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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Office Closure Notice: Friday December 8th

Please be advised that our main office at C473 Loeb will be closing at 12:00 pm on Friday December 8th, and will remain closed throughout the afternoon for a departmental event. We will reopen at 8:30 am on Monday December 11th. Please email law@carleton.ca with any inquiries. Wishing all of our students the best... More

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

New Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunity!

The Prison Transparency Project (PTP) is hiring! This exciting new project headed by a few of our faculty members is seeking a post-doctoral fellow to join the team! More details can be found... More

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Conceptualizing Civilians: Beyond “Innocence”

Check out this new blog post by Associate Professor, Christiane Wilke and PhD Student, Helyeh Doutaghi! This post is published in the Leiden Journal of International Law and can be found here. Christiane and Helyeh have also received an invitation by the editors of 'Articles of War', a publication of the Lieber Institute at... More

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Legal technologies: Conceptualizing the legacy of the 1923 Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare

Check out this new article by a few members of our department! In this article, PhD Student Helyeh Doutaghi and faculty member Christiane Wilke critically assess the Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare, an important early attempt to regulate bombing from the air. Doutaghi and Wilke show that the Hague Rules responded to the then... More

Monday, September 18, 2023

New research report, “2STNBGN Perspectives on Access to Justice: A Legal Needs Assessment.”

Check out this new research report from the JusticeTrans organization, entitled "2STNBGN Perspectives on Access to Justice: A Legal Needs Assessment." This research, which is part of a large community-based project funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada, explores the experiences of Two-Spirit, transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming... More

Thursday, September 7, 2023

SSHRC Partnership Grant Funds Research on Prison Transparency

Professor Dawn Moore has been awarded a $2.5 million dollar SSHRC Partnership Grant to study prison transparency. This project, which is known as the Prison Transparency Project (PTP) will have a strong presence at the university, and our department over the next seven years. Hollis Moore, an assistant professor in our department, will also... More

Friday, September 1, 2023

Wrongful Convictions in Canada: Kelly Lauzon Dedicates Life to Advocacy

Kelly Lauzon, one of our PhD students, who is also a contract instructor in our department, was featured in an article by the university for her passion and work on wrongful convictions in Canada. Kelly has dedicated her research and teaching to this topic since she was an undergraduate student at Carleton many years... More

Friday, August 25, 2023

Academia and Activism Students featured in M Magazine!

Our Academia and Activism students from Winter 2023 were featured in the Summer edition of M Magazine, produced by the MacOdrum Library! This course was taught in the winter of 2023 by Dr. Melanie Adrian and focused on human right advocacy and worked closely with the Scholars at Risk network and other related organizations.... More

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Nadine Ijaz presenting at First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit

We are pleased to share that Dr. Nadine Ijaz, Assistant Professor, will be presenting at the First WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit on August 17th. Held alongside the G20 health ministerial meeting, this summit aims to mobilize political commitment and spark evidence-based action worldwide. More information about this summit can be found... More

Thursday, August 3, 2023

New Opportunity: 2023/2024 Law and Legal Studies Student Ambassadors

Calling all 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students and 2nd year MA students in a Law & Legal Studies program! Are you looking to get more involved in our department AND develop your interpersonal and networking skills? The Department of Law and Legal Studies is seeking student ambassadors for 2023/2024 to help with promotion,... More

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Undergraduate Student Spotlight: Steve Mansour

Why should you pursue a BA in Law at Carleton? 2023 graduate Steve Mansour shares what drew him to pursue his degree at Carleton, as well as his experiences in the program. Steve graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Law with a double minor in Philosophy and Political Science. Steve has also been... More

Friday, June 23, 2023

MA graduate Catalina Hernandez wins a senate medal!

Congratulations to Catalina Hernandez, class of 2023! Catalina is graduating with an MA in Legal Studies and has also been awarded a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Her masters thesis is entitled, “Expressions of Colour-Blind Racism Within All-White and Mixed-Race Jury Deliberations.”  You can read more here.... More

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