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

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

#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! Theme: Sanctuary Find submission requirements here: bit.ly/LSASF2026 Submit here (LSA Login Required): bit.ly/LSA2601 #CallForPapers #LSASF2026

Our member spotlight for September is @raginishah.bsky.social, Suffolk University Law School professor and author of Constructed Movements: Extraction and Resistance in Mexican Migrant Communities! Learn more about her career studying #ImmigrationJustice here: bit.ly/LSAShah