Post Tagged with: "center for law justice and culture"

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 […]

By Larry Hayman Pre-Law Specialist Ohio University Center for Law, Justice & Culture In a case that brings together unlikely allies, the United States Supreme Court on Dec. 3 heard oral arguments in a case that seeks to determine whether, and in what circumstances, the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act requires […]

Throughout this semester, the OHIO Center for Law, Justice & Culture has been cultivating a partnership with the Institute for Responsible Re-Entry at Marion Correctional Institution, a medium-security prison north of Columbus. This partnership has grown out of the Critical Resistance to Mass Incarceration series focusing on the U.S. criminal justice system. Some of the […]

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 […]

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 […]