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The Law and Society Association consists of scholars from many fields and countries, researching law in social, political, economic and cultural life.
Amherst, MA
Joined February 2013
LSA mourns the loss of former President Sally Merry. Prof. Merry served as LSA President from 1993-95. She was a preeminent law & society scholar, winning both the LSA J. Willard Hurst Book Prize (2002) and Harry J. Kalven Jr. Prize (2007) for empirical scholarship.
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Congrats to @michelebgoodwin for being elected as LSA's next President! She will begin her two-year term as President following #LSA2023!
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Call for Proposals! The Law & Society Review seeks proposals for Special Issues! Deadline April 10, 2023. The editors especially welcome SI themes of current significance such as racial justice, climate change, Indigenous peoples and colonialism, disability and public health.
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Huge congratulations to Issa Kohler-Hausmann of @YaleLawSch whose Misdemeanorland (@PrincetonUPress) has been awarded the 2019 Herbert Jacob Book Prize!
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Safe travels to #Portugal everyone! Be sure to check the weather! It’s going to be hot!! But not as 🔥🔥🔥🔥 as these sessions will be! . See you in #Lisbon! #Lisbon2022 .
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LSA mourns the loss of former president Lauren Edelman. Laurie was a fixture in the Law and Society community and her loss is deeply felt by many.
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Congrats to @kelley_fong of @ucisocsci for winning LSA’s 2024 Herbert Jacob Book Prize for Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services!. Our #LSA2024 Award Ceremony is Thurs, June 6, 4:45-6:30pm. View all winners here!
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Delighted to announce that Rohit De's 'A People’s Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic' (@PrincetonUPress) is co-winner of the 2019 J. Willard Hurst Book Prize! Congratulations, @itihaasnaama! @Yale
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It's Official!. We're heading to to Lisbon, Portugal, for our #2022 Annual Meeting from July 13-16. The conference will be held at @ISCTEIUL! . See you there next year! 😎. #HelloLisboa #LSA2022
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On this final day of #Lisbon2022, we are grateful to all the Committees, Co-Sponsoring Organizations, Institutional Hosts and Supports, and the many session chairs who helped make this historic event happen! We could not have done this without your commitment and support! 👏.
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🚨Call for Papers!🚨. Global Meeting on Law and Society! . #Lisbon2022 #GlobalLawSociety #CallforSubmissions. Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy. Deadline 📅: November 10, 2021. The Call: Submit: 2022 Website:
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We are pleased to announce that @dee_smythe (@UctLaw) will serve as #LSA’s inaugural Coordinator of Global Activities! The CGA is a newly-created position designed to bolster our commitment to expanding international collaboration. Full Release:
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Once again, thanks to everyone who made #Lisbon2022 another successful & Intellectually-engaging conference! . See you next year at #LSA2023 in #SanJuan, #PuertoRico!
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LSA is pleased to announce that Katharina Heyer, Ashley Rubin, and Shauhin Talesh have been selected as the new incoming editors of the Law & Society Review.
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CALL FOR PAPERS! The Law & Society Review, under Special Editors Osagie Obasagie and Mario Barnes, is soliciting titles and abstracts for a Special Issue on Empirical Critical Race Theory by May 15.
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LSA Dissertation Prize | 🏆. Congrats to @EmilyAPrifogle of @UMichLaw! @womenknowlaw . #LSA2020 Awards. 📝➡
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Law and Humanities Junior Scholars Workshop Call for Papers! .Workshop will be held at Penn Law School in Philadelphia, PA, on June 2 and 3, 2019. Submissions will be accepted until Dec. 1, 2018
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On this final day of #LSA2021, we would like to thank our Program Chairs @Alex_Huneeus (@WisconsinLaw) & @tomginsburg (@UChicagoLaw) 👏
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Herbert Jacob Book Prize | 🏆. Congrats to @reubenjmiller of @UChicagoCrown! @ABFResearch @Littlebrown. 📝➡
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🚨Open Access until July 31🚨. "The Price of Civil Rights: Black Lives, White Funding, and Movement Capture". By: @meganfrancis of @UW & @Kennedy_School. ✅ Most viewed LSR Article in 2019.✅ Most Downloads since 2003. 📝➡
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ICYMI: We will be in Lisbon, Portugal for #LSA2022! . We hope to see you there!.
