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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 23h

Congratulations to LSA’s 2025 Advance Grant Winners! Learn more about their upcoming projects here: bit.ly/2026Grants

#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 1d

#LawAndSociety graduate students: have you submitted your applications for the LSA Student Fellows Program yet? Apply by this Thursday, October 9th for an opportunity to gain valuable conference planning experience and mentorship from seasoned #Sociolegal scholars!

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 5d

Our member spotlight for October is new LSA Secretary and @utoronto.ca Professor Ellen Berrey! Learn more about her work on #RacialInequality, #CampusProtests, and cultural meanings of law here: bit.ly/LSABerrey

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 7d

For our latest #CRNSpotlight, we spoke with @dorfmandoron.bsky.social (Seton Hall Law School), who co-chairs CRN 40: Disability Legal Studies alongside @odeliabay.bsky.social (York University, Osgoode Hall Law School).

Read here! bit.ly/CRN40Spotlight

#DisabilityRights #LawAndSociety

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 11d

What are “closeted” cause lawyers, and what is their relationship to #RuleOfLaw? Check out the latest LSR issue to learn more! bit.ly/LSRSep25

@kieranmcevoy.bsky.social
@batesmith.bsky.social

Current LSR Issue | Law & Society Association

The Law & Society Review is LSA’s flagship quarterly law journal. Browse the articles in the current LSR issue here.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 15d

LSA Members—we want to hear your exciting news!

Whether it’s a new publication, award, job change, call for papers, publishing opportunity, or job opening—send it our way and we’ll feature it in our monthly newsletter: bit.ly/LSAMemberNews

#LawAndSociety #AcademicCommunity

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 19d

Have you developed your paper or session idea for the LSA 2026 Annual Meeting yet? Submissions close on October 21, 2025!

Theme: Sanctuary

Submission requirements: bit.ly/LSASF2026

Submit here (LSA Login Required): bit.ly/LSA2601

#CallForPapers #LSASF2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 21d

ICYMI: “…even ostensibly similar countries can have wildly different lay participation systems…By creating a respectful space for exploring these differences, CRN 4 has become a resource, not just for scholars, but for governments around the globe.”

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Sep 5

For our latest CRN Spotlight, we interviewed the co-chairs of CRN 4: Lay Participation in Legal Systems: @cornelllaw.bsky.social Prof Valerie Hans (@jurygirl.bsky.social), UT Austin Prof Mary Rose, and Michigan State University Prof Sanja Kutnjak Ivković.

Read here! bit.ly/CRN4Spotlight

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 25d

ICYMI: Learn more about Professor Shah's career studying migration studies and immigrant justice!

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our member spotlight for September is @raginishah.bsky.social, Suffolk University Law School professor and author of Constructed Movements: Extraction and Resistance in Mexican Migrant Communities!

Learn more about her career studying #ImmigrationJustice here: bit.ly/LSAShah

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Sep 5

For our latest CRN Spotlight, we interviewed the co-chairs of CRN 4: Lay Participation in Legal Systems: @cornelllaw.bsky.social Prof Valerie Hans (@jurygirl.bsky.social), UT Austin Prof Mary Rose, and Michigan State University Prof Sanja Kutnjak Ivković.

Read here! bit.ly/CRN4Spotlight

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Sep 2

It’s official: LSA is accepting paper & session proposals for the 2026 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA!

Theme: Sanctuary

Find submission requirements here: bit.ly/LSASF2026

Submit here (LSA Login Required): bit.ly/LSA2601

#CallForPapers #LSASF2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our member spotlight for September is @raginishah.bsky.social, Suffolk University Law School professor and author of Constructed Movements: Extraction and Resistance in Mexican Migrant Communities!

Learn more about her career studying #ImmigrationJustice here: bit.ly/LSAShah

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 27

LSR Volume 59 Number 3 is out now! Learn more about cause lawyering in Cambodia, legal mobilization for workplace harassment in China, “Academic Copaganda,” and more here: bit.ly/LSRSep25

@cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social

Current LSR Issue | Law & Society Association

The Law & Society Review is LSA’s flagship quarterly law journal. Browse the articles in the current LSR issue here.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 25

LSA Past President @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social (@georgetownlaw.bsky.social) spoke at the Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop on May 21, 2025 in Chicago. Watch the video to learn more about personal integrity in #AcademicCareers: bit.ly/3HCQ1Q9

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 22

ICYMI: “Many [Chilean law and society] scholars couldn’t maintain their research agenda under the dictatorship…many were exiled, and they were unable to foster the field from abroad.”

bit.ly/ChileLSA25

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 7

Pinochet’s regime silenced Chile’s emerging #LawAndSociety field. 50 years later, LSA grantees João Vitor Cardoso and Salvador Millaleo are reclaiming and restoring Chile’s rich tradition of #Sociolegal scholarship.

