Graduate Voices in the Lawscape

AAG CFP: Graduate Voices in the Lawscape Paper Session

Session description

Legal geography explores the practice and conceptualization of the law in and via place and space, examining the relationship between law and the changing spatial, social, and environmental conditions that create and contribute to our understanding of the world(s) we inhabit. We welcome all graduate student scholars who pursue research that involves legal inquiry-whether you consider yourself a 'spatial detective' (Bennett 2015), a transdisciplinary/post-disciplinary scholar (Braverman et al. 2014), or are simply interested in the utility of legal geography as a subdiscipline for supporting your work. We invite scholarship on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to borders, migration & immigration; jurisdiction; policing; human rights; law and racism; Indigenous law; environmental & climate justice; property & resource management; housing; food policy; courts; the administration of law in place, law and urban spaces; law and bodies; and law and COVID-19.

Eligibility

Please be a current or prospective master's or Ph.D. student, with a research focus that involves some form of legal inquiry. We welcome those who have not previously considered their work to be 'legal geography,' as well as those who are interested in contributing further to the development of this subfield.

Award

All presenters will be considered for the LSGS Graduate Students Presentation Award. This award is given out annually by LSGS to support upcoming scholars.

Submission Information

For those interested in submitting a paper, please submit your abstract here: AAG 2025 Grad Voices in the Lawscape Abstract Submission by October 18, 2024.