Membership Information

Membership in the Law and Society Association is by calendar year and includes all Association publications for the year, backfilled if necessary. Unless specified, applications received after September 1st are entered for the coming year. Membership renewals and Association elections take place in September/October of each year.

Among the benefits of membership are: a subscription to the Law & Society Review (including electronic access on publisher's site) and Newsletter (distributed electronically); the opportunity to participate in the Annual Meeting at a reduced registration fee; access to an electronic copy of the Membership Directory to download and print (published each July); the right to vote for officers and trustees of the Association, and the opportunity to serve on governance committees.

In addition, LSA members enjoy a 20% discount off most Blackwell Publishing products.  Browse Blackwell’s website to view their full catalog and place your order securely online, using discount code LSA N5MS534, or call 800-835-6770 for journals; 800-216-2522 for books (you will need to quote the discount code LSA N5MS534 to receive the discount), or use the members' discount order form (http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/society_orderform.pdf), which can be printed and fax or mailed to Blackwell. For Law & Social Inquiry, a special link has been created, click here.

Dues are based on annual income.

SPECIAL CATEGORIES:

STUDENT MEMBERSHIP:
Students dues are $36. To be entitled to student membership one must be a full-time, matriculated student at an institution of higher education. Student membership cannot be claimed for more than five years. 

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
Scholars who reside in B & C countries (ISA list, click here) may join the Association as Special International Members for $21. This membership entitles them to all the benefits of membership except a paper copy of the Law & Society Reviewin other words, the membership is solely electronic.

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CONTRIBUTIONS - PRIZES and INITIATIVES:

The Association has several prizes and special initiatives for which contributions are sought. Prizes include the
Harry J. Kalven Prize, J. Willard Hurst Prize, Herb Jacob Book Prize, the Article Prize, the International Prize, Student Prizes, the
Dissertation Prize. All are described here. As special initiatives, LSA seeks contributions to establish a fund for Minority Fellowships and a fund to support travel of scholars from B & C countries to the Annual Meeting. Finally, general contributions to the Association are also welcome. All contributions are tax-deductible for U.S. Members.

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If you have a question about your current membership status send an e-mail to the membership coordinator by clicking here.

To join or renew membership in the Law and Society Association,  use either the e-mail form or the fax/mail form. Membership applications submitted by email are processed through a secure server. The fax/mail form page should be printed from your browser, completed, and faxed to 413-577-3194 (U.S.) or mailed to the Executive Offices of the Association (address on the form)

   Secure Electronic Membership/Contribution Form   or