Post Tagged with: "OIP-u"

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

Ohio Innocence Project-U Welcomes Interested Students

Ohio Innocence Project-U Welcomes Interested Students

The Ohio University Chapter of the Ohio Innocence Project-U will host its first meeting on Sept. 1 at 6 pm in Bentley Hall 011. OIP-u provides a way for undergraduate and graduate students to raise awareness to the issue of wrongful conviction through events, biweekly meetings, tabling, and fundraising.  The […]

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August 30, 2021 at 1:48 pmNews

Wrongful Conviction Day | Forces of Freedom or Fraud? Do Conviction Integrity Units Matter? Oct. 7

Charles Jackson

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture, the Ohio Innocence Project at University of Cincinnati College of Law, and Ohio University chapter and University of Cincinnati chapter of the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP-u) will hold a virtual program exploring the role of Conviction Integrity Units in prosecutor’s offices in wrongful […]

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October 2, 2020 at 10:30 pmEvents

OIP-u Co-Hosts NYT Best Selling Author of ‘Picking Cotton,’ Oct. 20

OIP-u Co-Hosts NYT Best Selling Author of ‘Picking Cotton,’ Oct. 20

  The OIP-u chapter of Ohio University will co-host Jennifer Thompson, New York Times best selling author of Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice & Redemption on Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. Join the event on webex. Picking Cotton is the true story of author Jennifer Thompson and the unlikely friendship she […]

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October 2, 2020 at 7:15 pmEvents

Happy Beginnings | Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture Students Continue to LJC Master’s

Kristin Tate

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Three OHIO students who began their path in Athens in the Center for Law, Justice & Culture will continue their education within law and society studies […]

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April 30, 2020 at 11:13 amNews

Law-Related Student Organizations Elect New Officers, Look Forward to 2020-21

Phi Alpha Delta on a law school visit

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture provides robust opportunities for students to engage in co-curricular and experiential learning through its several-affiliated student organizations and programs. For many, student organizations are a way to actively engage with their future career in law, politics, and advocacy outside of the classroom. “Getting […]

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April 21, 2020 at 11:02 amNews

Happy Beginnings | Erika Hidalgo Plans to Pursue Social Justice Legal Career

Erika Hidalgo

The Happy Beginnings series features College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Erika Hidalgo’s experiences at Ohio University helped solidified what she wants to do in the future, which is to become a lawyer to work for social justice. is a […]

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April 7, 2020 at 11:06 amNews