Cecília Batista and Meritxel Abellan-Almenara were awarded the academic merit scholarship by the Université de Montréal (ESP).

This scholarship aims to recognize graduate students' research and academic merit.

Meritxel Abellan-Almenara was awarded the community engagement scholarship by the Arts and Sciences Faculty of the Université de Montréal.

This scholarship aims to recognize students significant volunteer work to help the community.

In January 2024, Cecília Batista presented at the webinar promoted by the Observatoire des profilages titled "Rendre visible les processus discriminatoires : Le cas des femmes noires, des autochtones et des travailleureuses du sexe".

She discussed preliminary results from her master's thesis and delved into the practices of criminal defence lawyers representing indigenous clients in Ontario. Her research draws from the lab's project "Criminal defence lawyers and the representation of marginalized clients in Ontario and Québec".

In January 2024, Nicolas Spallanzani-Sarrasin presented at an event promoted by the Société de Criminologie du Québec.

He was part of a round table titled 'Solutions to Judicialization: Reflections and Practices.' Nicolas presented the results from his master's thesis, which drew from the lab's project 'Criminal Defence Lawyers and the Representation of Marginalized Clients in Ontario and Québec.'

Cecília Batista was awarded the academic merit scholarship for master's students members of the Public Law Research Centre of the Université de Montréal.

This scholarship aims to recognize the quality and relevance of students' research and academic merit.

Camille Robin joins the lab!

She is a master's student in Criminology at the Université de Montréal. Her master's thesis will focus on the work of defense lawyers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her research will draw from the large-scale lab project "Criminal defence lawyers and the representation of marginalized clients in Ontario and Québec".

Biennially, the Criminologie journal hosts two prestigious awards - the best student-authored paper and the best researcher-authored paper.

Marianne Quirouette, Nicolas Spallanzani-Sarrasin and Karl Beaulieu have been honored with the esteemed Denis-Szabo Award for their exceptional contribution to the journal Criminologie for their researcher-authored paper titled: Gestion punitive de l’itinérance durant la pandémie : défis et stratègies des intervenant·e·s de premiére ligne à Montréal.

Nicolas Spallanzani-Sarrasin was awarded the academic merit scholarship Édouard Montpetit through the ESP Merit Scholarships competition.

This scholarship aims to recognize the quality of the students in the Social Sciences sector of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

In September 2023, Nicolas Spallanzani-Sarrasin presented at the European Society of Criminology (ESC) conference in Florence, Italy.

His first presentation was titled: “Justice for Marginalized Accused: Managerial and Therapeutic Practices in Criminal”. A paper is currently being written by him, alongside Marianne Quirouette and Cecília Batista.

His second presentation was titled: “Consideration of Homelessness in Canadian Criminal Courts”. This presentation is linked to Nicolas' master's dissertation.

Both of them draw from the extensive body of work within the overarching Lab project, "Criminal defence lawyers and the representation of marginalized clients in Ontario and Québec".