Episode 11

A new episode in the USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast series on What’s New in the Legal News? This episode explores a defendant accused of “corporate hijacking” as part of a securities fraud scheme. Daniel Edelson and Stephen Horowitz discuss the story of a defendant who allegedly misrepresented himself as a corporate officer of defunct companies and proceeded to ‘pump and dump’ company stock at an artificially inflated price.

You can see the article we discuss in this episode (and its very long headline!) here.

You can see the civil action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission here.

The criminal complaint against the defendant is here

 

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Episode 10

This episode of the USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast continues our series of interviews with multilingual lawyers — but this time with multilingual paralegal Rebecca Chen. Stephen Horowitz is our interviewer and he talks to Rebecca about the important roles paralegals play in law firms. Rebecca offers a great inside perspective on her work with a prominent immigration law firm and how a team of legal professionals helps diverse clients from around the world achieve their immigration goals.

And you probably have goals, too – -such as learning legal English!

Below is a video introducing a recent USLawEssentials course in which you will learn to read a US Supreme Court case and important legal English vocabulary.

Episode 9

What happens when a judge misbehaves in court?

In this latest episode in the US Law & Language podcast, Stephen introduces a story from the American Bar Association Journal: Judge gets 6-month suspension, partly for misusing her contempt power

The judge who apparently abused her power in court finds herself being judged. Find out what happens as you improve your legal English vocabulary and listening skills.

 

 

 

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Episode 8

The multilingual lawyer series continues! Today Stephen interviews Scott Alprin of Alprin Law PLLC. Scott is an intellectual property attorney who speaks Japanese and works with many international clients. He discusses his remarkable career path and shares insights on law and practicing as an IP attorney.

Episode 7

In this latest episode of the USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast we continue our What’s New in Legal News series. Today Daniel introduces an article: Manhattan DA brought Trump Organization controller to testify before special grand jury: Sources

We talk about the differences between grand juries and regular juries and some of the important vocabulary words in the article.

Here is a short video on grand juries:

The USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast presents another episode in our multilingual lawyer series. In this episode, we spotlight Brenda McKinney, who works for the City of New York. She has a very interesting background and speaks multiple languages, including German, Norwegian, Japanese and more. Listen to her story as she discusses a journey that took her around the world and then to Manhattan.

The USLawEssentials Law & Language Podcast presents our first multilingual lawyer podcast, where we spotlight an attorney who speaks more than one language. Today’s guest is Brian Hersey, a US attorney who speaks Japanese and lived for a number of years in Japan. He works for a major Japanese institution and offers some really interesting insights on language and communication.

In the latest episode of What’s New in Legal News, Stephen Horowitz introduces our topic. We learn that Kim Kardashian failed the Baby Bar. She may still have a secure future.

We talk about the differences between accredited and unaccredited law schools, a bit about how to become a lawyer, and we propose some very bad ideas for a new reality TV series.

Episdoe 3

In this episode of the USLawEssentials Law & Language podcast, we continue the What’s New in Legal News series. This time it’s Daniel’s turn and he introduces the recent Edwards v. Vannoy Supreme Court decision and its effect on the Constitutional requirement of unanimous jury verdicts in criminal cases.

You can watch two videos discussing this decision and the relevant underlying case, Ramos v. Louisiana:

Episode 2

USLawEssentials Law & Language presents, What’s New in Legal News series where Stephen Horowitz and Daniel Edelson ask each other about legal news development. Today it’s Steve’s turn and he introduces an interesting article about bar passage.

Apparently, more people in a bar exam candidate’s home reduces the chances that he or she will pass the bar! Hmmmm…..why would this be?