Canadian Law and Society Association
Law in society. Society in law.
A bilingual meeting place for interdisciplinary scholarship, conferences, prizes and the people behind Canadian law and society research.
Three ways in.
Follow a question, discover a community, or prepare your contribution.
Read & research
Explore a bilingual journal and connect methods with questions.
Explore the route ↗02Build your voice
A practical route into presentations, participation and funding preparation.
Explore the route ↗03Follow the ideas
Start a reading list with recognised books, articles and essays.
Explore the route ↗Turn reading into a next step.
Prepare a manuscript, examine evidence, rehearse a talk or assemble a funding file.
Prepare a journal submission that can be assessed
A practical file-by-file preflight for CJLS / RCDS authors: contribution, references, supplementary materials and disclosure.
researchRead an empirical article without losing its limits
A reusable reading record with a worked example from Crosby and colleagues’ 2025 study of police-involved deaths in Canada.
meetingsBuild a presentation around one defensible argument
A ten-minute worked outline, an adjustable rehearsal allocator and a practical check before a socio-legal conference.
studentsPrepare a travel-funding file before spending
A complete receipt checklist and an illustrative Canadian-dollar budget that separates costs from confirmed reimbursement.
CJLS / RCDS
Ideas travel further
when borders open.
Bilingual, peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary. Explore the journal’s open-access model, then use a five-part worksheet to read with purpose.
Read the community.
Bulletins connect people, conferences, prizes and the changing questions of socio-legal scholarship.
bulletinsBulletin — October 2025
Explore Bulletin — October 2025: source text, page references and a practical reading worksheet.
bulletinsBulletin — October 2024
Explore Bulletin — October 2024: source text, page references and a practical reading worksheet.
bulletinsBulletin — May 2024
Explore Bulletin — May 2024: source text, page references and a practical reading worksheet.