“Haunting Dispossession: A Workshop on Indigenous Methodologies” happens tomorrow at 2pm CT as part of the “Critical and Interpretive Methods in Law and Society” workshop series for graduate + early career scholars. Register here: bit.ly/4sttnfm #LSAAdvanceGrants

ICYMI: LSA leadership nominations are still open!

#LSAMembers: Childcare Grants for the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting are due tomorrow! #LSAGrants #LSASF2026

“ICYMI: For Professor Francis and many other CRN 9 members, getting to the root cause…of social issues…is essential to the struggle for social justice. Their findings, after all, can inform decision-making by advocates, policy makers, and the general public.”

ICYMI: “No matter what your field of study, the law and broader society impact you and your work. I especially encourage colleagues to attend LSA meetings—it’s the best place to […] get exposure to research you may not otherwise learn about.”

New York Law School has shared video coverage of their Oct 2025 program celebrating @univofmaryland.bsky.social Professor @mgraber1.bsky.social’s latest book, Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty. Learn more: bit.ly/LSANYLS26 #LSAAdvanceGrants @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

For our latest #CRNSpotlight, we spoke with @utah.edu Professor Leslie Francis, who co-chairs CRN 9: Law and Health alongside @doritreiss.bsky.social (@uclawsf.bsky.social) and @amwhelan.bsky.social (Georgia State University)! bit.ly/CRN9Spotlight #HealthLaw #VaccineLaw

Our March #MemberSpotlight is LSA Board Trustee, @thelssse.bsky.social Director and Southwestern Law School Professor @meeradeo.bsky.social! Learn more about Professor Deo’s career studying wellness in #LegalEducation and the legal profession here: bit.ly/LSADeo26 #LawAndSociety #Belonging

The UMass Amherst Center for Justice, Law and Societies, with support from the LSA Advance Grant, is accepting applications for their October 2, 2026 Graduate Student & Junior Scholar Workshop! Apply here by March 30th: bit.ly/26NLSR #LSAGrants

Jamee Moudud (Sarah Lawrence) visited @bloomberg.com's “Odd Lots” podcast to discuss his book, Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: the End of Laissez Faire? (@routledgebooks.bsky.social) and "Zohranomics": bit.ly/MoududBloomberg @weisenthal.bsky.social @tracyalloway.bsky.social

The March 1st deadline for 2026 SERA-LSA Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program applications is coming up! Don’t miss this opportunity to obtain funding for critical research on economic and social rights. #LSAGrants #HumanRights #LawAndSociety

The most recent issue of LSR features book reviews for Empire of Purity by Eva Payne, The Black Tax by Andrew W. Kahrl, The Taft Court by Robert C. Post, and Home and International Law by Henrietta Zeffert. Read here! bit.ly/LSRDec25 @cambup-law.cambridge.org #LawAndSociety

ICYMI: “Much of the world we inhabit—and study—sits at the intersection of law and society. While disciplinary tools remain important, LSA offers a rare space for sustained intellectual cross-pollination.”

Nominations are open for LSA’s next President-Elect, Secretary-Elect, and Class of 2029 Board of Trustees! If you know an LSA member with strong leadership and collaboration skills, please submit a nomination by Monday, April 6th bit.ly/LSA2026Noms (LSA Login Required)

#LSAMembers! We are offering $300 Childcare Grants for 2026 Annual Meeting attendees who are either bringing young children or incurring extra expenses in leaving them at home (i.e. extra daycare or babysitting services). Apply here by March 17th! bit.ly/Childcare2026

Social Science Advocacy Day is back! Join @cossa.bsky.social and meet with policymakers in Congress to talk about #WhySocialScience is important for the future of our country. #COSSA2026 cossa.org/event/2026-s...

Our February #LSAMemberSpotlight is Board Trustee @asadasad.bsky.social, @stanfordsoc.bsky.social Asst Professor and author of Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday Life. (@princetonupress.bsky.social) Learn more about Prof Asad here! bit.ly/LSAAsad

ICYMI: “I value the LSA’s strong commitment to mentoring and supporting graduate students and junior faculty. As an LSA member, I have benefited from various mentoring opportunities that have fostered a supportive and positive environment for my personal and professional growth.”

