Post Tagged with: "Making and Breaking the Law"

By Larry Hayman Ohio University Pre-Law Specialist, Center for Law, Justice & Culture Ohio University students recently got the opportunity to experience a first-year law school torts class without leaving Athens. The Center for Law, Justice & Culture hosted Geoffrey Rapp, the Harold A. Anderson Professor of Law and Values […]

Because of the recent drilling boom, property owners may find it important to understand the status of their own interests in the minerals beneath their homes. Ohio University student Alena Klimas recently had the opportunity to work with a law firm that seeks to determine historical lines of ownership in […]

Red Bird Prison Abolition will be on the Athens campus for a Prison Abolition Workshop on Monday, Oct. 20, from 4:30-6:30pm in the Multicultural Center (Baker 205). The event is sponsored by the Center for Law, Justice & Culture and the Multicultural Center. It is free and open to the […]

For many undergraduate students, the idea of pursuing an independent research project can be daunting. Substantial research is often something reserved for graduate school, but Ohio University has opportunities for undergraduates to conduct research and have that research funded. Funding for substantial undergraduate research comes from the Office of the […]

Students for Law, Justice & Culture, the student organization affiliated with the Center for Law, Justice & Culture, drove up to Marion Correctional Institution, a medium security prison north of Columbus, on Oct. 4 to learn about the prison’s progressive community center for inmates. The center, called LifeLine, is run […]

Applications are now being accepted for the Ohio University Study Abroad Program on Human Rights, Law & Justice in Northern Ireland, Spring Break 2015. Application information is online, and the deadline is Oct. 10, 2014. An information session will be held Oct. 2, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Bentley […]

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture continues the “Critical Resistance to Mass Incarceration” series with a panel discussion on the challenges of life after incarceration on Tuesday, Oct. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Baker 231 . “The growth of incarceration in the United States has led to a […]