Law and Society Association

This year, LSA has provided $265,000 in grant funding to scholars advancing law and society research across the globe. Your gift to the LSA Advancement Fund will help us continue to support member-initiated programming. bit.ly/LSAGiving

#GivingTuesday2026 #LSAGrants #LawAndSociety

Early registration is now open for the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting in San Francisco! Get your tickets by December 16, 2025 for the best rates! bit.ly/LSA26Register

#LSASF2026 #LSAAnnualMeeting #LawAndSociety

ICYMI: "For professionals and students, joining LSA is a great way to meet colleagues who care about policy questions, mentorship, and building community around a host of sociolegal issues."

Mid-Atlantic Law & Society Association Revived with One-Day Conference - Law and Society Association The Mid-Atlantic Law and Society Association MALSA has returned with a conference at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

With support from the LSA Advance Grant and the Consortium for Undergraduate Law and Justice Programs, the Mid-Atlantic Law and Society Association (MALSA) was able to hold its first conference in nearly ten years! @ramapocollegenj.bsky.social

Learn more: bit.ly/MALSA25

#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety

LSA Members: Nominations are now open for the LSA 2026 Annual Awards! Submit your nominations here by January 14, 2026: bit.ly/LSAAwards26

#LSAAwards #LawAndSociety

ICYMI: “LSA can bridge divides between the academy and the policy world, methodological approaches, theoretical traditions, and generations of scholars and practitioners.”

Submissions are still open for the Second International Conference of Critical Legal Geography at @udeconcepcion.bsky.social on 17-20 March 2026! Proposals are due November 20, 2025.

Learn more here: bit.ly/CLG2026

#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety

Congrats LSA Class of 2028 Board of Trustees!

@monicacbell.bsky.social, @yale.edu
@meeradeo.bsky.social, Southwestern
Howard Erlanger, @law.wisc.edu
Jonathan Liljeblad, ANU
@qianliuedu.bsky.social, @ucalgary.bsky.social
OTA Shozo, Meiji Uni
Mary Rose, UTAustin
@mwyarbrough.bsky.social, CUNY

Reminder: Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop Applications are due November 13th! Click here to apply: bit.ly/GSECW26

#LawAndSociety #LSA2026SanFrancisco #AcademicMentors

#LSAMembers! Want to share your scholarship with non-academic audiences? Scan the QR code below to apply by Nov. 17th for the LSA Talks! Public Scholarship Program, hosted with Emory University’s Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement!

#CallForApplications

Our member spotlight for November is Susan Bibler Coutin, @ucisocialecology.bsky.social professor and author of On the Record: Papers, Immigration, and Legal Advocacy. (@ucpress.bsky.social)

Learn more about her career studying immigration, culture, and Central America here: bit.ly/LSABiblerCoutin

Don't panic, but submissions for the 2026 #LSA Annual Meeting in Chicago are due WEDNESDAY, 10/29 at 5pm ET. We
look forward to reviewing your paper and session proposals!
Submission Link (LSA Login Required): bit.ly/LSA2601
#LSA2025 #CfP #LegalScholars

Ruh roh…what if I can’t get my LSA 2026 proposals submitted on time? Wait—I still have four more days! Phew!

The #LSA2026 Annual Meeting submission deadline is coming up in four days! Click the link below to submit your proposal by Tuesday, October 28th, 5pm ET.
bit.ly/LSA2601 (LSA Login Required)
#CfP #LawAndSociety #LegalScholars

It's that time of year again! LSA memberships for 2026 are now available!

Check out our membership benefits for a refresher on how #LSA membership supports your intellectual goals and objectives: www.lawandsociety.org/why-join-lsa/

#LawAndSociety #AcademicCommunity

LSA Talks! Public Scholarship Program Accepting Applications - Law and Society Association LSA Talks! Public Scholarship Academy applications are open, with support from the Emory University Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement.

#LawAndSociety scholars: do you want your research to meaningfully impact society? Apply now for the LSA Talks! Public Scholarship Academy to learn how you can bridge the gap between scholarly research and public discourse.

Learn more: bit.ly/LSATalks

@emoryuniversity.bsky.social

Great news: we are extending the deadline to submit papers and sessions proposals for the LSA 2026 Annual Meeting in San Francisco! You now have until October 28, 2025 at 5pm EST.

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

#CallForPapers #LSASF2026

ICYMI: "The cross-disciplinary intellectual community of LSA keeps me coming back every year...being part of the LSA community sharpens my research on law, making it more precise, insightful, and impactful."

ICYMI: “…CRN 40 originally had the unwieldy task of justifying its own existence amongst fellow law and society scholars yet to develop the habit of identifying the “disability angle” inherent to most research areas.”

Are you a grad student/early career scholar of the social sciences, humanities, or law? If so, the #LSA2026 Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop is for you!

Apply by 11.13.25 for this unique networking + professional development event. bit.ly/GSECW26
#LawAndSociety

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

#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety

#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!

bit.ly/LSAStudentFellows

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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Find submission requirements here: bit.ly/LSASF2026

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

#CallForPapers #LSASF2026