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Husky 100 Award Winners and LSJ Majors Meron Fikru (left) and Starla Sampaco (right)

Husky 100 Award Recognizes Two LSJ Students

Barry Massey, the youngest person to be sentenced to life without parole, speaking to LSJ students at UW on April 18th, 2016.

Barry Massey, youngest person sentenced to life, talks with LSJ students

LSJ majors and brothers Ayush and Peyush Soni grow through LSJ experiences

Soni brothers grow through LSJ experiences

LSJ Director Steve Herbert engages in discussion with a panel of attorneys, public defenders, and documentary filmmakers about the Netflix series "Making a Murderer". The group had a conversation about the criminal process in the United States.
Interdisciplinary panel deconstructs “Making a Murderer”
Shweta Jayawardhan wins Mary Gates Research Scholarship for her Law, Societies & Justice (LSJ) honors thesis on climate change-induced migration.

LSJ student awarded Mary Gates Research Scholarship for honors thesis 

Professor Steve Herbert addresses the class
UW class pairs students and inmates for unique learning experience
Kathryn Joy, a Law, Societies and Justice and French major, talks with inmate Art Longworth, who was convicted of aggravated murder and is serving life without parole, as they work during a UW mixed-enrollment class at... (Sy Bean/The Seattle Times)
UW students learn side by side with Monroe inmates
Bryce Ellis stands in front of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama with his parents

LSJ Student Reflects on Internship with Equal Justice Initiative

'97 SoJu alumna hires 2014 LSJ graduate

’97 Alumna Hires 2014 Graduate 

LSJ alums from 2006 and 2013 mingle over happy hour drinks and silly photo ops.

LSJ Alumni Happy Hour a Success!

DINA CABRERA: Here she is pictured shortly after the massacre she survived in El Salvador in the 1980s. PHILIPPE BOURGOIS

The University of Washington Center for Human Rights is Taking the CIA to Court

Letter from the Director

New LSJ Advising Office in Smith M253

LSJ Moves to New Home in Smith Hall

New LSJ Staff and Faculty Stephen Meyers, Alex Lynch, and Marilyn Cope

New Staff and Faculty Join LSJ as Program Grows

Access to Information as a Human Right Conference Poster
‘Access to Information as a Human Right’ public conference Oct. 5
There are close to 1,400 inmates serving official or de facto life sentences in Washington state.
LSJ Honors Research Spotlights Harsh Prison Sentences, Raises Questions About Fairness
Law, Societies, and Justice Convocation Slide Show

Congratulations, Class of 2015!

LSJ seniors land jobs and internships

Rethinking Punishment

H.O.P.E. and LSJ Prison Art Exhibit 

LSJ community gathers for spring Day of Service

NWIPR Employees

LSJ Alumni share their experiences working for the Northwest Immigrants Rights Project

Coats Mug Shot

After 17 Years In Prison, Success In Life

 

Radio Documentary Explores Redemption for Former Prisoners

LSJ hosts annual career panel