The Law Works - West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Thursday at 8:30 pm on WV PBS

Friday at 11:00 am on WV PBS2
The Law Works is a weekly show on West Virginia PBS discussing legal issues that affect daily life. The Law Works considers issues ranging from how to buy a house, to identity theft, and wiretapping.

January 26, 2012

Forensic Science

Do you watch television programs such as CSI, or Bones? Isn't it incredible how quickly, totally and accurately the slightest evidence can be analyzed and the bad guys caught? Incredible - and that's the problem. We'll talk about the real world of Forensic Science, on the next The Law Works.

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WVU Forensic and Investigative Science Program

January 19, 2012

Lawyers as Leaders

Why is it that so many Presidents of the United States, Governors of the several states, and academic and business leaders are lawyers? What's so special about lawyers? We'll talk about Lawyers as Leaders, on the next The Law Works.

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Lawyers as Leaders (Yale Law journal)

January 12, 2012

The West Virginia Horizontal Well Act

West Virginia is second only to Texas in the number of active oil and gas wells among the states. New drilling permits have more than tripled in recent years, and with active development of Marcellus Shale gas will continue to increase. We'll talk about the new laws concerning Marcellus Gas Wells, on the next The Law Works.

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The West Virginia Horizontal Well Act

December 29, 2011

Alternative to imprisonment

There are approximately 6,000 inmates in West Virginia jails and prisons.Regional jail inmates are sleeping on the floors.The waiting list to get into a prison is months long.We’ll talk about an alternative to imprisonment, on the next The Law Works.

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West Virginia Correctional Population Forecast

Dan Ringer has worked with West Virginia Public Broadcasting as a volunteer since 1987 in several capacities, including as co-host of 2 prior public affairs series - On the Line With ... and Stateline Friday. He has also hosted numerous WV PBS specials concerning education, voters' rights, and political candidate debates. In 1999 Dan was named WV's first Lawyer Citizen of the Year of the WV Bar Foundation. He served as president of the WV State Bar 1999-2000 and was named the Practitioner of the Year by the American Bar Association in 2000. Dan practices law in Morgantown.

Recent Episodes of The Law Works

The West Virginia Horizontal Well Act

December 29

Alternative to imprisonment

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