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Mandatory vicarious trauma training for legal eagles - when lawyers are forced to face the emotional thunderstorm

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.

3rd March 2025

Are prisons an effective form of punishment and rehabilitation? (Don’t even get us started on early release)

'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.

21st February 2025

Three wishes

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

20th December 2024

Sanctuary, and finding a home for the ‘Urban Fox’ at Christmas time

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.

20th December 2024

'Please Dawn, not on Christmas' - The Christmas family argument – mediation, litigation or artistic inspiration?

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.

19th December 2024

No room at the Inn

In our third Christmas Blog Dr Sam Woods-Peel ponders on Joseph, Mary and the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA).

18th December 2024

Christmas carols in chantry chapels

In todays blog, Lecturer in Law Brett Crumley writes about historic conflict and laws enacted in the sixteenth century that had a surprising effect on the landscape in which Carols might be sung at Christmas.

18th December 2024

The OU Law School in 2024

The Open Justice Legally Christmas Series has established itself as a much-anticipated seasonal tradition at The OU and I’m very pleased to have been invited back to contribute a review of some Law School highlights from 2024.

17th December 2024

Pro bono publico: for the public good

In this blog, Francine Ryan, Senior Lecturer in Law, and Director of the Open Justice Centre discusses Pro Bono Week: Welcome to the 23rd Annual Pro Bono week which takes place between 4th to 8th November 2024.

29th October 2024

Lessons from the employment tribunal perspective on protected beliefs

This new blog post as a case comment by Open University LLB student William Brazier looks at discrimination law and what can be learned from Alison Bailey v Stonewall Equality Ltd and Others [2024] EAT 119

29th August 2024
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