Three Important IISL Deadlines

RCSL wishes to draw the attention of the socio-legal research community on three important calls opened by the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL):

(1) Call for applications to enroll in The 2026-2027 IISL’s International Master’s in Sociology of Law, deadline 13 March 2026; see its complete programme available on the IISL Website.

(2) Call for 2027 IISL Workshop applications, deadline 16 March 2026.

(3) Call for applications for the position of Administrative Director of the IISL, deadline 20 March 2026, 14:00 CET.

Lawyers and the Rule of Law Under Pressure: Call for Abstracts closes 31 January

Meeting 2026 of the WG Comparative Studies of Legal Professions will take place 22-23 June 2026 in Rotterdam at Erasmus University, under the organizing theme Lawyers and the Rule of Law Under Pressure.

Abstracts and indication of attendance should be communicated by 31 January 2026 to the relevant subgroup chair.

For details, see the Meeting Notice and the Practical Information issued by the organisers, Avrom Sherr and Nina Holvast.

Workshop on Legal Cultures and Legal Consciousness

RCSL Working Group on Comparative Legal Culture and RCSL Working Group on Knowledge and Opinion about Law – Legal Consciousness jointly organize a workshop on 8 December 2025 in Budapest, at Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law. Extended abstracts should be submitted by 15 September. For details, consult the Call for Papers to be presented at the Workshop on Legal Cultures and Legal Consciousness issued by the Organizers.

Announcement on the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law website

Final Programme

RCSL at the V ISA Forum of Sociology

From 6 to 11 July, RCSL holds its 2025 annual meeting in the form of a set of sessions organized within the framework of the V ISA Forum of Sociology, Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene. The full programme of these sessions is to be found on this website, as well as practical information about the rooms where the sessions take place. Also available on this website for download (2,4 MB): the RCSL Sessions Final Programme and Abstracts Book with index of participants. For additional information, see the V ISA Forum Section of the ISA Official Website, as well as the Official Forum Programme Website.

Hoping to see you in Rabat!

International Master in Sociology of Law – Last Pre-Enrolment Period

The 3rd and last pre-enrolment period for the International Master in Sociology of Law of the University of the Basque Country, organized at the International Institute for the Sociology of Law, is open from 2 to 4 July 2025. For details about the enrolment procedure, see the website of the University of the Basque Country. For details about the 2025-2026 Programme, see the website of the IISL, as well as the information published by the University of the Basque Country. For more information, do not hesitate to contact master@iisj.es.

5th ISA Forum of Sociology – RCSL Student Travel Grants

ISA has now published the complete official programme of the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology ( https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/meetingapp.cgi/Home/0  ; also published on this site). This allows us all to settle our travel and accommodation arrangements.

As in other years, RCSL will support the travel costs of some of the students and post-docs participating in its sessions at Rabat. About four grants should be awarded depending on the effective travel costs to be funded.

Interested persons should send their application by next Friday 23 May 24:00 UTC.

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Call for the IISL Scientific Directorship 2025-27

A call for the Scientific Directorship of the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL), term September 2025-July 2027, renewable one time, has been issued. Applications should be submitted by 30 April 2025. Download here the complete text of the call. Please consider also the announcement issued by the Nominating Committee on 6 April, as well as the summary description of the IISL SD’s tasks.

Call also published on the official website of Ikerbasque – Basque Foundation for Science, as well as on the official IISL website.

March 2025: Two deadlines

Important reminder: presenters at the V ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat have to register until 22 March 2025. The complete time schedule of the RCSL Sessions has now been published on this site.

An additional information and an additional deadline: The call for pre-registration for the International Master in Sociology of Law of the University of the Basque Country, organized by the International Institute for the Sociology of Law, is open until 26 March 2025. For details about the enrolment procedure, see the website of the University of the Basque Country. For detail about the 2025-2026 Programme, see the website of the IISL.

For other new contents placed on this website, see page New on this Site (section About this Site).

IISL Call for Workshops 2026

The International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) recently issued its annual Call for Workshops. Applications for workshops to be held from April 2026 to July 2026 should be submitted by next 28 February 2025. Detailed guidelines are available on the IISL official website (see Regulation for 2026 Workshops). We hope very much that IISL will receive many applications emanating from RCSL Working Groups. However, the call is open to all researchers or networks active in the socio-legal field. Interested people might have a glance at the IISL Workshops programme of recent years (for example years 2023 and 2024) or of the coming Workshop season 2025, also accessible on the IISL Website.

For other new contents placed on this website, see page New on this Site (section About this Site).

V ISA Forum Registration Grants – Call for Applications

Preparing the V ISA Forum of Sociology, ISA offers grants covering the registration costs. Research Committees are in charge of organizing the allocation of these grants. This is why RCSL opens the present call for applications:

RCSL Members who also are ISA members, and who are active participants in the V ISA Forum (see on this website the provisional complete programme of the RCSL Sessions at this ISA Forum), are invited to send their application for an ISA Registration Grant to pierre.guibentif@iscte-iul.pt, with rcsl@iisj.es in copy, by 31 January 2025.

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RCSL celebrates the Human Rights Day 2024

As part of its Webinar Series, RCSL organizes on 11 December 2024, 4.00-4.45 PM (CET), the day after the Human Rights Day, a webinar held by Ravi Malhotra (University of Ottawa),

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Crip Time: How Can Law Instantiate the Lived Experiences of Disabled Workers?

It will debate how to better enforce and protect the rights of disabled workers under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Discussant: João Velloso (University of Ottawa), Chair of the RCSL Working Group on ‘Judicialization of Social Problems’.

Registration is free and now open here