The Law Works.    

The Law Works

 

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.

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May 23, 2013

The Sequester

To “sequester,” is defined as to isolate or hide away, someone or something. But what is it that Congress has isolated, or hidden away with their sequester? Money? Maybe. But also at least some of your Constitutional Rights. I’m Dan Ringer and we’ll talk what’s on the line, with the Sequester, on the next The Law Works.

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Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of West Virginia

May 9, 2013

Fairness & Equality

One of the most discussed and controversial issues of the day is the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in our state and nation. I’m Dan Ringer and we’ll talk about fairness, equality, fear and hate, on the next The Law Works.

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Attorney Elliot G. Hicks

Attorney Stephen G. Skinner - Delegate for the 67th District to the West Virginia House of Delegates

May 2, 2013

Justice Allen Loughry

What would you call an author from Tucker County, who studied at Oxford, and has five college degrees? You might call him Doctor, your Honor, or Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court. I'm Dan Ringer and I'll talk with Justice Allen Loughry, on the next The Law Works.

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The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

April 18, 2013

Computer Safety

More and more of us are spending more and more time online with our computers, tablets and smartphones. It's educational, fun and, ironically, social. So what's to worry about. I'm Dan Ringer and we'll talk about computer (and personal) safety, on the next The Law Works.

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Home Computer Security (Carnegie Mellon University)


Dan Ringer

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.
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