Episode One of the, “Ask The Festival Lawyer” podcast.  This podcast features two criminal defense attorneys,  Cameron Bowman, aka “The Festival Lawyer” and Jason Beahm, aka “DJ Lazer Beahm”  as they discuss legal news in the festival scene. The two will also offer festival-related legal tips and answer questions submitted by the audience, 

In this week’s podcast, Cameron and Jason discuss what to do if a police officer stops you at a music festival.  The middle segment then features a recent,  “Know Your Rights” seminar that the two recently did at “Freedom Fest” in San Francisco.  They also go over the three most important  “Fest Law Phrases”  that every festie should know when dealing with law enforcement. 

https://www.everfest.com/magazine/the-festival-lawyer-3-fest-laws-phrases-you-need-to-know

In the final segment, the two talk about the recent Coachella music festival and discuss arrests statistics for the festival in  2017.

http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/crime_courts/2017/04/26/coachella-festival-indio-arrests/306695001/

Got a question for a future episode? Email us at @askthefestivallawyer@fest300.com

Remember, the “Ask the Festival Lawyer” podcast  is to give you general information and news  about legal topics, NOT legal advice. The law is complex, varies a great deal from state to state,  and each factual situation is different.

Ask The Festival Lawyer Podcast  - "Know Your Rights" episode

In this week’s podcast, Cameron and Jason discuss the “festival roadblock” set up by law enforcement to target persons on their way to  the Okeechobee Music and Arts festival. 

The two also  discuss the law of vehicle stops and searches.  (Hint Jay Z was wrong when he said you were going to need a warrant for that.) 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/10/99-problems-law-review-article-jay-z_n_1662922.html

Finally, the two  give tips as to how to avoid being “Rolling Probable Cause” and what you should do if police stop your car on the way to a music festival. 

https://www.everfest.com/magazine/ask-the-festival-lawyer-how-do-i-get-through-a-festival-roadblock

If you have a question for the podcast you can email them to askthefestivallawyer@fest300.com.

Disclaimer: Although the Festival Lawyer is a lawyer he is not YOUR lawyer. The ATFL column gives general information about legal topics, NOT legal advice. The law is complex, varies a great deal from state to state, and each factual situation is different. Also, “The Festival Lawyer” is a fictional character. Think of the Festival Lawyer more like a legal spirit guide, encouraging you to educate and inform yourself.

Episode Two - How to Handle a "Festival Roadblock"

In this week’s “Ask the Festival Lawyer” podcast, Cameron and Jason answer a question from the audience about the recent use of drug dogs at the Sunset Music Festival. 
 
The two discuss how the Supreme Court has ruled on prior drug dog cases, discuss  issues surrounding drug dogs falsely alerting on festival goers as well as giving you tips for how to handle yourself should a drug dog alert on you. 
 
This week’s soundcloud link found here
 
Show Notes
 
Article about Sunset music festival arrests.
 
http://abcnews.go.com/US/dozens-people-hospitalized-2017-sunset-music-festival/story?id=47706838
Article from Animal Cognition magazine discussing issues surrounding  drug dogs falsely alerting
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/drug-search-trekies-stopped-searched-illinois_n_1364087.html
Tips and summary of your rights when dealing with drug dogs 
 
https://www.everfest.com/magazine/ask-the-festival-lawyer-what-are-my-rights-when-it-comes-to-drug-dogs
 
Australia Ombudsman report on “Sniffer” dogs 
 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00431.x/abstract
 
Lonely Island “YOLO” video 
 
 
 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Otla5157c
 
 
Disclaimer: Although the Festival Lawyer is a lawyer he is not YOUR lawyer. The ATFL column gives general information about legal topics, NOT legal advice. The law is complex, varies a great deal from state to state, and each factual situation is different. Also, “The Festival Lawyer” is a fictional character. Think of the Festival Lawyer more like a legal spirit guide, encouraging you to educate and inform yourself.
 
If you have a question for the podcast you can email Cameron and Jason at 
askthefestivallawyer@fest300.com.

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