Welcome to the Center for the Study of Law and Society (CSLS)

Hank Willis Thomas 'Raise Up' Statue, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery Alabama (Getty Images)

Criminal Justice

Hank Willis Thomas 'Raise Up' Statue, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery Alabama (Getty Images)

Lighting the World Protesting Darkness, Fayek Tasneem Khan (Getty Images)

Democracy and Civil Society

Lighting the World Protesting Darkness, Fayek Tasneem Khan (Getty Images)

Martin Luther King Jr's speech 'I Have A Dream' at the Lincoln Memorial (public domain)

Inequality

Martin Luther King Jr's speech 'I Have A Dream' at the Lincoln Memorial (public domain)

The Center for the Study of Law and Society

The Center supports theoretically-based, empirical research on new developments at the interplay of law and society in contemporary and historical contexts.  While part of Berkeley's School of Law, the Center fosters a multidisciplinary context in which UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students from many departments interact and engage with visiting socio-legal scholars from universities in the United States and abroad.

CSLS Visiting Scholar Speaker Series

Thusday, April 10, 2025

"Law(s), Hegemony, and Counter-Hegemony in Europe: Ethnographic Insights from Legal Mobilization Campaigns against the Steel Factory of Taranto, Italy"

Carlo Nicoli Aldini
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology of Law, Lund University, Sweden

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"Beyond Mandatory Pro Bono: Compulsory Lawyer Mechanisms in Access to Justice"

Helena Whalen-Bridge
Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
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"Orienteering in Zero Gravity: Notes from Ukraine"

Monica Eppinger
Associate Professor of Law and Anthropology, Saint Louis University

Click here to read the full paper.

Location:
Phillip Selznick Seminar Room,
2240 Piedmont Ave.

Time:
Carlo Aldini: 2:30-3:15p.m.
Helena Whalen-Bridge: 3:25-4:10p.m.
Monica Eppinger: 4:10-5:00p.m.

Click here for the event flyer.


CSLS  Speaker Series

Monday, April 14, 2025

"Testing Universalism: Do Interventions Targeting Socioeconomic Inequality, As Opposed to Racial Inequality, Garner Broader Support?"

Danieli Evans
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law

Cosponsored by the Center for Race and Gender

Location:
Phillip Selznick Seminar Room,
2240 Piedmont Ave.

Time:
Program 12:45-2:00p.m.
Lunch: 12:15-12:45p.m.

Click here for the event flyer.
Click here to register for the livestream via Zoom. 
Registration is not required to attend this event in person.

Jenae Carpenter, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, shares her experience as a 2023-2024 BELS Fellow.

CSLS former and current Faculty and Executive Directors

Please consider making a donation to support CSLS.  

Donate $100 dollars or more and you will receive a CSLS t-shirt!  

Funds will support BELS Fellows, JSP Students, 60th anniversary conference, and crucial and timely programming focused on our three pillars of Criminal Justice, Inequality, and Democracy and Civil Society.