Open Justice Centre blog

Former Justice in Action (W360) Sophie Pham writes about her experiences on the Legal technology project over the past year and the creation of TUB, a chatbot that aims to break down the complexity of UK family visa applications.

Senior Lecturer in Law & Director of the Open Justice Centre Francine Ryan writes about why AI literacy is so important and how access to free education and training resources is key.

Dr. Paul Troop writes about historical rights of way and how time is running out to register them in this new blog written for Open Justice Week 2025.

In this blog, Solicitor and former OU Law School central academic Siobhan Cullen writes about a recent project that aimed to gain insight into the study experiences of prisoners through the eyes of the associate lecturers.

In this new blog written for the upcoming Open University conference 'Vicarious Trauma Education and the legal profession – Now and the Future', Associate Lecturer Gillian Mawdsley asks, 'Should Vicarious Trauma Education address the Demands of the 21st Century Lawyer?'

Criminal Justice Clinic students Gabriella Coe, Cliff Johnson, Ruth Mansell, Harriette Eden, Charlotte Grayson and Jennifer Whewell reflect on vicarious trauma training in this new blog.

'Justice in action' students Sara Meale, Hibo Ahmed, Jill Randles, Danielle Field, Lena Le, Suneeta Gupta discuss the effectiveness of prisons and current UK government policy in this new blog.

In our final Christmas blog, Bryony Gilbert muses on the gifts she would wish for her students.

In the fifth of our Christmas blog series Dr Neil Graffin writes about sanctuary and finding a home for the 'urban fox' at Christmas time.

In the fourth blog of our Christmas series, Open Justice Centre Manager Jon-Paul Knight writes about filmmaker John Waters, author Ivy Compton-Burnett and the Christmas family argument.