Amerins Tolman and Ben Cook, Law School Introduction: In 2015, there were forty active conflicts worldwide, with approximately 167,000 fatalities. These statistics are representative for the past decade. Many fatalities are associated with the inability to create lasting peace in the developing world, due to a lack of peace-building techniques, assistance from the transnational justice […]
Does Transparency Mobilize Citizens and Decrease Corruption?
Neal Bangerter and Brigham Daniels, BYU Law School I worked with Professor Brigham Daniels on his ongoing research with Mark Buntaine at UC Santa Barbara. This is a summary of the results from the 2018 phase of the project. Introduction Transparency in government is widely considered to have a positive impact on governance, by equipping […]
National Parks and the Threats They Face: A World Survey
Jared Meek Mentor: Brigham Daniels, J. Reuben Clark Law School National Parks and the Threats They Face: A World Survey Introduction The earth is experiencing profound changes in its ecological health and rate of biodiversity loss across the globe. For example, birds, insects, and mammals of Europe are migrating northwards and uphill in response to […]
Law Schools Environments Study
Jacob S. Walker and Alf Pratt, Communications; Eileen Crane, Pre-law Advisor The researchers aimed to establish a set of criteria for judging the environments at various law schools, and then apply these criteria to five national law schools. The students specifically examined the academic and social environments at each school as they relate to a […]