APPLICATIONS SOUGHT FOR 2005 SUMMER INSTITUTE

The Law and Society Association's (LSA) 11th Summer Institute, the first of three linked Institutes to take place over three years in Europe, Africa and the US will take place in Oxford, England, from June 29-July 3, 2005. The Institute is co-sponsored by the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and the Oxford Faculty of Law. The theme of the Institute is The Intersection of Rights and Regulation: New Directions in Socio-Legal Scholarship. In exploring rights and regulation, participants will have an opportunity to focus the methodology of rights, regulation or linkages between them in the following loci:

1) proliferating regulation (multi-level governance, networks, co-regulation, self-regulation;
2) proliferating rights (political, civil, economic, social, cultural, self-determinative;
3) rights in relation to competing discourses and strategies (rights, needs, markets, faith, justice);
4) rights and the distributive implications of regulatory design; and
5) legitimacy in rights and in regulation.

Through plenary sessions and small group discussions, participants will have the opportunity to engage with scholars from a variety of different backgrounds with significant research experience in socio-legal studies. Participants will also have the opportunity to make formal presentations allowing them to situate their own work within this tradition.

The Institute is designed for advanced graduate students and junior faculty (generally, no more than 3 years in a full-time faculty position) in any discipline who: 1) are engaged in law and society research or research in socio-legal studies; 2) seek opportunities to share research in progress with colleagues; and 3) are interested in forging mentoring relationships with more senior scholars. The Summer Institute is different from other programs sponsored by the Association, and application to the Summer Institute is not restricted to prior participants in the Graduate Student Workshop or didactic workshops. Only individuals who have not yet participated in a Summer Institute are eligible to apply.

The Institute will subsidize participants' roundtrip airfare, and will cover all meals and lodging expenses for the dates of the Institute. The amount by which travel expenses will be subsidized will vary by location of origin and by type of current position held and the exact amount will be announced after selections are made. The UK-based Socio-Legal Studies Association will partially sponsor any of its members, including new and recent members, selected to participate. Facilities are handicapped accessible and provision will be made for vegetarian/dietary restrictions.

Applications from interested individuals must be received by January 15, 2005. The application consists of:

1) the application cover sheet (available here as a Word document to be downloaded, saved, completed, and renamed with the applicant's name and the number 1 [i.e. yourname1.doc or yourname1.rtf];

2) combine the following in a single file named "yourname2.doc"or "yourname2.rtf":
    a) a curriculum vitae;
    b) a 1-2 page letter describing the applicant's research and teaching interests, and,
    c) a separate 1-2 page description of a law-related research project in which the applicant is currently engaged or is planning.

Submit both files by email attachment and send to: Summer_Institute@lawandsociety.org

(PLEASE BE CERTAIN YOUR COMPUTER IS VIRUS-FREE BEFORE SUBMISSION)

If this format is not possible, contact Lissa Ganter, 413-545-4617, ganter@lawandsociety.org

Scholars from all academic disciplines, countries, and backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We particularly encourage applications from students and faculty in programs outside the United States.