Welcome to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Center for Justice, Law, and Societies
The Center for Justice, Law, and Societies (CJLS) strives to foster research, teaching, and public engagement related to bias, inequity, and inequality in the law. We provide a vehicle to support interdisciplinary research that is policy-relevant and also theoretically generative. We bring together faculty and graduate students across the university working on Law and Society topics that are vital to domestic governance, such as access to justice for vulnerable populations, how court decision making shapes public policy, and the relationship between law and new technologies. In addition to our expertise in domestic law and society, we also pressing global challenges, supporting research related to international law, globalization, migration, and cross-border conflict resolution.
Announcements
Call for Applications: Conference on New Directions in Law and Society
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Undergraduate Fellowship Recipients
This summer marks the launch of a summer research assistantship developed by the Center for Justice, Law, and Societies (CJLS) and the Academic Fellows Program. This new initiative allows faculty members to mentor students from the AFP community on research projects, an important, high-impact practice that provides students with valuable skills for graduate school or employment. Through a competitive process, faculty members were selected to serve as mentors, and students were paired with a mentor who will help them complete a research project over the summer. Students will receive mentoring sessions with their faculty mentor, as well as research skills training through the Institute for Social Science Research and a $5,000 stipend, courtesy of a generous donation from two SBS alumni.
Participants in the inaugural cohort are:
• Nicole Ojugbana & Laurel Smith-Doerr: Faculty Equity in Access to Centers and Institutes at UMass
• Xavier Aparicio & Cedric de Leon: A Constant Sorrow: The Black Freedom Struggle and Organized Labor in the United States
* Konah Brownell & Kelsey Whipple: Fight for Your Writes: Examining Journalistic Unions and Their Protection of Intellectual Labor
Participants in the inaugural cohort are:
• Nicole Ojugbana & Laurel Smith-Doerr: Faculty Equity in Access to Centers and Institutes at UMass
• Xavier Aparicio & Cedric de Leon: A Constant Sorrow: The Black Freedom Struggle and Organized Labor in the United States
* Konah Brownell & Kelsey Whipple: Fight for Your Writes: Examining Journalistic Unions and Their Protection of Intellectual Labor
UMass Event Co-Sponsorship Request:
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UMass Center for Justice, Law, and Societies?
UMass Center for Justice, Law, and Societies?
If you are interested in supporting the Center and its mission, follow the link above and list the Center for Justice, Law, and Societies under "gift designation" and "special instructions". Your support can go to research opportunities for students, public events, or other designated activities. Thank you!
