As a participant in UHP Discover, I had the amazing opportunity to spend a summer in Cincinnati working on a project that will forever hold a special place in my heart. I was selected to be a student researcher under faculty member Dr. Michael Loadenthal, who runs the Prosecution Project (tPP), "a long-term, Open-Source Intelligence research platform tracking and providing an analysis of felony criminal cases involving illegal political violence occurring in the United States since 1990" (tPP, https://theprosecutionproject.org/). As a student researcher, I supported tPP by coding legal cases from start to finish in our team spreadsheet and making them publicly available for academics and professionals worldwide to reference. I spent hours learning about cases, reading court documents (including indictments and judgments), and coding cases for specific variables using decision trees. Through this work, I developed strong attention to detail and analytical research skills, which have already proved beneficial in the few weeks since I finished my time with tPP.

       Working on the Prosecution Project taught me a lot about our country and its legal system, including some of the benefits and drawbacks of our judiciary and its organization. The research I conducted exposed me to every step of the legal process, as well as the reality of political violence across the United States. The work I did was not always easy to digest, and I often struggled with the reality of the content. However, as someone hoping to enter the legal field, it gave me the candid insight I needed to better understand our legal system. Part of being a Global Citizen Scholar is recognizing when something is insufficient or unfair and considering how to address flaws to benefit society as a whole. UHP Discover has helped me build on these Global Citizen Scholar skills, and I am grateful for the insight it has given me into the judiciary.