Ashley T. Rubin

LSR Volume 59 Number 4 is out now! Learn about challenges from increased access to justice, “guerilla lawyering” in China, (I)NGOs and universal jurisdiction trials on Syria, policing and “innocent crime victim” status, and more: bit.ly/LSRDec25

@cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social

New issue of LSR! (Our penultimate issue as editors!) @lawandsociety.bsky.social @cambup-law.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thanks so much, Raul!

2 years after Dr. Baron's request, I thought about it for a while.

3 additional suggestions:

a) @ashleytrubin.bsky.social 's "Rocking Qualitative Social Science"

b) Jennifer Cyr and @saragoodman.bsky.social 's edited volume "Doing Good Qualitative Research"

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LSR Volume 59 Number 3 is out now! Learn more about cause lawyering in Cambodia, legal mobilization for workplace harassment in China, “Academic Copaganda,” and more here: bit.ly/LSRSep25

@cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social

Looks great! One of the most exciting developments in law & society is how much more international it's become in recent years, and it's great to see that reflected in the field's top journals.

Exciting new issue of Law & Society Review out now! @cambup-law.cambridge.org @lawandsociety.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

PSA: The new editors of LSR start reviewing *newly submitted* manuscripts starting in one month (Sept. 15). We (old editors) will continue to review manuscripts we sent out for peer review, but we will stop reviewing new manuscripts. @lawandsociety.bsky.social

Thank you!! I'm hoping for that, too!

Thanks so much!

Normativity is not a replacement for theory - Theory and Society Social science research has dramatically increased its embrace of normativity in substance and style. This paper explores the consequences of this normativity creep on the creation, application, and e...

I know folks will have different views on questions about theory, the rules governing and purpose of social science research, and how to combat the credibility crisis we're facing. But I'd like to have the conversation. I hope this piece is generative!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Haven't read @ashleytrubin.bsky.social's article yet, but disagree with her at least 70% here. I do think there is a problem with sociologists confusing politics for theory (and thus above scientific critique), but I don't think they shouldn't do politics, and radicals don't cause authoritarianism

Thanks for posting! And I appreciate your guidance to the field on how to do politics well. We don't talk enough about that and the result has not been good.

Thank you for sharing!

LOL, no one told me I'd be running against @sarahbrayne.bsky.social!

LSR Volume 59 Number 2, “Special Issue on New Perspectives on Empirical Methods and Critical Race Theory,” is out now! Learn more about race’s central role in law and legal thought here: bit.ly/LSRJun25

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#CRT #CriticalRaceTheory #LawAndSociety

The latest issue of Law & Society Review is out! Our goal was to open a discussion between eCRT and law and society and see what each field had to offer the other. Check out the results! @cambup-law.cambridge.org @lawandsociety.bsky.social
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Folks just returning from Law and Society: I'm super curious if your experience tracks with what we lay out in our article. Conf prezzies aren't the same as articles, but it's one measure of the field. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Attn LSA folks, there are two levels to the lobby so if you're scheduling meet-ups in the lobby, choose floor 1 or 2. @lawandsociety.bsky.social

Something I don't think I say in any of my advice, bc it's more aimed at established/senior scholars: if you're meeting a junior scholar for coffee, you buy their coffee. I'm always surprised to hear when folks don't do this. I don't care if the jr person asked for the meeting. We treat them.

Navigating the Social Aspects of Conferences I originally posted this advice as a twitter thread in August 2019. A lot has changed since then, but much of the advice should still be accurate. (I’ve made a few updates and elaborations, m…

I cover more of the social/networking stuff here ashleytrubin.com/resources/na...

General Conferencing Advice for Grad Students Mental and Physical Health Advice Conference venues are typically cold. Really cold. Wear long sleeves or bring a jacket. In general, bringing an optional additional layer (one more layer than you …

I cover both the professional stuff and the mental/physical stuff here ashleytrubin.com/resources/ge...

Conference Advice There is lots of advice about how to conference out there. Here’s my collection: An old but still relevant PrawfsBlawg post on how to navigate the Law and Society Association (LSA) annual con…

Since @lawandsociety.bsky.social is coming up next week, I'm posting my conference advice page for folks. ashleytrubin.com/resources/co...

Going to @lawandsociety.bsky.social in Chicago? The Law and Society Review editors will be available for office hours again this year, but by appointment this time! Email us if you'd like to meet to ask us questions about the publication process, topics, framing, etc. And check out our advice below!

Thanks to Katie Quinn for compiling the recent publications of our Punishment & Society (CRN) members! @lawandsociety.bsky.social punishment-society.blogspot.com/2025/05/memb...

Thanks to Katie Quinn for compiling the recent publications of our Punishment & Society (CRN) members! @lawandsociety.bsky.social punishment-society.blogspot.com/2025/05/memb...

LSA Presents: Panel on "How to Conference" YouTube video by Law and Society Association

Are you attending your first conferences this year? Are you a seasoned attendee looking to get more out of your conference experiences? Watch our video to learn how past #LSA Trustees make the most of #ConferenceSeason!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuGb...

#LSAChicago2025 #CareerAdvice

Going to @lawandsociety.bsky.social in Chicago? The Law and Society Review editors will be available for office hours again this year, but by appointment this time! Email us if you'd like to meet to ask us questions about the publication process, topics, framing, etc. And check out our advice below!

Thank you!!

I'm so excited to announce that my article with grad student Alena Shalaby was published in @LSI_Journal! We discuss and try to explain the apparent theoretical stagnation in L&S, using punishment and society as our case! bit.ly/3SfOLnT