Starting Monday, the University Judiciary Committee will hold its second annual Judiciary Week March 24 through March 28. The week will feature events such as a tab at Bodo’s Bagels, a Run with Jim and a town hall with UJC executive members.
The UJC is the student-run judiciary body of the University, authorized to investigate and adjudicate violations of the University’s Standards of Conduct.
Other student self-governance organizations host a similar week of programming to promote their mission and educate the student body on their work, including the Honor Committee, which hosted Honor Week Feb. 9-14. UJC’s J-week similarly aims to increase interaction with students and promote transparency on the Committee’s functions.
To kick off the week, a Bodo’s Tab will open at 7 a.m. Monday. Third-year College student Thomas Davies, who heads the subcommittee J-week alongside third-year College student Taryn Tuttle, said students may enjoy their favorite Bodo’s order paid for by the UJC and engage in conversation with a UJC representative about the Committee’s work.
Both Monday and Tuesday, UJC representatives will be tabling on South Lawn from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students may find representatives on the Lawn between classes for candy, free UJC merch and conversation with Committee representatives.
The UJC organized a Run with Jim Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. Students can join the UJC at Madison Hall for a run that will be followed by free Bodo’s Bagels and hats.
During last year’s J-week, the UJC held a hazing mock trial that was designed to educate the student body on the hazing trial process. This year the Committee is taking a different approach to educating students about the process with a town hall at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Executive Committee members will be present in Newcomb Hall 480 to discuss student-self governance and respond to students’ questions.
“We’ll have some prepared questions, and then we also invite members of the community to come along and ask questions [about] anything that might be on their mind,” Davies said.
The UJC will be tabling with the Gordie Center, an organization that advocates against hazing in Greek life, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, which will feature an iced coffee bar on the South Lawn with coffee and donut holes. Tuttle said the Committee is hoping to hear students’ thoughts on hazing prevention at the University.
“We're hoping to get community feedback on, you know, what student self-governance means to people, what hazing prevention and outreach looks like and how that can be impactful for people,” Tuttle said. “We are really excited to see some smiles with some iced coffees.”
Thursday, with the Committee celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, the UJC will collaborate with University Guide Service to provide a tour of Grounds dedicated to UJC history at 1 p.m. All students are invited to meet on the Lawn to learn about how the UJC has evolved over the years.
That night, the Committee will host a dinner with Contracted Independent Organization leadership and UJC executive members in the Rotunda Dome Room at 6:30 p.m. The event will include a free catered dinner and a discussion on the UJC, student self-governance and justice in the University community.
Lastly, Friday, the UJC will host a free speech roundtable at 12 p.m. in Newcomb Hall 480. Students may attend a panel co-hosted with Think Again and Braver Angels, two organizations that promote free speech and civil discourse. Students are invited to contribute to the discussion if interested, and pizza will be provided.
Harper Jones, UJC chair and fourth-year College student, said that the purpose of J-week is to educate the University community on its work and also to promote the values of the Committee.
“The point is to engage a broad spectrum of University community members across a variety of events,” Harper said. “[We] try our best to meet people where they are and engage people with the work that the Committee does, but also with the broader values that the Committee seeks to uphold, and [those] are freedom, safety and respect.”
According to Tuttle, they had an easier time than last year to plan the week. Both she and Davies have enjoyed reaching out to groups and are looking forward to receiving feedback for J-week in 2026.
“We've had a much more comfortable timeline to pull all of these events together,” Tuttle said. “We’ve had a really wonderful, easy time reaching out to different groups on [Grounds], and it's been really lovely to build connections with organizations.”
Jones is grateful for the work Tuttle and Davies have dedicated to the upcoming J-week, and she looks forward to the week ahead as her term comes to a close.
“Thomas and Taryn and the rest of their subcommittee have done such an incredible job,” Jones said. “[They have planned] a really diversified slate of events that we hope will encourage people to show up [and] meet the committee wherever best fits them and their schedule.”
More information about this year’s J-week can be found on the UJC’s Instagram page.
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