About the Center

The Center in Law, Society and Culture (CLSC) brings together UC Irvine faculty and graduate students who share interests in law, society, and culture, broadly defined.

Upcoming Events


CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Jahaira Pacheco - "Incalculable Time: The Bureaucratic Wait in Immigrants' Efforts to Secure Family Unity"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Sep 26, 2025 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Andrew Gold - "The Systems of Agency Law"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Oct 3, 2025 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Qian Liu - "Leftover Women in China: Understanding Legal Consciousness through Intergenerational Relationships"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Oct 17, 2025 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Nnamdi Jogwe - "Help or Hindrance? How Inclusionary Zoning Ordinances Violate Fair Housing Laws"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Oct 31, 2025 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Advice on How to Publish in Law & Society Review and Other Peer-Review Journals

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Nov 7, 2025 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Mike Rowe - "Understanding Police Conduct: On Cultural and Institutional Explanations"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Nov 14, 2025 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Book Talk: Judy Tzu-Chun Wu- Moving Mountains: Asian American and Pacific Islander Feminisms and the 1977 National Women’s Conference.

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Dec 12, 2025 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Pat Seed - "The Myth of the "Doctrine of Discovery"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Jan 23, 2026 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Gregg Macey - "A Hauntology of Civil Rights and Environment"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Feb 13, 2026 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Ari Ezra Waldman - "Queer Resilience: From Hanky Codes to Meme Culture to Saving Democracy"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Feb 20, 2026 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Nicholas Towns - "America's Oldest Intellectual Property"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Feb 27, 2026 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Book Talk: Laura Enriquez - Family Legal Vulnerability: How Immigration Policy Shapes the Lives of Latino College Students

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Mar 13, 2026 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

CLSC | Socio-Legal Studies Workshop: Amelia Roskin-Frazee - "'Guys Who Live in Their Van Down by the River': Criminalizing the Ideal Sex Offender in the Age of Progressive Prosecution"

Hosted by the UCI Center in Law, Society and Culture, the Socio-Legal Studies Workshop is an interdisciplinary seminar that brings together...

Apr 10, 2026 12:00pm
Law Building (LAW), LAW 3500, 401 East Peltason Drive, Irvine , CA 92697, United States

For past events, see the Events Archive

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