It's Official!. We're heading to to Lisbon, Portugal, for our #2022 Annual Meeting from July 13-16. The conference will be held at @ISCTEIUL! . See you there next year! 😎. #HelloLisboa #LSA2022
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We are thrilled to welcome 2,300 attendees, representing 56 countries, totaling more than 500 engaging sessions from June 1-4.
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We are so happy to congratulate Michael W. Yarbrough @mwyarbrough of @JohnJayCollege, the recipient of the 2019 Article Prize! Check out the winning piece "Very Long Engagements: The Persistent Authority of Bridewealth in a Post‐Apartheid South African Community" in @LSI_Journal.
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#𝐋𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 |. Be on the lookout for our official "Submissions Open" announcement in the coming weeks! . In the meantime, head to to learn more about this year's theme: "Rule and Resistance." . See you in Denver. .
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Who's Ready for Day 2⃣? #Lisbon2022 . Over 4,500 attendees, representing 100 different countries 🌎 and totaling nearly 1,000 engaging sessions! . Let's do this! #RageReckoningRemedy.
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"Citizenship does not guarantee access to rights. Latinx US citizens in mixed-status families are often blocked from resources to which they have legal rights." - @AbregoLeisy . 📝: #LSASociolegalFinding
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Congratulations to @ProfLBNielsen of @ABFresearch & @NULegalStudies for becoming #LSA's 32nd president in 2021! Nielsen will start her term following the conclusion of #LSA2021. Read More➡
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We are happy to announce childcare grants of up to $300 to assist Annual Meeting participants who current LSA members attending the conference in-person and bringing young children or who incur extra expenses in leaving them at home.
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@macfound Congratulations to LSA members Jennifer Carlson @jdawncarlson and Reuben Miller @reubenjmiller for their well deserved @macfound MacArthur "genius" awards! @macfound @law_soc #genius #MacFellow.
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On this final day of #LSA2020, we are grateful to the Program Committee and the many session chairs who helped make our first virtual conference a success! We also would like to thank our attendees! We could not have done this without your commitment and support! 👏👏.
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Congrats to @law_soc new class of Trustees! @saharazizlaw @sarahlageson @Liz_Chiarello @KamMClarke @inGerri
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Thank you to all who attended #LSA2024!. Special thanks to program co-chairs Bethany Berger & Seth Davis, @michelebgoodwin and the LSA Exec Board, @DenverHyatt staff, and all others who made this event a success. Stay tuned for awards, plenary, & 60th anniversary highlights!
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The Law and Society Association is hosting a workshop on qualitative coding and analysis using Atlas.ti taught by Prof. @daniellerudes (Sam Houston State University). This virtual workshop will be held over Zoom on February 9th and 10th from 1 to 5 p.m. EST.
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We would like to recognize Professors #EveDarianSmith (@UCILaw), @dee_smythe (@UctLaw), #ManuelGomez (@fiulaw) & #DaveTrubek (@WisconsinLaw) for writing the grant proposal and serving as Principal Investigators! Thanks for your commitment and service to the Association!.
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Congratulations to @ProfAtuahene of @USCGouldLaw for winning LSA’s 2024 Article Prize for “A Theory of Stategraft.”. Our #LSA2024 Annual Meeting Award Ceremony is Thursday, June 6, 4:45-6:30pm. View our full list of winners here!
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On this final day of #LSA2021, we are grateful to the Program Committee and the many session chairs who helped make our second and largest virtual conference a success! We also would like to thank our attendees! We could not have done this without your commitment and support! 👏.
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More exciting news: Kimberly Welch's (@VanderbiltU) book "Black Litigants in the Antebellum American South" (@uncpressblog) is co-winner of the 2019 J. Willard Hurst Prize! Congratulations!. All winners will be recognized at the ceremony, Thurs, 5/30, 4:45 (see program!) #LSADC19
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J. Willard Hurst Book Prize | 🏆. Congrats to @sfcdaly of @DukeAAAS! @CambridgeUP. #LSA2021 Awards. 📝➡
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🚨Call for Submissions!🚨. Submissions are now open for #LSA2021! . "Crisis, Healing, and Re-imagining". Deadline for Submissions: Dec. 31, 2020. More Info➡Submission Site➡ #CallForSubmissions
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🚨#LSA2022 Update!🚨. Theme Announced! . Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy. We hope to see you at our 7th Global Meeting on Law and Society! #LSALisbon2022 . @michelebgoodwin @dee_smythe #PierreGuibentif. 📝Read More➡
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We can't wait to see everyone in DC next week! Don't forget to browse/download the online program (now available as a pdf), and download our mobile app to get all updates as they are released! .
