Raising the Bar with the MBBA
Co-hosts Jason Clark, President of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), Attorney Adeola Adejobi, and their guests discuss legal issues facing the African American community.
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Episodes
Raising the Bar: Prenups
Raising the Bar hosts Jason Clark & Adeola Adejobi discuss prenups with Morgan Fraser Mouchette, Matrimonial & Family Law Associate at Blank Rome, and Dilpreet Rai, Partner of Hennessey & Bienstock, LLP.
Raising the Bar: Mental Health in the Black Community
An adult in the Black community is 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems. The question now is, why?
Raising the Bar: Police Misconduct
Raising the Bar hosts Jason Clark and Attorney Adeola Adejobi are joined by Lance A. Clarke and Cynthia Cook-Conti, to discuss police misconduct across the country and the lack of civilian support by the law.
Raising the Bar - Public Education
Knowledge is the key to success, yet education in NYC is not equal.
Raising the Bar - Rent Stabilization & Tenant Harassment
New York’s rent-stabilized apartments will expire on June 15, 2019. Will New Yorkers be forced out of the Big Apple if new rent control bills do not pass the State Senate?
Raising The Bar - Justice Reform Part 2
Should low-income Americans be left sitting in jail simply because they cannot afford to pay cash bail?
Raising the Bar - Student Debt
College graduates are entering adulthood with massive amounts of Student Debt,but how can we combat the epidemic?
Raising the Bar - Marijuana Legalization
In this day and age, marijuana has become normalized, but why are minorities still being targeted for the use and possession of it?
Raising the Bar - Kids in Prison
What is being done to rehabilitate our youngest inmates?