{"id":29822,"date":"2023-08-15T10:20:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T14:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?post_type=cu_people&p=29822"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:43:24","slug":"lauzon-kelly","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/people\/lauzon-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauzon, Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The idea of the justice system turning on the very people it is intended to protect is terrifying, yet all too often this is a reality. After hearing about one case of wrongful conviction in my undergraduate studies, my passion was ignited, and I was set on a path to examine this issue more closely. Today, I am a PhD candidate in the department of Law and Legal Studies where my current research examines the role of defence counsel and how they can deploy routine communication methods to share important case information in an effort to guard against a wrongful conviction. This research is important as it not only posits the possibility for new remedies but because it also examines ways in which the Criminal Defence Bar can work to remedy the power imbalance present in the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supervisor:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Dale Spencer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice, social justice, criminal jury trials, faulty forensic science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2015 \u2013 Master of Arts, Legal Studies (Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008 \u2013 Bachelor of Arts, Honours, Criminology (Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004 \u2013 Master of Arts, English (Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001 \u2013 Bachelor of Humanities (Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching Experience (Fall 2015-present):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

LAWS 4306 (Criminal Law Issues)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAWS 4307 (Medical Criminal Law Issues)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAWS 4802 (Criminal Jury Trials)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CRCJ 4001 (Special Topics in Criminology)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching Awards:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Carleton University Student Association Open Excellence Award    (2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carleton University Student Association Teaching Excellence Award (2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty of Public Affairs Teaching Excellence Award (2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital Educator\u2019s Award Finalist (2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Presentations:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“Let’s Talk About It: Examining the Informal Networks That Exist Among Defence Counsel”<\/strong> presented at NEXUS Conference on Wrongful Convictions<\/em> hosted by the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, September 27, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invited Talks:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“Mr. Big Policing<\/strong>” MacEwan University, May 14, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWomen in Leadership<\/strong>\u201d Carleton’s Women Empowerment Club, Carleton University, December 6, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHuman Library<\/strong>\u201d Ottawa Technical Secondary School, November 23, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWrongful Conviction Day (with special guest exoneree Jamie Nelson)\u201d<\/strong> Carleton University, November 14, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIntroduction to Wrongful Conviction Day\u201d<\/strong> Wrongful Conviction Day<\/em>, Guelph Humber College, October 7, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlissfully Ignorant\u201d<\/em><\/strong> The Innocence Talks, <\/em>McGill Faculty of Law, March 7, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIntroduction to Wrongful Conviction\u201d<\/em><\/strong> Carleton University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, January 28, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-Academic Work:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In print: \u201cMotherhood and Wrongful Conviction in the United States: Making Something Out of Nothing\u201d in Rebecca Bromwich & Alisha Chohan, eds. Mothers and Law: Critical Perspectives on Formal\u2002Governance of and by Those Identified as Mothers<\/em> (Cambridge UP, 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-Anchor and Writer, Real Life Wrongs Podcast<\/em>, June 2022 \u2013 Present<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celia, Bildfell, \u201cCrime, Crime and more Crime\u2026 Why we can\u2019t get enough and what we can do to help victims of the criminal justice system\u201d (published online October 21, 2022 at https:\/\/www.hercampus.com\/school\/carleton\/crime-crime-and-more-crime-why-we-cant-get-enough-and-what-we-can-do-to-help-victims-of-the-criminal-justice-system<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A New Perspective” in Courage, Curiosity, Teapots and Snakes: Stories of Teaching at Carleton University<\/em> (Ottawa: Carleton University, 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Appearances:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n