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

Attention book publishers: Please see the W. Wesley Pue Book Prize Committee Chair's call for submissions for the 2026 prize. Submissions are due on 31 January 2026.
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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 pleased to share the call for papers for our 2026 conference. Submissions are due on 30 January 2026. We look forward to seeing you there!
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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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We are delighted to announce the winners of the CLSA prizes! Scroll through below for the winners and honourable mentions for the 2025 Wesley Pue Book Prize, 2023 and 2024 English Article Prizes, and 2025 Roderick A. Macdonald Graduate Student Essay Prize! 
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