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We have a new look! 😎. We are excited to announce the launch of our #newwebsite! 🚀. Check it out➡
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: In celebration and remembrance of the many contributions to our field of the late Lauren B. Edelman, Law & Society Review invites short essays describing her impact as a scholar, teacher, mentor, leader or friend.
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Open Access!. Deepa Das Acevedo of @UALawSchool and @AnnaOffit of @SMULawSchool have coordinated a Virtual Special Issue that celebrates anthropological studies of law. These LSR articles will be available through the end of September. @WileyGlobal. 📚➡
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A HUGE shout-out to the 2022 Global Meeting Program Chairs!. @michelebgoodwin @dee_smythe #PierreGuibentif. Thank you for your commitment and support! #Lisbon2022
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Congratulations to @ariezrawaldman of @ucilaw for winning LSA’s 2024 Article Prize for “Gender Data in the Automated Administrative State.”. Our #LSA2024 Annual Meeting Award Ceremony is Thursday, June 6, 4:45-6:30pm. View our full list of winners here!
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It's the final day of #Lisbon2022 😢. Plenty of exciting sessions scheduled throughout the day! . We hope you have enjoyed this historic event! Let us know your favorite part of #RageReckoningRemedy!.
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Now accepting submissions for the 2022 Global Meeting on Law & Society! #callforpapers . Theme: Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy. Submissions Instructions, FAQs, hybrid format, and more! All linked below!. The Call: 2022 Website:
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Congrats to all the 2021 Honorable Mention selections! . @DeborahNArcher (@nyulaw).@inGerri (@DELawSchool).@durbakatha (@Harvard).@Sarah_Brayne (@UTAustin).@sarahlageson (@rutgersSCJ). #LSA2021 Awards . 📝➡
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We welcome the 5⃣0⃣ selected Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop participants today! . Please share your experience using our hashtag: #LSA2020! . @ProfMassoud @dee_smythe
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We had over 180 in attendance at this final session of #LSA2020. Thanks to all the speakers and #LSA President Penelope Andrews for organizing this important Plenary and making it happen.
LIVE NOW. We invite you to attend a newly added Roundtable Discussion:. "Cry the Beloved Country: .George Floyd and America's Continuing Racial Tragedy". #LSA2020. 📽➡
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🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨. The deadline for the 2022 Global Meeting on Law & Society's #callforpapers has been extended to Nov. 22, 2021! 📅. Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy. #Lisbon2022. 📝: Submit: 2022 Website:
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Law & Soc members! Remember to tag us in your L&S posts and we'll boost your signal. We want to hear about your research, teaching, and other accomplishments!.
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Stan Wheeler Mentorship Award | 🏆🏆. A @UCT_news duo made LSA history in jointly earning the Stan Wheeler Mentorship Award!. Congrats to Professors @dee_smythe and @KelleyMoult! . #LSA2020 Awards. 📝➡
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Congrats to Heinz Klug, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law at Wisconsin Law and LSA Program Committee Co-Chair, for winning the Lubar research chair to study constitution making in post-colonial Africa! Way to go, Heinz! @wisconsinlaw .
