The Canadian Law and Society Association supports the exchange of ideas and the promotion of critical socio-legal scholarship.
The Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA) operates across the country.  Since the 1980s we have regularly held conferences,  awarded various prizes recognizing top socio-legal scholarship, and provided support to graduate students.
You can join CLSA as a member! Members can participate in annual and mid-year meetings, have voting privileges at our AGM, and receive our bi-annual Bulletins.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Our 2026 annual meeting will be held on 10-12 June 2026 at Acadia University (Wolfville, Nova Scotia) with the support of Dalhousie University.
The 2025 mid-year meeting took place 21-22 February and was hosted by the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, Ontario. Stay tuned for details about upcoming mid-year meetings! 

LATEST NEWS

We are delighted to announce the short list for the 2026 W. Wesley Pue Book Prize! 
The Nominations Committee is seeking up to eight new directors to serve three-year terms on the Board. The Committee is also soliciting expressions of interest for members to serve as President for a two-year term. Please see the call for participation below for more details!
Attention graduate students:
Please see the call for submissions for the 2025-2026 Roderick A. Macdonald Graduate Student Essay Prize. Submissions are due on 17 April 2026.
We are delighted to share the transcripts (in English and French) of the keynote address by Stephen A. Rosenbaum and the plenary session featuring Constance Backhouse and Greg Marchildon, both recorded at our annual conference in June 2025. ​
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For general enquiries, please contact us at: [email protected]
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