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Ash De Visser awarded Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
We are pleased to share that PhD student, Ash De Visser, has been awarded the Wenner Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant! The Wenner-Gren Foundation is one …
Gregory Brown quoted in Ottawa Citizen article
We are pleased to share that Gregory Brown, a contract instructor in our department, was recently quoted in an Ottawa Citizen article on SIU Investigations. …
New publication by PhD student, Shabnam Salehi
We are pleased to share that PhD student Shabnam Salehi recently published a piece in The Conversation, which can be read here. This publication is titled, …
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. …