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We're sad we have to cancel our in-person 2020 Annual Meeting. But we hope you will join us virtually. Keep an eye out for details about #LSA’s first ever virtual conference!. #LSA2020 #LSAGoesVirtual2020 #VirtualConferencing. 📝➡
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Be sure to check out the official #LSA2021 PDF Program! Less than 24 hours away from our second and largest #VirtualConference!. See you soon!. PDF Program➡
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Graduate Student Paper Prize | 🏆. Congrats to @nafayc of @Catz_Cambridge & @Harvard_Law!. @AISS_Afg. #LSA2021 Awards. 📝➡
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LSA President Penelope Andrews (@NYLawSchool) ends her term today. We would like to thank President Andrews for her tremendous service, dedication and commitment to the Association! She will continue to serve as Past President over this next year! . Thank You Penny! 👏
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Our Call for Papers for the 7th Global Meeting on Law & Society went out last week! . Have a question about submissions or the hybrid format? Be sure to visit our FAQs page! . #Lisbon2022 #GlobalLawSociety #CallforSubmissions. ❓❓❓➡
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In celebration and remembrance of the many contributions to our field of the late Sally Engle Merry, 𝑳𝒂𝒘 & 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 invites short essays describing her impact as a scholar, teacher, mentor, leader or friend. Read More➡
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J. Willard Hurst Book Prize | 🏆. Congrats to Gregory Ablavsky of @StanfordLaw! @OxUniPress. 📝➡
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Reminder!. Submissions Instructions, FAQs, hybrid format, and more! All linked below!. The 2022 Global Meeting on Law & Society's #callforpapers is currently underway! #GlobalLawSociety. Deadline: Nov. 10. The Call: 2022 Website:
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Submissions are due in 3 weeks! . The 2022 Global Meeting on Law & Society's #callforpapers is currently underway! #GlobalLawSociety. Deadline: Nov. 10. The Call: 2022 Website:
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Congrats to #LSA Executive Officer Steve Boutcher and fellow members Carole Silver (@NorthwesternLaw) & @ssballakrishnen (@UCILaw) for being part of a team that was awarded a $500,000 @NSF grant to fund research examining diversity and networking in law school!.
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LSA member @gouldjonb (@ASUCrimJustice) has won the @WSCriminology Paul Tappan Award for outstanding contributions to the field of criminology! 🏆🏆. Congrats Jon!
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We welcome all the selected Graduate Student & Early Career Workshop participants today! . “Finding Your Footing, Building Your Standing, & Challenging What’s Expected” . Please share your experience using our hashtag: #Lisbon2022
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Program Chairs: . @Alex_Huneeus of @WisconsinLaw & @tomginsburg of @UChicagoLaw. "A conference focused on crisis foregrounds the present, but it also looks to the past and to the future with the themes of healing and re-imagining." #LSA2021. Read more ⬇.
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Congratulations to our very own LSA "genius" Rebecca Sandefur! Becky was awarded a 2018 MacArthur Foundation award! Way to go! #MacFellow.
#MacFellow Rebecca Sandefur of @Illinois_Alma and @ABFResearch is promoting a new approach to increasing access to civil justice for low-income communities:
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We are 1⃣ week out from #Lisbon2022! . Attending virtually or presenting on a virtual panel? . Head to our virtual conference site and review our host/presenter tips & guidelines! .
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"Focusing on the diffusion, not just creation or adoption, of new policies or practices helps us better understand the non-linear, heterogeneous nature of penal change." - @ashleytrubin of @UHM_Sociology @Punishment_CRN. Full Article➡
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Attention Law & Society Graduate Students and anyone who recently completed a PhD!. This is a great opportunity to receive feedback on your work and accelerate your social science or teaching career!. #GlobalLawSociety2022. Apply➡
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Who's coming to the Welcome Reception tonight?!. See you there! . #Lisbon2022 #RageReckoningRemedy. 📍 Pátio da Galé.⏰ 7:30 pm (Lisbon Time)
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ICYMI: . We hope to see you in #Lisbon for #LSA2022, but our conference organizers are also currently planning a hybrid approach for those who cannot make the trip to Portugal next summer. Read more ⬇.
🚨#LSA2022 Update!🚨. Theme Announced! . Rage, Reckoning, & Remedy. We hope to see you at our 7th Global Meeting on Law and Society! #LSALisbon2022 . @michelebgoodwin @dee_smythe #PierreGuibentif. 📝Read More➡
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ICYMI The deadline for abstract submissions for the annual meeting was extended to Wednesday, October 31st at 5pm ET!
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Congratulations to our 2⃣0⃣2⃣1⃣ Annual Award Winners! 🏆. Each year, the LSA recognizes outstanding scholarly publications and contributions to the law and society community. 📝➡
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