A great funding opportunity for ABD graduate students in the social sciences and humanities whose research is focused on social justice.
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Law is central to today’s social crises—from democratic backsliding to immigrant exclusion. This paper shows how cultural sociology offers rigorous explanations of, and insights into how to tackle, law-related crises. Hope it’s useful to law and society scholars and others

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Hundreds gathered today outside the Palo Alto Courthouse in support of 12 Stanford students being prosecuted by the Santa Clara County DA for their involvement in a pro-Palestinian protest and occupation of the president’s office last year.

Where is research on the legal profession and legal education headed in this moment of crisis? Check out this American Bar Foundation/Stanford Law School report for some ideas.
@abfresearch.bsky.social

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Just received my copy of Mary Ellen Stitt’s empirically rigorous new book on the failures of court-mandated diversionary treatment programs. An important addition to research on courts and legal reform. Grab a copy!

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We hope others find this work useful. If so, check out other research and resources available at the Court Listening Project: www.courtlisteningproject.org

New article theorizing the “spatial burdens” of state institutions. Drawing on 125 interviews and over 400 hours of observations among court-involved people in the Bay Area, we show how space shapes poverty governance and institutional inequality.
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#TeslaTakedown in Palo Alto, the center of Silicon Valley—and of our current techno-fascist nightmare.

A report summarizing our systems navigator pilot in a public defender’s office in San Jose. We offer recommendations for the county and other public defense agencies across the country.

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A student at MassArt, Owen Schwartz, made these comics to illustrate the book’s key arguments. Shout-out to Caroline Hu’s (@hudrewthis.bsky.social) amazing Science Comics Collaboration course.