Fall 2021 Graduation
Congratulations to the Fall Graduating Class of 2021!
The Department of Law and Legal Studies extends our heartfelt congratulations to our new graduates!
While we cannot be in person to celebrate, we hope you can experience the joy and pride our faculty, instructors and staff have for you.
Please find Notes of Congratulations from our Faculty, Course Instructors and Staff below. Please also watch the congratulations video from Dr. Betina Appel Kuzmarov, Chair of the Department of Law and Legal Studies.
We encourage you to stay in touch with us as alumni! We also encourage you to connect with us on social media, via Twitter and/or Facebook.
As you plan your next steps, please consider connecting with Career Services who are available virtually and over the phone to support new graduates.
Until we can meet again, please stay safe, stay hopeful and stay engaged.
Best wishes,
The Department of Law and Legal Studies
Message from the Chair
Professor Betina Appel Kuzmarov
Notes of Congratulations from our Faculty, Contract Instructors and Staff
My heartfelt congratulations to all graduating students. Your hard work and dedication have paid off. This is an incredible milestone that I hope you can celebrate with family and friends. Enjoy this moment – you earned it!
– Dr. Melanie Adrian
You did it! You completed your degree in the midst of a pandemic. You are an exceptional cohort of students, who faced unprecedented challenges, and emerged on the other side. Well done. You have a lot to be proud of, and we are very proud of you. I wish you all the best in the months and years to come. Please stay in touch. You are an important part of the Department of Law and Legal Studies, and we look forward to hearing more about where your life, and your learning, takes you.
– Professor Doris Buss
Many congratulations to the cohort that completed while we were all learning to unmute ourselves and not accidentally send private messages to the whole class! Special shout out to my fourth year legal theory students who helped make such a fantastic class; I hope you will never stop thinking about sovereignty. Bon chance et félicitations tout le monde!
– Professor Stacy Douglas
A big congratulations to all our amazing graduates this year! We are really proud of you, and wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
– Professor Sean Richmond
Congratulations to all the 2021 graduates! Finishing a degree is difficult in the best of times, so your accomplishment during a global pandemic is all the more impressive. I want to thank all the dedicated and passionate students I’ve supervised or taught over the past few years. Working with you was a true joy and I look forward to hearing about all of your future successes!
– Professor Michael Christensen
Wishing you a bright and healthy future. You have already accomplished so much and as new adventures dawn, please always remember the message from Winnie the Pooh: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
– Patrick McCaffery, Contract Instructor
May your Carleton friendships remain in your heart wherever you go; may the wisdom you have gained during your studies be your compass; and may the abilities you have acquired be the wind in your sails. Congratulations!
– Dylan McGuinty, Contract Instructor
Dear graduates, congratulations on this very important and special accomplishment in your lives. You have done it and all of your hard work has paid off for you! I also encourage you to take a few moments to reflect on your success and those people, family, friends, teachers and partners, for example, that have helped you along the way and to recognize and give thanks to them. Be proud of your accomplishment and build on it as you move forward with the next stage of your career.
– Carey Thomson, Contract Instructor
Congratulations! You did it! It hasn’t always been easy and there have been some challenges but you didn’t give up. I am proud of you. Keep up the good work and I wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
– Sarah Cleary, Undergraduate Administrator
Awards and Medals
Congratulations to new graduates and fall 2021, including the three students from the Department of Law and Legal Studies who won major awards, including the President’s Medal and the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. Read about these award winning students.
Read more about this award and others here: Fall 2021 Medals and Awards.
Read about the research of our Department’s graduating graduate students: Graduate Student Research Spotlight.
Additional Resources
Find more celebratory messages and information about how graduates can receive their diploma on the official Carleton University Convocation website.