{"id":32244,"date":"2025-06-23T11:43:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:33:30","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Law and Legal Studies"},"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-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: 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text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                New article by Umut Ozsu: \u201cIntegration or Independence?\u201d\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/2026\/new-article-by-umut-ozsu-integration-or-independence\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/03\/Journey-of-a-Changemaker-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                <header class=\"px-6 first:mt-6\">\n            <div class=\"flex flex-row gap-1 w-full mb-4\">\n                                                    <p class=\"border-l border-cu-black-200 ml-2 pl-3 flex flex-row items-center italic text-sm text-cu-black-600 dark:text-white @sm:md:text-base\">\n                        3\n                        min read\n                    <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                Law and Legal Studies Scholars Featured in FPGA The Journey of a Change Maker Exhibit\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n              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border-cu-black-200 ml-2 pl-3 flex flex-row items-center italic text-sm text-cu-black-600 dark:text-white @sm:md:text-base\">\n                        1\n                        min read\n                    <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black dark:text-white @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                New article by Ummni Khan\n            <\/h2>\n        <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/2026\/new-article-by-ummni-khan\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read more\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"why-legal-studies\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Legal Studies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Law is not just for lawyers.<\/strong>&nbsp;Laws and legal actors shape and impact our lives everyday! Laws can protect our freedoms, but may also impose limits on our actions and opportunities. Laws can protect us, or confine and oppress us. Laws can help us address fundamental challenges we face as a society, or impose obstacles in our attempts to deal with these challenges.&nbsp;<strong>How will you address today\u2019s legal and social challenges?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal Studies strives to understand the nature and impact of law, legal actors and institutions integrating questions and methods drawn from a number of different disciplinary fields including communications, criminology, cultural studies, history, law, legal anthropology, political economy, political theory, and sociology. Legal Studies focuses on the complex nature of the interaction between law and other social fields to foster inquiry into and understanding of the dynamics of law, including its rules, agents, institutions and power structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"why-legal-studies-at-carleton-university\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Legal Studies at Carleton University?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Come be a part of the&nbsp;<strong>biggest and most vibrant<\/strong>&nbsp;centre for interdisciplinary Legal Studies research and teaching in North America! No other university in North America has as many full-time professors engaged in researching and teaching in the field of Legal Studies. Our department has more than 35 full-time professors, including award-winning&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/research-grants-and-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">researchers<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/teaching-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teachers<\/a>, who engage in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in a number of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/research\/faculty-research-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fields<\/a>. Many courses in our department are taught by practitioners, including lawyers working in private practice, government departments and non-governmental organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer a variety of activities outside the classroom. Our department hosts a wide range of academic and networking events that include speakers from around the world. Our student association also organizes a number of activities, including social events and the annual Capital Cup Mooting competition. And don\u2019t forget the benefits of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/our-capital-advantage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our capital advantage<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/award-winning-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">award-winning students<\/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        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Undergraduate Programs\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    We offer a choice of\u00a0four undergraduate degree programs, over\u00a075 courses\u00a0in law,\u00a0co-op\u00a0options, internship courses and access to research and study opportunities unique to Carleton University and Canada\u2019s capital city\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/admissions.carleton.ca\/programs\/law-ba\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Apply now\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container 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These innovative programs explore the dynamic interaction between law and society nationally, transnationally and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located in the national capital, on unceded Algonquin territory, we are Canada\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>oldest and largest<\/strong>&nbsp;undergraduate program in Legal Studies, and the&nbsp;<strong>first<\/strong>&nbsp;University in Canada to offer a MA in Legal Studies and the second to offer a PhD. Learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our history<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"hear-more-about-our-many-areas-of-research-amongst-our-faculty\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hear more about our many areas of research amongst our faculty!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our teaching staff possess a number of research area strengths. A full list of subject areas can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/research\/faculty-research-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faculty Research Areas<\/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    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" 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