Department of Law, Societies and Justice

Students in the Interdisciplinary Honors class “Citizen Acts to Challenge Poverty” collaborated with Real Change to bring the exhibit Portraits for Change.

UW volunteers visited his second grade class on the Makah Reservation. Now Auston Jimmicum is a UW student and paying it forward. 

Law, Societies, and Justice major Auston Jimmicum is profiled on his journey towards the UW and his time here.

Co-owners of Off the Rez, Cecilia Rikard (BA, Laws, Society and Justice, 2006)and Mark McConnell, open their cafe at the new Burke Museum,

Eight exceptional Arts & Sciences students have been selected as 2019 Dean's Medalists and Graduate Medalists.

Yolanda Barton (BA, Laws, Societies, and Justice, 2004 | MC, Digital Media, 2018) wants to use virtual reality to preserve the music history of Seattle.         

Sixteen UW students and alumni were awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year, and one has been named an alternate.

With Hey Mentor, an online mentoring program, Kevin Truong (BA, 2016) is helping students prepare for college. 

Learn how sociologist Katherine Beckett's research on racial bias contributed to the abolishment of the death penalty in WA State. 

Affiliate Associate Professor of Law, Societies and Justice, Stuart Streichler, on the implications of Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Students had $50,000 to spend (for real) in a new UW course on responsible philanthropy.

Op-ed by Professor Katherine Beckett of the Department of Law, Societies and Justice. 

Letter to the Editor referencing Department of Law, Societies and Justice Professor Katherine Beckett's 2014 study on capital punishment. 

Former chair of the UW Department of Political Science takes on new role.

Since 1932, the President’s Medal has been awarded to the graduating senior who has achieved the most distinguished academic record at the university. Meet this year's awardee.