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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.
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Congrats to Celia Parry of Pomona College for co-winning LSA’s 2025 Undergraduate Student Paper Prize for “Strange Bedfellows: Guardians for Fetuses and Future Generations”! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025


Congrats to Valerie P. Hans (Valerie Hans) of Cornell Law School for co-winning LSA’s 2025 Harry J. Kalven, Jr. Prize! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025


Congrats to Robert L. Nelson of NU Sociology and American Bar Foundation for co-winning LSA’s 2025 Harry J. Kalven, Jr. Prize! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025


Congrats to Veronica Fynn Bruey of Athabasca University for co-winning LSA’s 2025 Stan Wheeler Mentorship Award! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025


Congrats to Herbert M. Kritzer of University of Minnesota Law School for co-winning LSA’s 2025 Stan Wheeler Mentorship Award! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025


Congrats to Susan S. Silbey of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for co-winning LSA’s 2025 Ronald Pipkin Service Award! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025


Congrats to Penny Andrews of New York Law School for co-winning LSA’s 2025 Ronald Pipkin Service Award! View all winners here: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025


Congrats to our Honorable Mentions! Iván DarĂo Vargas-Roncancio, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies: Jacob Book Prize Yuvraj Joshi, Brooklyn Law School: Article Prize Faith M. Deckard, UCLA Sociology: Dissertation Prize Giuliana Perrone, UCSB History: Franklin Prize Read more: bit.ly/LSAAwards2025




#ThrowbackThursday: Five years ago, we interviewed 2025 Stan Wheeler Mentorship Award co-winner Veronica Fynn Bruey about her journey from Liberian War survivor to prolific #LawAndSociety scholar. Athabasca University Read the article here! bit.ly/LSAStoryBruey



LSR Volume 59 Number 2, “Special Issue on New Perspectives on Empirical Methods and Critical Race Theory,” is out now! Learn more about race and racism’s central role in law and legal thought here: bit.ly/LSRJun25 Cambridge University Press - Law Dr. Ashley T. Rubin #CRT #LawAndSociety


We are excited to check out #LSA member and UC Irvine Professor Susan Bibler Coutin’s new book, On the Record: Papers, Immigration, and Legal Advocacy, upon its release in August! University of California Press (is on Bluesky) #ImmigrationLaw #Citizenship #LawAndSociety Learn more here: ucpress.edu/books/on-the-r…



“The ideas, collaborations, and friendships I’ve seen grow out of LSA are inspiring…LSA is welcoming, warm, and a great space to try out ideas and meet new people.” (Kathryne Young) bit.ly/LSAYoung #AcademicCommunity #LawAndSociety

LSA Past President Michele Goodwin: “This Supreme Court decision weaponizes poor women’s poverty against them. In turn, it leaves clinics that wish to provide a full scope of healthcare unable to do so without a heavy financial or moral burden.”

Mario Barnes’ (UC Irvine School of Law) and Osagie Obasogie’s (UC Berkeley Law) open access LSR article, “Introduction to the special issue on empirical methods and critical race theory,” is available now via Cambridge University Press - Law! #CRT #LawAndSociety bit.ly/LSR_CRT25

For our next #CRN Spotlight, we spoke with Santa Clara Law Prof Carrie L. Rosenbaum about CRN 02: Citizenship and Immigration. Learn how members support one another in facing the effects of current events on their field: bit.ly/CRN2Spotlight hillary allison Dr. Maya Barak
