Law and Society Association Graduate Student Workshop 2011

Temple Law students and faculty: We've received the following information about a unique opportunity for law students interested in sociolegal studies. Please note that applications are due January 15, 2011.

LSA GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP 2011

The Law and Society Association is pleased to announce the twenty-fifth Graduate Student Workshop (GSW), to be held May 31-June 1, 2011 immediately preceding the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association in San Francisco, California, USA. We invite applications from graduate students in any field (including law students in JD programs or advanced degree programs) whose scholarly interests involve sociolegal studies. The program will consist of panel presentations, seminar sessions, and informal discussions over shared meals. The goals are to build intellectual community among the next generation of Law and Society scholars, to foster collegial networks between graduate students and leading faculty in the field, and to promote constructive dialogue among graduate students and faculty participants about students’ individual research projects. This year’s planning committee is chaired by Christopher Zorn (Pennsylvania State University) and includes Susan Bandes (DePaul University), Chuck Epp (University of Kansas), Justin Richland (University of California, Irvine), Rebecca Sandefur (Stanford University), Galit Sarfaty (University of Pennsylvania), and Mark Suchman (Brown University).

About 35 students will be selected to participate in the Workshop. To help offset travel costs, the Law and Society Association offers a reimbursement of up to $250 for students within North America, or $450 for students outside North America (receipts required). Note that an individual student may only participate in two GSWs during his/her graduate career. Applications must be received by January 15, 2011. The application consists of a letter of not more than two pages and a curriculum vitae. In the letter, applicants should describe their dissertation or other research interests, their current status in graduate school, and how they might benefit from attending the Workshop. Applications must be submitted electronically in MS Word, .pdf, or .rtf file to: GSW@lawandsociety.org Subject line: APPLY GSW

• The applicant’s curriculum vitae and letter must be combined in a single file named for the applicant as follows: “Lastname_Firstname_GSW” • If you have questions about the submission format, please get in touch with Lissa Ganter, ganter@lawandsociety.org, tel. 413-545-4617.