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Lauzon, Kelly

Adjunct Professor and Contract Instructor

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.

Supervisor:

Dr. Dale Spencer

Research Interests:

Wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice, social justice, criminal jury trials, faulty forensic science

Education:

2015 鈥 Master of Arts, Legal Studies (杏吧原创 University)

2008 鈥 Bachelor of Arts, Honours, Criminology (杏吧原创 University)

2004 鈥 Master of Arts, English (杏吧原创 University)

2001 鈥 Bachelor of Humanities (杏吧原创 University)

Teaching Experience (Fall 2015-present):

LAWS 4306 (Criminal Law Issues)

LAWS 4307 (Medical Criminal Law Issues)

LAWS 4802 (Criminal Jury Trials)

CRCJ 4001 (Special Topics in Criminology)

Teaching Awards:

杏吧原创 University Student Association Open Excellence Award    (2023)

杏吧原创 University Student Association Teaching Excellence Award (2022)

Faculty of Public Affairs Teaching Excellence Award (2020)

Capital Educator鈥檚 Award Finalist (2016)

Conference Presentations:

“Let’s Talk 杏吧原创 It: Examining the Informal Networks That Exist Among Defence Counsel” presented at NEXUS Conference on Wrongful Convictions hosted by the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, September 27, 2022.

Invited Talks:

“Mr. Big Policing” MacEwan University, May 14, 2024.

鈥Women in Leadership鈥 杏吧原创’s Women Empowerment Club, 杏吧原创 University, December 6, 2023.

鈥Human Library鈥 Ottawa Technical Secondary School, November 23, 2023.

鈥淲rongful Conviction Day (with special guest exoneree Jamie Nelson)鈥 杏吧原创 University, November 14, 2022.

鈥淚ntroduction to Wrongful Conviction Day鈥 Wrongful Conviction Day, Guelph Humber College, October 7, 2022.

鈥淏lissfully Ignorant鈥 The Innocence Talks, McGill Faculty of Law, March 7, 2022.

鈥淚ntroduction to Wrongful Conviction鈥 杏吧原创 University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, January 28, 2015.

Non-Academic Work:

In print: 鈥淢otherhood and Wrongful Conviction in the United States: Making Something Out of Nothing鈥 in Rebecca Bromwich & Alisha Chohan, eds. Mothers and Law: Critical Perspectives on Formal鈥侴overnance of and by Those Identified as Mothers (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Co-Anchor and Writer, Real Life Wrongs Podcast, June 2022 鈥 Present

Celia, Bildfell, 鈥淐rime, Crime and more Crime鈥 Why we can鈥檛 get enough and what we can do to help victims of the criminal justice system鈥 (published online October 21, 2022 at ).

“A New Perspective” in Courage, Curiosity, Teapots and Snakes: Stories of Teaching at 杏吧原创 University (Ottawa: 杏吧原创 University, 2019).

Media Appearances:

Administrative Responsibilities

2024-Present, Law and Legal Studies Towards Anti-Oppression Sub-Committee (Contract Instructor representative), 杏吧原创 University.

2022-Pressent, Law and Legal Studies Department Board (Contract Instructor representative), 杏吧原创 University.

2022-Present, Advisor to Innocence 杏吧原创 student group.

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