Law and Justice Department

College of the Sciences
Ellensburg
Farrell Hall, room 309
CWU-Des Moines (D)
CWU-Lynnwood (L)
CWU-Pierce (P)
Mail Stop 7580
509-963-3219
https://www.cwu.edu/academics/law-justice/

Faculty and Staff
Chair
Cody Stoddard, PhD

Professors
Teresa Francis Divine, JD, LLM, criminal law, correctional law
Rodrigo Murataya, PhD, criminal investigation, police-community relations, police personnel administration
Krystal Noga-Styron, JD, PhD, criminal law, crime and the media

Associate Professors
Roger Schaefer, PhD, corrections, research methods, criminal justice policy
Cody Stoddard, PhD, courts and law, decision making, policing, criminal justice theory, and quantitative method

Assistant Professors
Trye Price, PhD, victimization, and qauntitative methods
Sara Toto, PhD, corrections, victimization, and quantitative methods

Senior Lecturers
Saul Chacon, MA, corrections, policing
R. Shaffer Claridge, JD, civil practice, courts and trails, legal writing, legal research
Robert Moore, MA, corrections, correctional counseling

Lecturer
Todd Mildon, JD, civil practice, paralegal, courts, legal writing, legal research, community and social justice, constitutional law

Staff
Megan Dickinson, secretary supervisor

Department Standards
Admission to the major and to the minor

Grade requirement: overall grade point average of 2.25 or higher. The department chair may admit a limited number of students with grade point averages below 2.25 under extenuating circumstances.
Students applying to the major must submit a major application form.
The law and justice department reserves the right to modify these requirements in special cases or as the needs of the department change.

Exit Requirements
A minimum grade of C- must be earned in all courses used to fulfill the requirements of the major and of the minor.

(NOTE: for all 400-level LAJ courses, student must have completed either a DTA or ENG 101 and 102, MATH 101 or 153 or 154 or 164 or 170 or 172, MATH 102 or MATH 130 or CS 105 (basic skills in these categories.)

Course Offerings
Frequency of course offering information can be found at the department website: https://www.cwu.edu/academics/law-justice/ or by contacting the department directly.

Programs

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Law and Justice Major, BA

Minor

Law and Justice Minor

Courses

Law and Justice (LAJ)