Mediation vs. Arbitration explained in plain English. Learn the difference, what arbitration clauses mean, and how to protect your rights.

Your favorite high school graduate may be heading off to college, starting a job, or otherwise entering the wild and occasionally ridiculous world of adulthood. And while we celebrate this milestone with parties, cards, and possibly a suspicious amount of cake, we don’t always explain what legally changes when someone turns 18.

This post gives new graduates a practical, funny, plain-English crash course in the legal basics they actually need: leases, cars, powers of attorney, taxes, credit cards, voting, and the general art of keeping themselves out of a legal sling. Because adulthood comes with freedom—but also paperwork. Lots of paperwork.

 You don't need a law degree to know your rights. Brooke breaks down the Declaration, Constitution, and Bill of Rights in plain English.

Most Fourth Amendment rights aren’t lost through confrontation — they’re lost through politeness. Here’s how consent searches work and why knowing when to say no matters.

Traveling with a firearm? Gun laws change at every state line. Learn the 3 carry systems, reciprocity rules, and how to avoid accidentally breaking the law.

What’s your liability when you are serving alcohol at a get-together? You’d be surprised how much responsibility you have.

A “Life Is Legal” Guide for New Grown-Ups (and the Parents Who Love Them)

Somewhere along the way, we all absorbed a handful of legal “facts” that are… wildly incorrect. Like “you’ll go to jail for ripping off a mattress tag” incorrect. This post is here to lovingly—but firmly—put those myths out of their misery before they get you into actual trouble.

We all do it. Every single one of us has multitasked behind the wheel and convinced ourselves it was harmless.  Putting on lipstick in the rearview mirror while cruising down the highway. 

You want to send a thoughtful gift to your mom for her birthday. She has everything. She lives far away. And the thought of purchasing something, wrapping it in post-office-approved paper, figuring out postage, and standing in line makes you want to lie down for a bit.

The law is everywhere—but the explanations aren’t. Brooke Hardie shares why she started Life Is Legal and what legally literate living really looks like.