Dr Ahmed Kadry and Simon Hull, who both work in the Department for Policing at The Open University have recently finished a project that evaluated OU policing apprentice's experiences of learning in a virtual reality (VR) courtroom. Read more about it in this new blog.

Siobhan Cullen, in this blog written for Pro Bono Week 2023 writes about a recent pro bono Street Law project delivered in collaboration with ATU (Atlantic Technological University) aimed at raising awareness of migrant rights with secondary school children.

Siobhan Cullen, in this blog written for Pro Bono Week 2023 writes about a recent pro bono project delivered in collaboration with Donegal Women’s Centre which demonstrated the very real advantages of online or virtual public legal information clinics in comparison with in-person clinic.

In this blog written for Pro Bono Week 2023, senior lecturer-in-law Liz Hardie poses the question, "how should we respond when students or lawyers say they cannot carry out pro bono work?"

In this blog, Francine Ryan, Senior Lecturer in Law, and Director of the Open Justice Centre discusses Pro Bono Week 2023.

During the snowy winter weather in early 2023 sixteen intrepid Scottish OU law students braved the elements to travel to their local Sheriff Court to witness justice happening in action in the criminal courts. Senior Lecturer in Law and Open Justice team member Liz Hardie writes about why they were there and the impact their visits had in this new blog.

Next in our summer series of blog posts, recent graduate Angharad Butler shares how participation in the Criminal Justice Clinic changed her understanding of the value of pro bono work.

In the first of a summer series of blog posts our recent graduates share how their understanding of the value of pro bono legal work has developed in light of their participation in the Open Justice activities of the past year. The first blog is by Swati Koetcha.

Open Justice Centre Intern Teah Zdanowicz writes about the Scottish Government's new project to use virtual reality technology in courts.

'Justice in action' student Diane Bespalyi investigates further into vicarious trauma after being involved in our criminal justice clinic project.