Criminal Justice
Hank Willis Thomas 'Raise Up' Statue, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery Alabama (Getty Images)
Democracy and Civil Society
Lighting the World Protesting Darkness, Fayek Tasneem Khan (Getty Images)
Inequality
Martin Luther King Jr's speech 'I Have A Dream' at the Lincoln Memorial (public domain)
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
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Location:
Phillip Selznick Seminar Room,
2240 Piedmont Ave.
Helena Whalen-Bridge: 3:25-4:10p.m.
Monica Eppinger: 4:10-5:00p.m.
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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.
Lunch: 12:15-12:45p.m.
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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.
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