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Legal Roundtable Talks MO Abortion Saga, Fake IL Attorney, Police Comments, More

Legal experts Brenda Talent (at left), Bill Freivogel (center) and Mark Smith joined Wednesday's show.
Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
Legal experts Brenda Talent (at left), Bill Freivogel (center) and Mark Smith joined Wednesday's show.
Legal experts Brenda Talent (at left), Bill Freivogel (center) and Mark Smith joined Wednesday's show.
Credit Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
Legal experts Brenda Talent (at left), Bill Freivogel (center) and Mark Smith joined Wednesday's show.

From the continuing drama surrounding abortion access in Missouri to the investigation of St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers whose racist Facebook posts have been in the spotlight, this month’s Legal Roundtable had much to consider during Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air.

The conversation touched on a variety of the latest regional as well as national news stories that bring up questions related to sunshine law, the First Amendment and other legal matters.

Joining St. Louis Public Radio’s Jonathan Ahl for the discussion were Bill Freivogel, J.D., professor for the School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Mark Smith, J.D., associate vice chancellor and dean for Career Services at Washington University; and Brenda Talent, J.D., CEO of the Show-Me Institute.

Take a listen:

St. Louis on the Air” brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region. The show is produced by Alex Heuer, Evie Hemphill and Lara Hamdan. The engineer is Aaron Doerr and production assistance is provided by Charlie McDonald.

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Evie Hemphill joined the St. Louis on the Air team in February 2018. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 2005, she started her career as a reporter for the Westminster Window in Colorado. Several years later she went on to pursue graduate work in creative writing at the University of Wyoming and moved to St. Louis upon earning an MFA in the spring of 2010. She worked as writer and editor for Washington University Libraries until 2014 and then spent several more years in public relations for the University of Missouri–St. Louis before making the shift to St. Louis Public Radio.