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Chet Mitchell Award Winner: Daphne Duruoha
Meet Daphne Duruoha! Daphne is originally from Nigeria, but came to Carleton last fall from Berlin, Germany to pursue a Master of Arts in Legal …
Law and Legal Studies Scholars Featured in FPGA The Journey of a Change Maker Exhibit
Scholars connected to the Department of Law and Legal Studies are currently featured in The Journey of a Change Maker, an exhibition on display on …
New article by Ummni Khan
We are pleased to share that Professor Ummni Khan recently had an article published on the Pancouver website titled, “Kinky caricature no more: How Pillion is rewriting …
Graduate Transformation Scholarship Recipient: Janakan Muthukumar
Meet Janakan Muthukumar! Janakan is pursuing a PhD in Legal Studies under the supervision of Professor Sean Richmond. Janakan is the recipient of this year’s …
Juristalks recap with Prof. Firat Bozcali
On March 10th, we welcomed Professor Firat Bozcali from the University of Toronto who delivered our second Juristalks event of the year on his book …
Chet Mitchell Memorial Lecture 2026 Recap
On March 4th, we had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Judy Fudge from McMaster University in Hamilton. Professor Fudge delivered our 2026 Chet Mitchell Memorial …
New article by Umut Ozsu: “Integration or Independence?”
We are pleased to share that Professor Umut Ozsu recently wrote an article for the Canadian Dimension titled, “Intergration or Independence?” You can read this …
Strengthening Indigenous Justice: One Life Story at a Time
Jane Dickson’s work focuses on strengthening Indigenous access to justice through the development, training, and evaluation of Gladue reports and culturally informed sentencing practices. She …
The Department of Law and Legal Studies Urges Carleton University to Reject the Proposed Institutional Impartiality Policy
The statement below was drafted and signed by members of the Department of Law and Legal Studies in response to Carleton University’s proposed impartiality policy. …
New award-winning documentary produced by Gulay Kilicaslan: “Night and Fog in Kurdistan”
The documentary film Night and Fog in Kurdistan, directed by Kurdish filmmaker Shilan Saadi and produced by Keywan Fahimi and our faculty member Dr. Gulay Kilicaslan, recently …
Diksha Kale at EDI Research Award presentation!
Congratulations to PhD candidate and 2025 EDI Award recipient, Diksha Kale, who presented her research work earlier this week at the EDI Research Award Presentations! Diksha’s …
“From Havana to Hollywood” coming soon in Spanish!
We are pleased to share that Philip Kaisary’s widely successful book, From Havana to Hollywood, will soon be available in a Spanish-language edition! From Havana …