SIPLAB
Social (In)justice and Punishment Lab
Social (In)justice and Punishment Lab
Research team based at the University of Montreal, focusing on the practices and perspectives of marginalized people in conflict with the law, and of socio-legal actors who work with them
Lab News
Summer Academy
Our team attended a summer academy hosted by the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
Meritxell Abellan-Almenara has presented at the Law & Society Association 2024 meeting in Denver.
Meritxell Abellan-Almenara presented a paper about collateral consequences of a criminal conviction and criminal defence lawyers' duty to provide effective legal assistance.
Cecília Batista has presented at the Law & Society Association 2024 meeting in Denver.
Cecília Batista presented a paper about the practice of criminal defence lawyers representing marginalized individuals in non-urban Canada.
Latest Publications
Drug Treatment Court : Perspectives and Practices of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Conference2024‘We’re In the Trenches Here’: Criminal Defense Work with Marginalized Clients in Rural and Northern Canada
Conference2024(Dis)advantage, Collateral Consequences and the Right to Effective Legal Assistance
Conference2024