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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 14h

We are grateful for support from the Africa Law and Society Network, as well as six additional sociolegal organizations, in putting together the 2027 Global Meeting on Law and Society! View our full list of co-sponsoring organizations here: bit.ly/LSA-cosponsors-2027

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

LSA Members: are you interested in getting more involved in the Association? Apply now to join one of our prize committees for the #LSAAnnualAwards! Learn more here (LSA Login Required): members.lawandsociety.org/page/PrizeCo...

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our October #MemberSpotlight is CRN 47 Co-Chair and University of Ilorin Professor Onuora-Oguno Azubike! Learn more about Professor Azubike’s work in international law, human rights, and disability rights here: bit.ly/Azubike26

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In their latest for LSR, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Sofia Donoso, and Nicolás M. Somma use Chile’s 2021-2022 Constitutional Convention to explore how anti-rights groups use constitution-making processes as opportunities to advance their agendas.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Applications are now open for the @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Center for the Study of Law and Society 2027-2028 Visiting Scholars Program! The deadline is March 2, 2027. Learn more here: csls.berkeley.edu/opportunitie...

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

ICYMI: “By centering African voices, CRN 13 honors the value of Dr. Gayoye and Professor Adelakun’s experiences in producing meaningful scholarship on Africa…Both professors use the word ‘belonging’ multiple times to describe their experiences in the CRN.”

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Profs Florian Grisel (Uni of Strasbourg) and Mark Massoud (@ucsantacruz.bsky.social) are accepting abstracts for “The Origins of Law: A Law and Society Workshop,” to occur during the Global Meeting on Law and Society in Hong Kong (June 22 – 26, 2027)! Learn more: bit.ly/Origins2027

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The Origins of Law: A Law and Society Workshop (24-25 June 2027)

Call for Abstracts With the support of the Law and Society Association Advance Grant Program, we announce a two-day workshop exploring the emergence of law. We invite empirically grounded and theoret...

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Submissions are now open for LSA’s 2027 Global Meeting on Law and Society! Send in your proposals by Oct 27, 2026. Theme: Law in Motion: Reimagining Mobility, Boundaries, and Belonging Learn More Here: bit.ly/LSAHK2027 #CallForPapers #GlobalLawSociety2027

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"As the global hub for socio-legal studies, LSA is not only essential for building your academic network, but it also offers a space to push the field forward with new ideas. The Collaborative Research Networks are fantastic entry points for those joining LSA."

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Our September #MemberSpotlight is CRN 3 Co-Chair and @unileiden.bsky.social Law Professor Matthew Canfield! Learn more about Professor Canfield’s work in #TransnationalLaw and #FoodSecurity here: bit.ly/Canfield26

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

For our latest #CRNSpotlight, we spoke with Olanike Adelakun (Lead City University) and Martha Gayoye (Keele University), who co-chair CRN 13: African Law and Society alongside Nkatha Kabira (University of Nairobi)! bit.ly/CRN13Spotlight

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In their latest for LSR, Vanessa Barker and Ryan Switzer show how far-right movements invoke democratic values to advance restrictive agendas by analyzing the 2020-2023 Quran burnings, the recent Tidö Agreement reforms, and similar events faced by the Swedish polity.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

REMINDER: Michele Bratcher Goodwin Fellowship in Law and Society applications are due in less than a week! Grad students should apply now for the chance to gain conference planning experience and expand their sociolegal networks. #LawAndSociety #LSAStudentFellows

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

ICYMI: “Through [LSA], I have co-founded two Collaborative Research Networks…[that] have enabled me to develop sustained scholarly programming, foster interdisciplinary dialogue, + build communities of scholars committed to advancing research and teaching on race, law, + empire.”

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The @acls1919.bsky.social is accepting applications for their Summer Institute for the Study of East, Central, and Southeastern Europe! Apply for this two-week residency in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria by October 28: bit.ly/ACLS26

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Summer Institute for the Study of East Central and Southeastern Europe

SISECSE gives humanities scholars time to research in a collaborative and interdisciplinary setting in Bulgaria.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Our August #MemberSpotlight is CRN 26 and 58 Co-Chair and @cunylaw.bsky.social Professor @profhuq.bsky.social! Learn more about Professor Huq’s career studying transnational labor, coloniality and law here: bit.ly/Huq26

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Heba M. Khalil’s latest for @lawsocietyreview.bsky.social explores how rights selectivism, repressive legalism, and appeals to majoritarianism are deployed to challenge gender and sexuality rights in Egypt and Tunisia.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Grad students! Applications are now open for the Michele Bratcher Goodwin Fellowship in Law and Society. Fellows will assist with LSA Annual Meeting planning while receiving mentorship from established scholars in the field. Learn more: bit.ly/LSAStudentFellows26

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Call for Applications: Michele Bratcher Goodwin Fellowship in Law and Society - Law and Society Association

The 2026 International Conference of Critical Legal Geography, with LSA Advance Grant funding, took place at the Universidad de Concepcion.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We are thrilled to share that former LSA President and 2026 Ronald Pipkin Service Awardee @lbthatsme.bsky.social (Northwestern University) has been appointed to serve as the new @abfresearch.bsky.social Executive Director!