LSA is proud to announce the “Michele Bratcher Goodwin Fellowship in Law and Society,” formerly the Student Fellows Program, to honor @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social’s vision + leadership, which made the initiative possible. bit.ly/LSAGoodwin @georgetownlaw.bsky.social @oneillinstitute.bsky.social

LSA and Social and Economic Rights Associates are proud to announce the 2026 SERA-LSA Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program. Grantees will receive funding to develop dissertations addressing economic and social rights. Apps are due 3/1/2026! Learn more: www.seraglobal.org

ICYMI: “…CRN 6 regularly collaborates with groups such as CRN 22: South Asia and CRN 8: Labor Rights, holds yearly business meetings and panels…and…creates opportunities for sex workers to speak for themselves, on their own terms, to a larger audience.”

LSA 2026 Annual Award nominations are due today! Nominate your colleagues before midnight: bit.ly/LSAAwards26 #LSAAwards #LawAndSociety

Today is the FINAL DAY to register for the LSA 2026 Annual Meeting! Follow this link to secure your spot: bit.ly/LSA26Register We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco! #LSASF2026 #LSAAnnualMeeting #LawAndSociety

Have you submitted your nominations for the LSA 2026 Annual Awards yet? Don’t forget to do so by the deadline on Wednesday, January 14th! #LawAndSociety #LSAAwards

The Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL) has extended the submission deadline for its 2026 Annual Meeting in Santiago de Chile (August 31 – September 3). Abstracts and session proposals are now due January 18th! Learn more here: bit.ly/RCSL26 @isa-sociology.org

Our first member spotlight of 2026 is Vicente C. Mata, Jr., Ph.D. candidate at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social and new LSA Student Fellow! Learn more about his research and background here: bit.ly/LSAVMata #LSAStudentFellows #Immigration #LawAndSociety

LSR Volume 59 Number 4 is out now! Learn about challenges from increased access to justice, “guerilla lawyering” in China, (I)NGOs and universal jurisdiction trials on Syria, policing and “innocent crime victim” status, and more: bit.ly/LSRDec25 @cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social

Happy 2026! In honor of the new year, we have extended the LSA 2026 Annual Meeting general registration deadline to January 14th. Annual Meeting participants MUST register by this date! bit.ly/LSA26Register #LSASF2026 #LSAAnnualMeeting #LawAndSociety

For our final 2025 #CRNSpotlight, we spoke with UNC Wilmington Asst Prof Menaka Raguparan, who co-chairs CRN 6: Sex, Work, Law and Society with Julie Ham, @alexjnelson.bsky.social, Kathryn Hausbeck Korgan (@unlv.edu) and Cherisse Francis. Read here! bit.ly/CRN6Spotlight

Don't forget to submit your nominations! #LSA2026

ICYMI: There are four days left to take advantage of early registration rates for LSA 2026!

LSA Past President and New York Law School Professor Penny Andrews received the Academic Excellence Award from the Institute for African Women in Law. Congratulations! youtu.be/yDv0khD9px0 #LawAndSociety #GenderEquality #WomenInLaw

Our member spotlight for December is Catherine (KT) Albiston, @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social professor and former LSA Board Trustee! Learn more about her career studying law and social change here: bit.ly/LSAAlbiston #LawAndSociety #AccessToJustice

LSA is proud to announce our first Student Fellows: Kia Turner (@stanfordeducation.bsky.social, @yale.edu) and Vicente Mata, Jr. (@cornelluniversity.bsky.social)! Learn more here: bit.ly/LSAStudentFellows25 #LSAStudentFellows #LawAndSociety #AcademicMentorship

The @princeton.edu Center for Human Values is accepting applications for their 2026-27 Law and Normative Thinking Fellowship! Practitioners, faculty, and independent scholars are invited to apply for this yearlong residential program by 12/11/25. bit.ly/UCHVFellows

LSA is proud to help young scholars develop productive, impactful careers. This #GivingTuesday2026, support the new Student Fellows Program, Early Career & Graduate Student Workshop, and related projects with a gift to the LSA General Fund. bit.ly/LSAGiving #AcademicMentorship

LSA’s Annual Awards program celebrates the year’s finest #SociolegalResearch —and the scholars who make it happen. By donating to one of our prize funds, you can support our ongoing efforts to highlight and advance #LawAndSociety scholarship. bit.ly/LSAGiving #GivingTuesday2026

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."

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

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