The Division of Justice and Law Administration (JLA), a unit of the Ancell School of Business, has offered an acclaimed Bachelor of Science degree since 1976.
With options in legal studies, paralegal studies, law enforcement, corrections, and criminology, the JLA program is home to over 500 majors and teaches up to 2,000 students per year.
In 1997, the JLA Division began its Master of Science in Justice Administration (MSJA) degree program.
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Western JLA grad becomes one of Ridgefield's finest

Under the watchful eye of Western Connecticut
State University Professor of Justice and Law
Administration and Ridgefield Police Commissioner
Dr. George Kain, Georgia Lazarides was sworn in
as a Ridgefield police officer on March 12, 2012.
Lazarides graduated from Western in 2010 with a
degree in justice and law administration.
Convocation Awards

JLA senior, Brittany Bisson, with Dean Allen Morton and Prof. Mullaney (Chair, JLA) at the May 2011 Honors convocation. Brittany received both The Ancell Dean's Award and the Justice and Law administration Award.

JLA senior, Roosevelt Jean received the T. Clrak Hull Danbury Bar Association Award at the May Honors convocation. He is pictured with Prof. Mullaney (Chair, JLA).





