throughout America today. 9/11 truly has changed the trajectory of this nation.

On September 7 of 2023 the defense team of Dick Harpootlian, and Jim Griffin, filed a request for a new trial on behalf of their client, disbarred, disgraced and convicted, former lawyer, Alex Murdaugh. They cites Rebecca Hill, who is the Clerk of the Court for Colleton County and charge her with jury tampering and attempting to convince the jury to convict murder on quickly in the six week trial that occurred in February and March 2023. Murder was charged with having killed his wife, Maggie and youngest son, Paul he is in prison, serving a life without parole sentence.

Arguably the biggest social media platform in the world, TikTok is controlled by Communist China and poses a multi part threat to America today. In this episode of Law With Mr. Lafayette this phenomenon is discussed along with its repercussions.

On July 10, the trial judge who presided over the double murder case against Emmanuel Lopes declared a mistrial because of a lone juror who held out against finding Lopes guilty of the 2018 murder of Weymouth Police Sergeant Michael Chesna and 77 year old Vera Adams. Was it a mistrial or a miscarriage of justice?