Justice Center welcomes students at 2017 Spring Preview Day

Prof. Kristin Knudsen (L) and Dr. Marny Rivera speak
with students at the Student Union during 2017
Preview Day.

Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Prof. Kristin Knudsen, J.D., M.J.S., Legal Studies Program Coordinator, taught three mock classes to give students an idea of what classes would be like in Justice Center programs and spoke with high school students in the Student Union at the Spring 2017 Preview Day on February 10. 

Preview Day is designed to help high school juniors and seniors get ready to attend UAA. In addition to mock classes, students learn about admissions and financial aid and speak with current students about campus life.

Dr. Rivera and Prof. Knudsen helped students understand what they could expect from the Justice Undergraduate Program and the Legal Studies Program and fielded questions from students who came from all over Alaska and as far away as Texas.

Justice Center welcomes students at 2016 Fall Preview Day

Dr. Marny Rivera (r) talks to students
about Justice Center programs.

Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Prof. Kristin Knudsen, J.D., Legal Studies Program Coordinator, met with high school students and their parents at the Fall 2016 Preview Day on November 4 at the UAA Student Union.

Preview Days are designed specifically for high school juniors and seniors and their guests and provides potential incoming students with an opportunity to experience what UAA has to offer all in one day. This event gives them the opportunity to explore programs, organizations and resources that they might follow throughout their path here at the university.

Prof. Knudsen (l) describes for students some of the courses
in Justice and in Legal Studies offered by the Justice Center.

Justice Center welcomes students at 2016 Spring Preview Day

Dr. Rivera (l) talks to students about Justice Center programs.

Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Prof. Deb Periman, J.D., Legal Studies Program Coordinator, met with high school students and their parents at the Spring 2016 Preview Day on February 5 at the UAA Student Union.

Preview Days are designed specifically for high school juniors and seniors and their guests and help students get ready to attend UAA. The event offers students and their guests the opportunity to experience firsthand all that UAA has to offer.

Students attend mock classes, workshops on admissions and financial aid, and speak with current students about campus life, and with UAA faculty about academic programs. Guests attending with the students also speak with UAA administrators and attend workshops on admissions and financial aid.

"Spirit" (center) wishes he could be a Justice or Legal Studies major! L to r: Dr. Rivera,
and Prof. Periman, J.D.

Justice Center welcomes students at 2015 Spring Preview Day

L to r: Prof. Deb Periman and Dr. Marny Rivera
get ready to welcome students.

Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Prof. Deb Periman, J.D., Legal Studies Program Coordinator, met with high school students and their parents at the Spring 2015 Preview Day on February 13 at the UAA Student Union.

Preview Days are designed specifically for high school juniors and seniors and their guests and help students get ready to attend UAA. The event offers students and their guests the opportunity to experience firsthand all that UAA has to offer.

High school students crowd around the Justice Center table to talk about majoring in Justice or Legal Studies.

Students attend mock classes, workshops on admissions and financial aid, and speak with current students about campus life as well as UAA faculty about academic programs. Guests attending with the students speak with UAA administrators and also attend workshops on admissions and financial aid.

"Spirit" gives a cheer for the Justice Center.

Justice Center welcomes students at fall 2014 Preview Day

At the Justice Center exhibit table, (l to r) Prof. Periman and Dr. Rivera await students.

Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Undergraduate Program Coordinator; Prof. Deb Periman, J.D., Legal Studies Program Coordinator; and Prof. Jason Brandeis, J.D., Legal Studies faculty in the Justice Center, met with high school students and their parents at the November 14 Fall Preview Day at the UAA Student Union.

Justice and Legal Studies faculty also presented "Justice For All: Explore Dozens of Careers and Academic Possibilities in Law and Justice" at 3 sessions during the day.

Preview Days are designed specifically for high school juniors and seniors and their guests and helps students get ready to attend UAA. The event offers students and their guests the opportunity to experience firsthand all that UAA has to offer.

"Spirit," the UAA mascot, waves a Legal Studies pencil
in the shape of a judge's gavel.

Students attend a mock class, workshops on admissions and financial aid, and speak with current students about campus life as well as UAA faculty about academic programs. Guests speak with UAA administrators and also attend workshops on admissions and financial aid.
 

