Call for Abstracts: Seventh Conference for Junior Researchers, The Law and Society Association at Stanford Law School (LSAS), May 5, 2023

The Law and Society Association at Stanford Law School (LSAS) is pleased to announce its Seventh Conference for Junior Researchers to be held on May 5th, 2023. The theme for the conference is the “Role of courts, litigation, and other legal institutions in an age of social conflict”.

We welcome topics that touch on the impact and relevance of legal institutions in shaping social movements; the functioning and malfunctioning of these institutions in the light of social conflict; the express and symbolic roles of legal institutions in mediating social conflict; and many other topics that are relevant to the general theme.

The call for abstracts is available here and also attached to this email. We will accept submissions until February 12, 2023.

Please feel free to direct any questions or comments to: [email protected].