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

“While other political positions understand rights as universal and inherent to human dignity, right-wing mobilization views rights as conditional upon individual worth and deservingness (Castro Rea 2018).” - LSR 60.2 intro by Simón Escoffier, Leigh A. Payne, and Gabriel Pereira

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

LSR 60(2) is out now! The “Special Issue on the Right Against Rights” explores how rights are constructed, contested, and reconfigured as right-wing legal mobilization grows across the globe. bit.ly/LSRJul26 @lawsocietyreview.bsky.social @cambup-law.cambridge.org

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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 · 09/07/2026

ICYMI: "For students, being part of LSA helps them learn a lot more than what can be covered in the classroom. It also gives them a template of what types of academic they can be while providing them with a great networking opportunity for career development."

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Registration is open for the 2026 Northeast Law and Society Retreat at @umassamherst.bsky.social on October 2, sponsored in part by LSA! #LawAndSociety scholars in the New England area are encouraged to attend. Learn more: bit.ly/NELSA26

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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Call for Applications: Michele Bratcher Goodwin Fellowship in Law and Society - Law and Society Association

The 2026 International Conference of Critical Legal Geography, with LSA Advance Grant funding, took place at the Universidad de Concepcion.

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Our July #MemberSpotlight is CRN 58 Co-Chair and University of Bristol School of Law Professor @folukeifejola.bsky.social! Learn more about Professor Adebisi’s career studying legal education and decolonisation here: bit.ly/LSAAdebisi26

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It’s always nice meeting new and old friends at the LSA Annual Meetings! #LSASF2026 #AcademicCommunity #LawAndSociety

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Registration is open for the 7th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs on August 3-5, 2026! Learn more here: bit.ly/4uUVfte

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7th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality

Learn more about the 7th World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality hosted by the Humphrey School of Public Affairs

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

ICYMI: “LSA is where I can be all the things—an anthropologist, a legal scholar, someone who studies work law, constitutional law, religious freedom, higher education—everything. The Association’s “big tent” approach to scholarship is rare and valuable...”

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Our June #MemberSpotlight is former LSA Board Trustee and @emorylaw.bsky.social Professor Deepa Das Acevedo! Learn more about Professor Das Acevedo’s career studying employment law and the law and politics of India here: bit.ly/3QpdoRz

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Congrats to Bernadette Atuahene of @uscgould.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 Herbert Jacob Book Prize - Honorable Mention for Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Congrats to Ed Cornelius of University of Minnesota for winning LSA’s 2026 Dissertation Prize – Honorable Mention for “Car Wash Legacies: Lawyers, Globalization, and the Restructuring of the Brazilian Penal Field”! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Congrats to Meghan Ballard of @rand.org for winning LSA’s 2026 Dissertation Prize – Honorable Mention for “Language Access in State Courts: The Bureaucratic Interpretation, Organizational Construction, and Local Implementation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964”! bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to @lbthatsme.bsky.social of Northwestern University and @abfresearch.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 Ronald Pipkin Service Award! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to Susan Bibler Coutin of @ucisocialecology.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 Stan Wheeler Mentorship Award! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to Joseph Sanders of @uh.edu for winning LSA’s 2026 Harry J. Kalven, Jr. Prize! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to Dee Smythe of University of Cape Town for winning LSA’s 2026 International Prize! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to Levi Garrett Cannon of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 Undergraduate Student Paper Prize for “Defining Custody Resolution: How Parent Coordinators Construct Family Law”! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to Juhwan Seo of @rutgersu.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 Graduate Student Paper Prize for “Not the ‘Love Police’? How Lawyers Shape Immigrant Families”! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to Dr. Shruti Iyer of @cam.ac.uk for winning LSA’s 2026 Dissertation Prize for “Silicosis and the State: Valuing Life and Labour in Contemporary India”! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to Alice Abrokwa of @uvalaw.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 John Hope Franklin Prize for “Too Stubborn to Care For: The Impacts of Discrimination on Patient Noncompliance”! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to @gillianslee.bsky.social of @universityofga.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 Article Prize for “Home but not free: Rule-breaking, withdrawal, and dignity in reentry”! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to @serenamayeri.bsky.social of @penncareylaw.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 James Willard Hurst Book Prize for Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law! @yalepress.bsky.social View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to @joesoss.bsky.social and @joshpage.bsky.social of @umncla.bsky.social, @univofminnesota.bsky.social for winning LSA’s 2026 Herbert Jacob Book Prize for Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice! @uchicagopress.bsky.social View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We are excited to celebrate our #LSA2026 Annual Award Winners this evening! #LSASF2026 #LawAndSociety View the full list of winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This time next week we'll be in San Francisco! We look forward to fellowship with our #AcademicCommunity #LSASF2026 #LawAndSociety

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 LSA Award winners! #LawAndSociety #LSASF2026 View our full list of winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2026

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

ICYMI: “LSA…is simply part of my core social identity as an academic. Every year it seems I meet…the kind of person I want to listen to and learn from because they are so smart; but also, they are the kind of people you want to be friends with.”

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Law and Society Association @lawandsociety.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

LSA 2026 attendees! CRN 6’s annual Day of Dialogue will be May 27, 1pm – 4pm. DoD invites local sex work orgs to educate scholars on best practices for effectively and ethically studying their populations. More details are available in our Program Book!

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