Learn more: bit.ly/ChileLSA25

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 19

Watch “Building the Disciplines with Law & Society” from LSA2025 here! bit.ly/lsa25build

Mark Massoud @ucsantacruz.bsky.social
Asad Asad @stanfordsoc.bsky.social
Lynette Chua
Renee Cramer
Jeffrey Omari @seattleulaw.bsky.social
Nurfadzilah Yahaya @yale.edu
Emily Zackin @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

Building the Disciplines with Law and Society - Law and Society Association

UC Santa Cruz Professor Mark Fathi Massoud led a panel, Building the Disciplines with Law and Society, at the LSA 2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 15

ICYMI: Learn more about President Barnes's career studying #LawAndInequality and #CRT!

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our August member spotlight is none other than new #LSA President Mario L. Barnes! (@ucirvinelaw.bsky.social‬)

Learn more about Professor Barnes here: bit.ly/LSABarnes

#LawAndSociety #CriticalRaceTheory #AcademicCommunity

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 13

An excerpt of @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Professor @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social’s 2025 LSA Presidential Address is now available online!

Watch an excerpt of “To be a Citizen: What it Means to be a Person” here: bit.ly/lsa25presaddress

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 12

ICYMI: Learn more about how #LSAGrant funds are supporting the redevelopment of Chile’s #LawAndSociety field!

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 7

Pinochet’s regime silenced Chile’s emerging #LawAndSociety field. 50 years later, LSA grantees João Vitor Cardoso and Salvador Millaleo are reclaiming and restoring Chile’s rich tradition of #Sociolegal scholarship.

Learn more: bit.ly/ChileLSA25

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 7

Pinochet’s regime silenced Chile’s emerging #LawAndSociety field. 50 years later, LSA grantees João Vitor Cardoso and Salvador Millaleo are reclaiming and restoring Chile’s rich tradition of #Sociolegal scholarship.

Learn more: bit.ly/ChileLSA25

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 7

An LSR paper has won @asanews.bsky.social's 2025 “Distinguished Article Award.” Congrats Sandra Levitsky (@umichlaw.bsky.social, Jesse Yeh (Northwestern), & @elarmstr.bsky.social (@umich.edu)!

“Litigation Politics: Social Movement Activity in Campus Sexual Assault Litigation” bit.ly/4msyLM1

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our August member spotlight is none other than new #LSA President Mario L. Barnes! (@ucirvinelaw.bsky.social‬)

Learn more about Professor Barnes here: bit.ly/LSABarnes

#LawAndSociety #CriticalRaceTheory #AcademicCommunity

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Jul 31

Submissions open soon for the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA! Watch this space for more information in the coming weeks. #LSASanFrancisco2025 #LawAndSociety #AcademicCommunity

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Jul 29

ICYMI: “CRT sees racial subordination and the marginalization of other disempowered groups as foundational to how law and democracy are organized and function... In many ways, CRT is the proverbial millennial that seems forever young but, in reality, is now middle aged.”

Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Jul 1

Mario Barnes’ (@ucirvinelaw.bsky.social) and Osagie Obasogie’s (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social) ‪open access LSR article, “Introduction to the special issue on empirical methods and critical race theory,” is available now via @cambup-law.cambridge.org!

#CRT #LawAndSociety

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Introduction to the special issue on empirical methods and critical race theory | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core

Introduction to the special issue on empirical methods and critical race theory - Volume 59 Issue 2

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · Jul 25

Lily Hu and Issa Kohler-Hausmann’s recent LSR article, “What is Perceived When Race is Perceived and Why it Matters for Causal Inference and Discrimination Studies” is available via open access on @cambup-law.cambridge.org

Read it here: bit.ly/LSRHu25

What Is Perceived When Race Is Perceived and Why It Matters for Causal Inference and Discrimination Studies | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core

What Is Perceived When Race Is Perceived and Why It Matters for Causal Inference and Discrimination Studies - Volume 59 Issue 2

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