He's professor of law at Rutgers University and an expert on technology and the law. Good to have you with us today.ĬONAN: And also on the line with us is Greg Lastowka. Email us: Leslie Kaufman is digital media reporter for The New York Times and joins us from studios at that newspaper. When you come across a slang term you don't know or maybe worry that the jury may not know, how do you find an authoritative definition? 80. We'd like to hear from lawyers and judges in our audience today. Slang changes quickly, might be regional, even local, and agreed definitions are not going to be found in Webster's or the OED. Judges and juries may not understand that to jack can translate as to steal, or that dap refers to a fist bump, usually used as a greeting.
The use of slang in court can be tricky, especially in criminal cases.
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