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Friday, November 21, 2014

Nov. 27 | “Free Trade, Public Policy and Regulatory Chill”

On Thursday, November 27, the Carleton Law, Business and Society Discussions series presents this discussion of the collision between free trade agreements and public policy, and the problem of regulatory chill. This event features special guest Scott Sinclair, Director, Trade and Investment Research Project (Canadian Centre for Policy... More

Friday, November 14, 2014

CUJLS Celebrates New Launch

Congratulations to the team behind the newly launched Carleton University Journal of Legal Studies (CUJLS)! Last night (Thursday, November 13), a reception was held to celebrate the hard work behind the latest volume of the journal, managed by the 2014 CULJS Committee: Editor-in-Chief Carly Jacuk, B.A. Co-Editors Meghan Boulanger Katrina Squazzin... More

Friday, November 14, 2014

Nov. 19 | JurisTalk – A Jurisprudence of Images

Our next JurisTalk seminar features Dr. Jothie Rajah, Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation (Chicago). Dr. Rajah's presentation, which takes place Wednesday, November 19 at 3:00pm in D492 Loeb building, is entitled "A Jurisprudence of Images: Law, Legitimacy, and the Visual in a Post-9/11 World". The seminar synopsis: In a post-9/11... More

Monday, November 3, 2014

Nov. 13 | Launch Party: Journal of Legal Studies

Join us on Thursday, November 13, 2014 for the launch of the annual Carleton University Journal of Legal Studies – a non-profit, student-run initiative overseen by the Carleton University Law and Legal Studies Society (CLLSS)! For more information, please visit the event page:... More

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Oct. 21| International Exchange Info Session

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 (6pm-8pm) Location: 415 Southam Hall Additional Information: Light refreshments will be provided. Participating in an international exchange offers unlimited opportunities for academic, personal, and professional growth. The Department of Law and Legal Studies encourages all interested undergraduate law... More

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Oct. 9 | Chet Mitchell Memorial lecture

NEW LOCATION: Room 302, Azrieli Theatre The Fall 2014 Chet Mitchell Memorial lecture welcomes as its presenter, Dr. Audra Simpson (Columbia University)! The lecture, “The Chief’s Two Bodies: Theresa Spence and the Gender of Settler Colonialism”, is an examination of the geopolitical logic of settler colonialism and Indigenous (women’s)... More

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Oct 1 | JurisTalk with Sarah Keenan

The first JurisTalk of the Fall 2014 term takes place today! Wednesday, October 1st 3pm | Room D492, Loeb Building Special guest, Sarah Keenan, will present her work, "Subversive Properties: Law and the Production of Spaces of Belonging".This seminar explores the relationship between space, subjectivity and property, arguing that new political... More

Friday, September 26, 2014

‘LLS Outlaws’ join together for Terry Fox 2014

Our Department rallied together with twenty-four faculty, students, and staff members (including the Dean of the FPA, Andre Plourde) to form the LLS Outlaws, a team that participated in the Terry's CAUSE on Campus, the campus-based run organized by the Terry Fox Foundation on September 14th. The team members tackled the 5km and the... More

Friday, April 25, 2014

Prof. Buss jointly awarded SSHRC Insight Grant

Congratulations to Prof. Doris Buss, who has been announced as one of the leading researchers receiving the recently awarded SSHRC Insight Grant. The grant is for a 5-year project titled “Women’s Livelihoods in Artisanal Mining Sectors: Rethinking State-Building in Conflict-Affected Africa”. Joining Prof. Buss in this honour is colleague... More