Sabir Wafeeq says people are more interested in the study of criminal justice because they want to be more informed.
As a professor of criminal justice and adviser for TR’s Law and Order Club, he says students get excited to learn about the possibilities that come from the field of law.
“We try to spend time with students who really want to go on these different pathways and help them figure it out,” he said.
The club does a variety of things, including simulating criminal investigations through games and inviting guest speakers to discuss their work in the criminal justice field.
Club President Naomi Lopez said that she hopes to bring more speakers to the club meetings and open engagement for the students.
“I try to make it fun and help them be really close with each other,” she said. “If they have struggles with anything or stuff like that, they can come to me.”
She started as a nursing major but was introduced to the club after taking a class with Steve Romero, a criminal justice professor and the second adviser to the club.
“I was like, ‘This is what I want to do,’ so I changed my major,” she said.
Romero said the club gives students opportunities to explore the career they want to do.
“It’s been very rewarding to see our students succeed because at the end of the day we all go to school to get a better job –– a better profession, right?” Romero said.
This year on Nov. 5, TR Campus expects over 50 professionals in the criminal justice field to attend the job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wafeeq said the Law and Order Club serves as a place for students to find companionship and real opportunity.
“It’s open to any student, and we’ve had students come into a session and they weren’t criminal justice majors at first, but you almost kind of get bit by this bug,” he said.
