As an OHIO alumnus/a, no doubt you have thoughts about the issues that connect law and society. You may be reflecting on the questions of public health, criminal justice, or civil liberties that continue to challenge politics, society, and perhaps your own personal security.

Whether you are settling into a career or looking to make a career move, studying law, justice & culture and earning a master’s degree could help you to change your career track or advance in your current career while engaging in ongoing pressing issues.

We invite you to apply to the M.A. program in Law, Justice & Culture for fall enrollment.

Ohio University's Center for Law, Justice & Culture (CLJC) is an interdisciplinary center focusing on academic studies of law & society. The center hosts the master’s program, which offers comprehensive training in critical thinking about law and its place in society, in relation to culture and politics and power.

The curriculum includes courses about law (domestic law as well as international law) and its possibilities and limitations in the 21st century. The curriculum also includes training in legal research and writing. We offer a global and comparative scope, with exposure to critical legal studies in the United States as well as other western and non-western legal traditions.

Through the program, students focus on topics in law and society, including civil rights, human rights, reproductive rights, environmental justice, critical race theory, mass incarceration, prisoner re-entry, wrongful conviction, juvenile advocacy, sexual assault prevention and awareness, international justice, and international law, among other topics.

We also plan to run the spring break study abroad program on post-conflict human rights issues in Northern Ireland in Spring 2023. This one-week course counts as a full elective.

If you would like to discuss this program further, please feel free to set up an appointment with us, Haley Duschinkski (outgoing Graduate Director, duschins@ohio.edu) and Kathleen Sullivan (incoming Graduate Director, sullivak@ohio.edu). We’d be happy to set up a virtual meeting to talk about your interests and the program.

Applicants need to have earned a bachelor’s degree, but no GRE is required.

Best of luck, and we look forward to hearing from you,

Haley Duschinski
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Outgoing Program Director, MA in Law, Justice & Culture

Kathleen Sullivan
Associate Professor of Political Science
Incoming Program Director, MA in Law, Justice & Culture