Center for the Study of Law and Society at UC Berkeley School of Law Supporting empirical research and theoretical analysis on the social consequences of law. https://csls.berkeley.edu/https://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3mw56sixhc22kPlease join us for Rabia Belt's talk, “Mental Incompetence on the Ground: Community Construction of Disability in Democracy," on Monday 9/28. This event will be held in-person and livestreamed via Zoom. Find registration and accessibility details here: rb.gy/pltjm22 Sep 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw56sixhc22khttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3mvo2l7mdts2oAs part of UC Berkeley’s Bearathon Campaign and CSLS’s 65th Anniversary Campaign, CSLS is raising funds for law and society graduate student summer research grants: https://givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/120099/donate?des=778100&dept=12039216 Sep 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvo2l7mdts2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3muikdax2ck2xJoin us for "The Distribution of Federally-Insured Mortgages: 1935-1975, Evidence from Local Land Records" featuring Omer Ali held in-person and livestreamed via Zoom on Monday 9/14. Registration and accessibility details can be found here: rb.gy/pltjm01 Sep 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3muikdax2ck2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3mufzwn6afs2lThe Fall 2026 CSLS Speaker Series will be held in person and livestreamed via Zoom as permitted. Registration and accessibility details can be found on our website: rb.gy/pltjm We hope you can join us!31 Aug 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufzwn6afs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m7qowek2t222Get to know KT Albiston, CSLS Faculty Director in the Law & Society Association's recent Member Spotlight! To view the feature in its entirety, click here: https://www.lawandsociety.org/2025/12/02/lsa-member-spotlight-catherine-albiston/11 Dec 2025 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qowek2t222https://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m4j62stric2pCSLS warmly invites you to our final talk of the semester, "Agents of Commerce: Transactional Lawyering in the 19th Century United States" held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom, Monday 11/3. Registration and accessibility details: rb.gy/pltjm31 Oct 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4j62stric2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m3xgmqxrss26Please note updates to the Fall 2025 CSLS Speaker Series calendar. Events are to be held in person and livestreamed via Zoom. Registration and accessibility details can be found on our website: rb.gy/pltjm We hope you can join us for our final talks of the semester.24 Oct 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xgmqxrss26https://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m2kebxs53c2wWe are pleased to announce that the CSLS Visiting Scholar application period for the 2026-27 Academic year is now open! Applications are due by March 2, 2026 via e-mail at csls@law.berkeley.edu. Please share this opportunity with others who may be interested. Thank you! https://csls.berkeley.edu/opportunities/visiting-scholars06 Oct 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kebxs53c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m3xduyy5wk2nPlease join us for CSLS book talk, Insuring Cyberinsecurity: Insurance Companies as Symbolic Regulators (University of California Press, 2025), to be held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom on Monday 10/27. Registration and accessibility details: rb.gy/pltjm24 Oct 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xduyy5wk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m3xdui75ec2nPlease join us for a CSLS Visiting Scholars Speaker Series talk this afternoon featuring Anne Schlüter and Rebekah Jones, held In-Person from 3:30-5:00 PM.24 Oct 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xdui75ec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m3qg4k6fb226Today, 10/21 - Part of the Tech Policy Week collection: What’s Happening with Federal Data, and What Can You Do About It? How can we preserve essential federal datasets for the benefit of American lives and livelihood? Tuesday October 21 4:30-5:45pm PDT Location: Wheeler Hall 315 (Maude Fife Room) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-happening-with-federal-data-and-what-can-you-do-about-it-tickets-183083240199921 Oct 2025 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3qg4k6fb226https://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m2naf2hamc2wPlease note updates to the Fall 2025 CSLS Speaker Series calendar. Events are to be held in person and livestreamed via Zoom. Registration and accessibility details can be found on our website: rb.gy/pltjm We hope you can join us!07 Oct 2025 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2naf2hamc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m2kebxs53c2wWe are pleased to announce that the CSLS Visiting Scholar application period for the 2026-27 Academic year is now open! Applications are due by March 2, 2026 via e-mail at csls@law.berkeley.edu. Please share this opportunity with others who may be interested. Thank you! https://csls.berkeley.edu/opportunities/visiting-scholars06 Oct 2025 