Post Tagged with: "Ohio Innocence Project"

Ohio Innocence Project Hosts Film Screening with Exoneree, Filmmaker April 14

Dean Gillispie and Barry Rowen

From Ohio University Calendar The Center for Law, Justice & Culture and the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law will host a free film screening of Spiz, followed by a discussion and Q& A with the subject of the film, OIP exoneree Dean Gillispie, and the […]

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April 4, 2022 at 2:00 pmEvents

Constitution Day | Free Press, Free People: The Role of Journalists in Wrongful Conviction Cases, Sept. 28

Pierce J. Reed

From Ohio University News Ohio University honors Constitution Day by hosting a journalist and an exonerated person for a discussion on “Free Press, Free People: Celebrating the Constitution and the Role of Journalists in Wrongful Conviction Cases” on Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Athena Cinema on Court Street in […]

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September 13, 2021 at 7:57 pmNews

Alumni, Legal Community Help Give High School Students Hands-on Experience in Summer Law & Trial Institute

SLTI student Kareena Phagoo cross examines Kareena Phagoo as Judge Saunders presides.

From Ohio University News Twenty high school students from Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania got to try their hands at a career in law through the 2021 Summer Law & Trial Institute at Ohio University, concluding with a mock trial that their friends and family could watch online. More than […]

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July 9, 2021 at 2:52 pmNews

Ohio Innocence Project Highlights Women Working in Wrongful Conviction, March 24

Ohio Innocence Project Highlights Women Working in Wrongful Conviction, March 24

The Ohio Innocence Project will host a virtual event Wonder Women: Highlighting Women Working in Wrongful Conviction on Wednesday, March 24, from 7-8:30 p.m. The event will be held virtually, via WebEx, and is open to the public. Click here to join the event. The program is co-sponsored by Ohio University’s […]

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March 2, 2021 at 6:33 pmEvents

Career Week | Law Student Jesser Pursues Passion for Criminal Defense

Alexa Jesser

  Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Alexa Jesser ’18 is using her passion for advocacy and law by pursuing a career as a criminal defense attorney. She is […]

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January 13, 2020 at 5:22 pmAlumni News

Happy Beginnings | Ordich Utilizes M.A. in Law, Justice & Culture in Election Law Work

Devin Ordich

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Devin Ordich ’18, ’19M is putting her interests in forensics and justice to work in election campaign finance at a law firm in […]

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December 5, 2019 at 3:37 pmAlumni

Rescheduled: Wrongful Conviction Day | With Exoneree Raymond Towler, Oct. 30

Raymond Towler

Note: This event has been rescheduled for Oct. 30, 2019.  The Center for Law, Justice & Culture and the Ohio Innocence Project chapter of Ohio University (OIP-u), in conjunction with with the Ohio Innocence Project at University of Cincinnati College of Law, host exoneree Raymond Towler on the sixth annual […]

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October 1, 2019 at 4:45 pmEvents