{"id":25591,"date":"2021-02-23T11:41:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T16:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?page_id=25591"},"modified":"2025-06-24T14:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:38:17","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Our History\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University is home to Canada\u2019s premier Legal Studies program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are Canada\u2019s oldest and largest undergraduate program in Legal Studies. Emerging in 1967 as the first unit in the country to study law with multidisciplinary academic concerns in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more about our programs, award winning faculty and instructors, and more: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About Our Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-program-development\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Program Development\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-program-development\">\n            \n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">1967    Department of Law founded<br>1971     B.A. Combined Major Degree offered<br>1973    B.A. Combined Honours Degree offered<br>1978    Areas of Interest identified<br>1979    Criminology and Corrections Concentration<br>1980    B.A. Major, Honours, Combined Major, and Combined Honours Degrees<br>1980    Law Enforcement Studies Certificate<br>1983    Criminology and Criminal Justice Concentration<br>1989    B.A. Pass, Combined Pass Program<br>1991     M.A. in Legal Studies<br>1997     Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution<br>1997     Study Abroad Option<br>1998     Concentrations in Law, Policy and Government, and Business Law<br>1999     B.A. General Program, B.A. Combined General Program, B.A. Minor in Law<br>2000    Combined B.A. Honours in Law and Human Rights<br>2000    Carleton University \/Algonquin College Articulation Agreement \u2013\u00a0B.A. (Carleton)\/Police Foundations (Algonquin)<br>2003     Mention Fran\u00e7ais<br>2010     Concentration in Transnational Law and Human Rights<br>2011     Ph.D. in Legal Studies     Update of name: Department of Law and Legal Studies<br>2015     Bachelor of Global and International Studies, with\u00a0Global Law and Social Justice specialization<br>2024     Concentration in Criminal Law and Social Order<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-chairs-of-the-department\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Chairs of the Department\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-chairs-of-the-department\">\n            \n\n<p>1967-1970    Abbott, R.D. (Dick)<br>1970-1973    Fraser, D. (Don)<br>1973-1974    Neuspiel, J.G. (George)<br>1974-1976    MacKenzie, J.A. (Jim)<br>1976-1978    McShane, K.G. (King)<br>1978-1980    Elliott, D.W. (David)<br>1980-1984    Campbell, R.L. (Lynn)<br>1984-1987     Wayand, D. (Dorothea)<br>1987-1990     Sargent, C.N. (Neil)<br>1990-1994     Saunders, R.P. (Ron)<br>1994-1999     Dawson, T.B. (Brettel)<br>1999-2002     MacNeil, M. (Michael)<br>2002-2008    Swan, P. (Peter)<br>2008-2011     Waskett, R. (Rosemary)<br>2011-2014      Rigakos, G.S. (George)<br>2014-2017     Saunders, R.P. (Ron)<br>2017-2021      Kazmierski, V. (Vincent)<br>2021-2022     Appel Kuzmarov, B. (Betina)<br>2022-Present     Bou-Zeid, Z. (Zeina)<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-our-50th-anniversary\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Our 50th Anniversary\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-our-50th-anniversary\">\n            \n\n<p>In 1967, the Department of Law and Legal Studies emerged as the first unit in Canada to study law within an interdisciplinary context. Since then, we have grown to offer the largest and most extensive undergraduate and graduate programs in legal studies in the the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, we celebrated not only&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/cu75\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carleton University\u2019s 75th anniversary<\/a>, but the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/our-50th-anniversary\/\">50<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;anniversary<\/a>&nbsp;of our department as well.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University is home to Canada\u2019s premier Legal Studies program. We are Canada\u2019s oldest and largest undergraduate program in Legal Studies. Emerging in 1967 as the first unit in the country to study law with multidisciplinary academic concerns in mind. 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