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kebxs53c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3m2k5zw6oyc2xJoin us for today's talk "Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services (Princeton University Press, 2023)" featuring Kelley Fong held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom on Monday 10/6. Registration and accessibility details: rb.gy/pltjm06 Oct 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2k5zw6oyc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3lmkkbgtuhk24CSLS talk: "Testing Universalism: Do Interventions Targeting Socioeconomic Inequality, As Opposed to Racial Inequality, Garner Broader Support?" featuring Danieli Evans will be held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom on Monday 4/14. Registration and accessibility details: rb.gy/pltjm11 Apr 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkkbgtuhk24https://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3llrefronkc2nA 2007 UCLA Law Review article by Professor Catherine Albiston, CSLS Faculty Director, was cited in a recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion. Read more here: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/sidebar/professor-catherine-albiston-cited-supreme-court-lackey-v-stinnie/01 Apr 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrefronkc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3lke7ck6ixc25Join us for our upcoming talk: "Expressive Law, Social Norms, and Inequality," featuring CSLS Faculty Director Catherine Albiston, held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom on Monday 3/17. Registration and accessibility details: rb.gy/pltjm14 Mar 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lke7ck6ixc25https://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3ljlchly6ac2pThe Center for the Study of Law and Society is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the 2025 CSLS Graduate Student Paper Prize! The award carries a cash prize of $1,000. Please see details below.04 Mar 2025 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlchly6ac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3lizolrvmqk24Please join us for upcoming CSLS Special Event: "Race, Law, and Society: Critical Perspectives from the Disciplines" held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom, Friday 3/7. Registration and accessibility details: csls.berkeley.edu25 Feb 2025 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizolrvmqk24https://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3lfninaxvmc2bWe are pleased to announce that the CSLS Visiting Scholar application period for the 2025-26 Academic year has been extended. Applications are now due by March 1, 2025, submitted via e-mail at csls@law.berkeley.edu. For full details, please visit https://csls.berkeley.edu/opportunities/visiting-scholars13 Jan 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfninaxvmc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3lizmluezg22dCSLS Special Event, the Robert A. Kagan Lecture in Law and Regulation: "Next Generation Compliance: ​Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era" will be held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom, Monday 3/3. Registration and accessibility details: rb.gy/pltjm25 Feb 2025 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizmluezg22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3limyuemb3c2xThe 2025-2026 Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies Graduate Fellowship (BELS) application period is now open! Applications will be accepted until April 7th, 2025. See our site for more information about the program and application process: https://csls.berkeley.edu/opportunities/bels-fellowship20 Feb 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3limyuemb3c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3limysl7gr22xCSLS warmly invites you to our upcoming talk, "For Itself and for Mankind": John Marshall Harlan, Species Extinction, and the Fur Seal Trial of 1893 held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom, Monday 2/24. Registration and accessibility details: rb.gy/pltjm20 Feb 2025 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3limysl7gr22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3lheujp7n7c2yPlease note scheduling changes on the Spring 2025 CSLS Speaker Series lineup + Special Event calendar. Events are to be held in person and livestreamed via Zoom. Registration and accessibility details can be found on our website: rb.gy/pltjm We hope to see you!04 Feb 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lheujp7n7c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3lheud6kp3s2yPlease join us for our upcoming talk: "The Voucher Lottery: America's Housing Crisis and the Politics of Scarcity" held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom, Monday 2/10. Registration and accessibility details can be found on our website here: rb.gy/pltjm04 Feb 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lheud6kp3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cslsatberkeley.bsky.social/post/3lgiymnyf2s2cPlease join us for our first Speaker Series event of the semester: "The Asymmetric Effects of Migration Policy Change" held In-Person and Livestreamed via Zoom, Monday 1/27. Registration and accessibility details can be found on our website here: rb.gy/pltjm24 Jan 2025 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:fmcheihpwatups3panbtxt4w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgiymnyf2s2c