Center for Justice and Law
About the Center
The Center for Justice and Law (CJL) works to advance justice by developing creative, concrete, and equitable solutions to legal issues and policy concerns. The center accomplishes its work by drawing on interdisciplinary synergies at Hamline to engage in: active collaboration with community partners, innovative teaching and professional development, transformative research opportunities, and public symposia bringing together local and national scholars, activists, and practitioners.
Find out more about the CJL
Dr. Jillian Peterson discusses the work of the Center for Justice and Law.
Current series: Environmental Justice and the Law
The Center's 2022-24 series focuses on the intersection of environmental and social justice with legal and policy matters. Please see our list of upcoming events focusing on this topic.
Spotlight conversation with Director Valentine Cadieux
CJL Director Valentine Cadieux (she/her) answers the question: What do we mean by environmental justice?
Collaborate with the Center for Justice and Law
Co-sponsoring an event: We're happy to work with other programs on topics and events of common interest. If you have the funding or the time to co-sponsor a talk, panel, or field trip — or an idea for something you'd like to see happen —please let us know how we can help. Contact us at cjl@hamline.edu.
Building an event: Have a great idea for an event and need help making it happen? The CJL can use our resources to plan, execute, and market it, or collaborate with you to make it happen. Contact us at cjl@hamline.edu.
Donate to the Center for Justice and Law
The CJL is a non-profit that relies on ticket sales (and your support) to bring programming, community engagement, and speakers to our events. Want to donate to the CJL? Visit our donations page.
Likewise, the Center for Justice and Law, in partnership with the Environmental and Climate Studies program, is sponsoring a Climate Justice Fund.
With your contribution, we'll be able to support student projects on and off campus, possibly including attending the UN Climate Talks (COP), as well as funding student research and community projects to further engage with environmental and climate justice programs and strengthen community engagement and education. Donate to the Climate Justice Fund.
View our student-made video on YouTube to learn more about the CJL, the Climate Justice Fund, and what your contribution can do to help.
CJL News
See our YouTube Channel
Subscribe to our channel at youtube.com/@hucjl to see our events and learn more about our programming.
Not Your Parents' Environmentalism
by LaNiesha Bisek
Read the Hamline Oracle article about the mission and current series at CJL.