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.
Jenae Carpenter, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, shares her experience as a 2023-2024 BELS Fellow.
Click here for the full Spring 2025 Speaker Series lineup!
CSLS Special Event
Monday, March 3, 2025
The Robert A. Kagan Lecture in Law and Regulation:
Next Generation Compliance: Environmental Regulation for the Modern Era
Cynthia Giles
former Assistant Administrator, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Berkeley Law
Time:
Lunch: 5:15-6:15 p.m.
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CSLS Special Event
Friday, March 7, 2025
Race, Law, and Society:
Critical Perspectives from the Disciplines
Megan Ming Francis
G. Alan and Barbara Delsman Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Professor of Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Washington
Myisha Eatmon
Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and of History at Harvard University
Cecilia Menjívar
Professor Sociology and Dorothy L. Meier Chair in Social Equities at UCLA
Location:
Goldberg Room 297,
Berkeley Law
Breakfast: 9:00a.m.-9:30a.m.
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Registration is not required to attend this event in person.
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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.