Law and Legal Studies Archives | Faculty of Public Affairs

January 6, 2021

Melanie Adrian Appointed to Order of Ontario

Carleton Prof. Melanie Adrian has been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour, for establishing the university as a global leader in protecting vulnerable scholars and founding... More

December 1, 2020

Melanie Adrian Wants to Make Remote Learning a Social Experience

By Rick Boychuk Photos by Rémi Thériault How much knowledge can students absorb in an online class with all the distractions of home life bubbling in the background? It’s difficult... More

November 12, 2020

Carleton Law Student Recipient of the Justice for Abdirahman Scholarship

By Mary Giles Peggea Bounda, a fourth year student in the bachelor of arts law program in the Department of Law and Legal Studies, has received a scholarship from the... More

November 12, 2020

Fall Graduation 2020: Celebrating a Bachelor Degree After Learning Difficulties Diagnosed

By Laura Byrne Paquet Photos by Fangliang Xu Even though Maarukh Abbas is now in her first year of the Law and Legal Studies master’s program at Carleton University, there... More

July 29, 2020

Insight Grants 2020: The Case of Métis Acadians

As an associate professor of Law and Legal Studies, Sebastien Malette has focused on unrecognized Métis and non-status Indigenous communities in the Eastern provinces of Canada. He is the co-author... More

July 15, 2020

2020 FPA Excellence Awards: A Virtual Celebration

The Faculty of Public Affairs celebrated its first virtual FPA Excellence Awards ceremonies on June 22nd and 23rd. The two ceremonies gave the FPA Associate Deans an opportunity to present... More

June 25, 2020

SPPA and Legal Studies PhD Students Win Vanier Awards

The Faculty of Public Affairs is celebrating the announcement that two of our PhD students have won Vanier Awards. Legal Studies student Jean Ketterling, and Public Policy student Antoine Genest-Gregoire, both doctoral students, have won... More

May 19, 2020

Insight Grants 2020: Civilian Casualties from Airstrikes—Counting, Accounting, and Accountability

Law and Legal Studies Professor Christiane Wilke is continuing her research in the area of international law and airstrikes with a $194,759 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research... More

May 1, 2020

Alumnus Saäd Rafi Named Head of Toronto’s COVID-19 Recovery

Saäd Rafi has been appointed to lead the Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild in preparation for the post-COVID-19 recovery period. Rafi earned both a Bachelor of Law degree and... More

April 22, 2020

FPA Faculty Members Win Graduate Mentoring Awards

Susan Braedley (Social Work), Brian Schmidt (Political Science), and Dale Spencer (Law & Legal Studies) were nominated by their graduate students for being exceptional mentors. They each received a Faculty... More

April 6, 2020

Legal Studies Student Wins Prestigious Trudeau Award

Veronica Oeverlid, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton, has been awarded a 2020 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholarship. Her research focuses on migration and... More

March 6, 2020

FPA Research Excellence Symposium: Youth and their Digital Worlds

Digital platforms are how youth express their views about the world, and those views should not be discounted, says Dale Spencer, Associate Professor of Law and Legal Studies and host... More