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Law and Society Association Conference Highlights

by Life of the Law

• June 19, 2018

Where does one find a discussion of research on abduction for forced marriage amidst West and Central African conflicts? Where does one find research on how ‘yes means yes’ policies on university campuses have affected…

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Outside the Walls

by Troy Williams

• December 15, 2015

“I didn’t go to prison because I was a saint. I went to prison because of my lifestyle. Since the age of 13 I was a gangbanger, and did what gangbangers do. I’m 49 years…

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Bit of an Edge

by Ashley Cleek

• November 3, 2015

Jury Duty. It’s one of the pillars of our democratic society. If you are charged with a crime, a jury of your peers will determine your innocence or your guilt. But who selects the jurors?…

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Thorpe’s Body

by Rachel Proctor May

• October 20, 2015

It’s been over 60 years, but Henrietta Massey still remembers Jim Thorpe’s funeral. His first funeral. “Gosh, it was kind of like a shocking day for me,” said Sandra Massey, a tribal elder with the…

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The Narcoleptic Lawyer

by Yannick Morgan

• October 13, 2015

Yannick Morgan is a lawyer and a graduate of Yale Law School. But before that, he was a sleeper. A great sleeper. Ever know someone to fall asleep at a swim meet … that they’re…

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The Stop

by Ashley Cleek

• October 6, 2015

To train police officers how to conduct a traffic stop, academies across the country show recruits videos of officers being attacked and even murdered at traffic stops. Like this one: “Hi. Dave Smith of Police…

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Love Persists

by David Cowan

• September 29, 2015

David Cowan was born in Pittsburgh. He works as an Operations Associate at the Prison University Project. Previously, he served in the US Air Force as an Aircraft Armament Systems Specialist and Weapons Loading Standardization…

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Who’s the Criminal?

by Nicole Pasulka

• September 22, 2015

We all commit little crimes all the time. We speed. We jaywalk. We drive home a little tipsy. And think back to your teenage years—did you ever shoplift?Get into a fight? Have a drink before…

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Prison Break Out

by Andrea James

• September 15, 2015

Andrea James was an advocate for prison reform. But one day she found that the roles had been reversed, when she herself wound up behind bars. James is the founder and Executive Director of Families…

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Commuting Cops

by Andrew Stelzer

• September 8, 2015

Have you ever had a police officer from your town, live on your block? The answer is likely, no. And there’s a good chance that your local beat cop doesn’t even live in the city…