Justice Center welcomes students at Preview Days

Dr. Marny Rivera; Prof. Kristen Knudsen, J.D.; and Prof. Ryan Fortson, J.D., Ph.D., met with high school students and their parents at the January 31 Preview Days at the UAA Student Union.

Preview Days is designed specifically for high school juniors and seniors and their guests and helps students get ready to attend UAA.

A student (l) and Prof. Fortson (r) talk about Justice Center
programs as Dr. Rivera (center) looks on.

The event offer students and their guests the opportunity to experience firsthand all that UAA has to offer. Students attend a mock class, workshops on admissions and financial aid, and speak with current students about campus life as well as UAA faculty about academic programs. Guests speak with UAA administrators and also attend workshops on admissions and financial aid.

Two East High students (l) listen as Dr. Rivera describes Justice
and Legal Studies options. Dr. Rivera is a grad of East High herself!

Prof. Knudsen (l) discusses careers in Justice with a parent
and her high school daughter.

"Spirit" poses with our Justice faculty at Preview Days.

Justice Center participates in UAA Preview Days for high school students

2013 Preview Days nametags

Prof. Deb Periman, J.D., and Prof. Ryan Fortson, J.D., Ph.D., Justice faculty, met with high school students at the November 1st UAA Preview Days at the Student Union.

Preview Days is designed specifically for high school juniors and seniors and their guests, and offers them the opportunity to experience first-hand all that UAA has to offer.

Students and their guests attend a mock class, workshops on admissions and financial aid, and speak with current students about campus life , and with UAA faculty about academic programs.

Prof. Fortson at the Justice Center exhibit table.

Justice Center meets with students at Fall Preview Day

Prof. Fortson speaks to students about Justice programs.

Alaska junior and senior high school students attended the 2012 Fall Preview Day on Friday, October 19, in the Student Union.  The Justice Center was one of many departments exhibiting at the event.

Dr. Marny Rivera, Justice Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Prof. Ryan Fortson, Justice faculty, spoke with students and parents about Justice and Legal Studies courses, and the types of careers available in the fields of law,  justice, and criminology.

Justice Center talks to high school students at Preview Days

Prof. Periman explains the Justice Center programs to students.

Prof. Deb Periman, J.D., Paralegal Studies Program Coordinator, and Dr. Ron Everett, Justice Program Coordinator, met with visiting high school students and their parents at Preview Days held on Friday, February 3 in the Student Union.

Junior and senior high school students from around Anchorage attended workshops and mini-classes and also talked with representatives from academic departments about the majors and programs at UAA. This half-day event is held each Fall and Spring.

Dr. Everett talks to a prospective Justice major and his parent.

L to r: Dr. Everett, Prof. Periman, and Dr. André Rosay, Justice Center Director,
take a moment in front of the Justice Center exhibit table.

Justice Center participates in 2011 Fall Preview Day

Dr. Troy Payne talks to students at the Fall Preview Day.

Scores of Alaska junior and senior high school students attended the 2011 UAA Fall Preview Day on Friday, October 14, in the Student Union.  The Justice Center was one of many departments exhibiting at the event.

Prof. Deb Periman, J.D., and Dr. Troy Payne, Justice faculty, spoke with students and parents about Justice and Paralegal Studies courses, and the types of careers available in the fields of law, criminal justice, and criminology.

Justice Center participates in Spring Preview Day

Justice Center faculty and staff, and members of the Justice Club, joined to welcome high school students and their parents to Preview Day on Friday, February 4, 2011 at the Student Union.

Pictured are faculty (far left Prof. Jason Brandeis and far right Dr. Ron Everett) explaining to prospective Justice majors the variety of programs, including the Justice major, minor, Paralegal Certificate, pre-law advising, and courses that are available. Students also received information on the many types of careers open to Justice majors.

Justice Center welcomes students at Preview Days

Justice Center staff and Justice Club students joined to welcome students and parents to Preview Days on February 5.

In addition to getting information about the Justice major, minor, Paralegal Certificate, and courses, visitors to the Justice Center table also got to meet "MacDuff," a US Marshals Service K-9 explosives dog and his handler, Deputy US Marshal Jimmy Johnson. "Mac Duff" is the only Alaska US Marshals Service K-9.

Equipment from the University Police Department was also on display. As an added attraction, the Justice Club held a raffle for Justice Club hoodies - you can see Gandalf sporting one of the hoodies in the photos.