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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

Monday, June 19, 2023

Congratulations to our 2023 graduates!

Our Law and Legal Studies graduates from the class of 2023 crossed the stage on June 14th. On behalf of the entire department: we are very proud of all of the hard work you have put in to earning your degree, you did it! Be sure to take time to properly celebrate these amazing... More

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Department of Law and Legal Studies Office Closure: July 3rd-7th

Please note that the office at C473 Loeb will be closed for painting between Monday July 3rd until Friday July 7th inclusive, and will re-open at 8:30 am on Monday July 10th. Office staff will be working remotely during this time, please email law@carleton.ca if you require assistance. We appreciate your co-operation and... More

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

FPA Staff Excellence Award Winner- Sarah Cleary

It is our pleasure to share that Sarah Cleary, our Departmental Administrator (Acting) has won the 2023 FPA Staff Excellence Award! Awarded annually to a staff member, the Staff Excellence Award recognizes excellence in customer service, dedication to students, innovation, building collaborative relationships and demonstrated engagement with unit,... More

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Towards Anti-Oppression Essay Prize Winners

The winners of the one-time Towards-Anti Oppression essay prize have been selected! Rushi Ner, a fourth year undergraduate student, wrote an essay on multiplatform solidarity in the context of contemporary struggles for migrant justice in Greece. This has been selected as the recipient of the undergraduate essay prize. Janakan Muthukumar, one of... More

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

“Unbound in War?” by Sean Richmond wins Canadian Political Science Association prize in International Relations

We are pleased to share that faculty member, Sean Richmond's book, Unbound in War? had been awarded the Canadian Political Science Association prize in International Relations. More information about the book can be found here. Congratulations Sean on this amazing... More

Thursday, April 27, 2023

MA in Student wins Data Day 9.0 John ApSimon Prize for Data Science (Top Overall Poster)

We are pleased to share that Brooke Sullivan, one of our M.A. students, has won the inaugural John ApSimon Prize for Data Science (Top Overall Poster) as part of her work in the COMS5225 Critical Data Studies. Brooke's poster was entered into the Data Day 9.0 Competition (https://science.carleton.ca/data-day/). The title is Policing Racism: An... More

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Law students advocate for at-risk scholars

The work of the students in the Academia and Activism course have been featured in a recent article in the Charlatan! This fourth year seminar course, taught by professor Melanie Adrian, has been busy this semester with advocacy work for the Scholar's At Risk (SAR) program with several events and awareness efforts. The article... More

Monday, March 27, 2023

Opportunity: Towards Anti-Oppression Essay Prize

The Towards Anti-Oppression Subcommittee welcomes submissions for a one-time “essay” prize for work on law and anti-oppression (broadly construed) by students who identify as 2SLGBTQ+, racialized, Indigenous, poor or working class, neurodiverse and/or disabled. We welcome traditional essays, photo essays, recorded oral submissions, and other... More

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

March 2023 Chet Mitchell Memorial Lecture

On Monday March 20th, our first Chet Mitchell Memorial Lecture of 2023 took place, our first in-person lecture in over three years. We were fortunate to be joined by Michael Gottheil, Canada's First Accessibility Commissioner, along with Sociology PhD Candidate, Keely Grossman and Associate Professor Vincent Kazmierski, for a fireside chat on... More

Friday, March 17, 2023

Christiane Wilke’s research team wins SSHRC Partnership Engagement Grant!

The Department of Law and Legal Studies is pleased to share that Associate Professor Christiane Wilke is part of a research team that has won a SSHRC Partnership Engagement Grant (PEG)! The title of the project is "Discordance and Discrepancies: The Politics of Counting Civilian Casualties." The grant supports a one year collaboration with... More

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