Writings on law, pro bono and social justice
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Open Justice alumni and award winner Myles Mulcahy writes about his International Law project with the South Asia Democratic Forum in this blog written for Pro Bono Week 2026.
In this reflective blog, Justice in action alumna and Open Justice Award Winner Susan Gowland shares how her Special Educational Needs (SEN) Law Project challenged her assumptions about pro bono work and tested her ability to work with(out) a team.
Open Justice alumni and award winner Rhys Smith writes about his Policy Clinic project with Student Action for Refugees (STAR) in this blog written for Pro Bono Week 2026.
To mark 55 years since the start of one the most significant trials in the history of anti-racism in Britain, we are republishing Andrew Gilbert’s blog originally written in 2021 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary.
This blog was written by 'Justice in action' student Kevin Braney who writes about his experiences of studying the module whilst in prison and the public legal education project he produced for himself and his peers.
Myles Mulcahy looks at why Bangladesh needs dedicated minority rights legislation in this new blog written after taking part in 'Justice in Action's (W360) international law project.
This blog was written by Emily Geer (final year law student at the Open University law school).
This final blog of the 'Legally Christmas' series is written by Senior Lecturer in Law, Emma Curryer. Emma is using an interdisciplinary approach to research, considering the association between criminal justice, Egyptology, archaeology, and literature.
Today's blog post written by Dr Paul Troop for the 'Legally Christmas' series reflects on the recent government plans to abolish juries.
Its AI day today on the 'Legally Christmas' blog. This second AI blog was written by the Gemini generative AI tool with prompting from the Open Justice Centre's Liz Hardie.

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