Post Tagged with: "Making and Breaking the Law"

Professor Sheila Bedi delivers a public lecture as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day events on Thursday, Jan. 22, from 5-7 p.m. in Baker Ballroom A. Her lecture is on “Tearing Down the Walls:  The Urgent Human Rights Crisis in U.S. Prisons and Jails and the Imperative to […]

In Spring 2015, a number of Ohio University departments, centers, and programs are teaming up to present six films that highlight various aspects of historical and contemporary life in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. The series showcases both documentaries and feature films, covering various geographic areas and […]

By Larry Hayman Ohio University Pre-Law Specialist, Center for Law, Justice & Culture As Ohio begins a new year, its prison population again is approaching record levels. Moreover, Ohio’s prison population is expected to hit 52,169 inmates this year. That’s more than double the number of incarcerated Ohioans from 25 years […]

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture is seeking high-achieving students for summer externship programs with its growing number of partner institutions in the United States and abroad. Current externship placements include Detroit, Cambodia, and Northern Ireland. These externships are offered as part of the new undergraduate theme Making and […]

Ohio University alumna Laura E. Weidner ’02 visits campus to speak with prospective law students about alternative careers in law, legal work in the non-profit world, law school, and lobbying the federal government on Friday, Dec. 5, from 1 to 2 p.m. in Bentley 124. Her talk is on “Nonprofit […]

Olayemi Olurin has led several Learning Communities during her time at Ohio University, but this year she is mentoring freshmen interested in her own specialization: law. The Learning Community, called Law, Justice & Culture, boasts nearly 20 students in attendance and bolsters these students’ knowledge of law-related resources at Ohio […]

By Larry Hayman Ohio University Pre-Law Specialist, Center for Law, Justice & Culture Becoming the first appeals court to do so since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor, the Sixth Circuit reversed four decisions by four district court judges in four states striking down same sex […]