Department of Law, Societies and Justice

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.

Four exceptional graduating seniors have been selected as Dean's Medalists by the College of Arts & Sciences.

Experts have long known that perceived peril can blind people to their surroundings. Jonathan Wender, lecturer of sociology and law, societies and justice at the UW, is quoted. 

Students majoring in biochemistry, English and political science receive 2016 President's Medals.  

The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world. Humanities Washington hosted one of its Think & Drink events to explore the reasons behind this rise in incarceration.

Stricter state sentencing laws in Washington have swelled the ranks of inmates serving life sentences to nearly one in five.

A radio documentary, produced by a UW team with Canadian colleagues, focuses on the potential for former prisoners to succeed post-incarceration.

A first-generation Latina student from Yakima, WA, Annabel Cholico, ’08, is an alumna of the Rome Academic Enrichment Program sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity.

Varsha Govindaraju, a senior student majoring in anthropology and law, societies, and justice with minors in human rights and diversity was recently selected as a 2015-16 Luce Scholar.

Thanks to scholarship support, Dashni Amin was able to draw inspiration from her parents’ sacrifices — and prepare herself for a future of helping others.

UW students and prison inmates met weekly for a senior seminar—a "mixed enrollment" class in which the two groups worked together as peers.

Students and faculty in the UW's Center for Human Rights, working with a partner organization in El Salvador, are helping Salvadorans seek justice for crimes committed during El Salvador's brutal civil war.

The growing trend of allowing police to "banish" citizens from certain neighborhoods is explored in Banished: The New Social Control in Urban America, by UW Professors Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert.